Interstate 235 (Kansas)

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Interstate 235 marker

Interstate 235
Route information
Maintained by KDOT
Length: 16.52 mi[1] (26.59 km)
Existed: 1965 (completed)[2] – present
Major junctions
South end: I-135 / US-81 / I-35 / Kan. Tpk. in Wichita[3]
  K-42 in Wichita
US-54 / US-400 in Wichita
K-96 in Wichita
North end: I-135 / US-81 / K-15 / K-96 in Wichita
Highway system
Kansas numbered highways

Interstate 235 (abbreviated I-235) in Kansas is a 16.52 mile-long north–south bypass spur route of Interstate 35 that travels through the western part of Wichita. Its northern terminus is at an interchange with K-96 and Interstate 135/U.S. Route 81 north of the city, where the freeway continues east as K-254. The southern is at I-135/US-81 shortly before US-81 separates from I-135 and I-135 connects to Interstate 35 (here known as the Kansas Turnpike) at I-135's own southern terminus.

History

Aside from the Kansas Turnpike, I-235 is the first component of the Interstate system to be built in Wichita. The vast majority of its length, running from its original southern terminus at the Kansas Turnpike to the Broadway Ave. interchange in north Wichita, was built in 1960-61 and was open to traffic by 1962.[4] The remaining unbuilt length, connecting Broadway Ave. to the northern terminus, was open to traffic by July 1965. The short length of I-235 between the Turnpike interchange and the present I-135/I-235 split later became part of I-135.


Exit list

The entire route is in Sedgwick County.

LocationMilekmExitDestinationsNotes
Wichita I-135 south / US-81 south to I-35 / Kan. Tpk.Southbound exit and northbound entrance
1A I-135 north / US-81 north – SalinaSouthbound exit and northbound entrance
1BMacArthur Road
2Seneca Street
3Meridian Avenue
4West Street
5 K-42 (Southwest Boulevard)
7 US-54 / US-400 (Kellogg Avenue)
8Central Avenue
10Zoo Boulevard
1125th Street
13 K-96 west – Valley Center, HutchinsonSouth end of K-96 overlap
15Broadway
 16A I-135 south / US-81 south / K-15 south / K-96 eastNorth end of K-96 overlap
 16B I-135 north / US-81 north / K-15 north – Salina
 — K-254 – El DoradoNorthbound exit and southbound entrance; continuation beyond I-235's terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  •       Concurrency terminus
  •       Incomplete access

References

  1. ↑ "Route Log and Finder List - Interstate System: Table 2". FHWA. Retrieved 2007-09-25. 
  2. ↑ Oglesby, Scott. 3-digit Interstates from I-35. Kurumi. URL accessed 23 February 2005.
  3. ↑ Google Inc. "Interstate 235 (Kansas)". Google Maps (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Wichita,+KS&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=43.664131,114.169922&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Wichita,+Sedgwick,+Kansas&ll=37.622254,-97.319169&spn=0.021414,0.055747&z=15. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
  4. ↑ Kansas DOT map insets for 1960, 1961, and 1962

External links

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