Interstate 35 in Kansas

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This article is about the section of Interstate 35 in Kansas. For the entire length of the highway, see Interstate 35.

Interstate 35

Route information
Maintained by KTA and KDOT
Length:	234 mi (377 km)
Major junctions
South end:	I-35 at the Oklahoma state line
	Kan. Tpk. in Avon Township I-135 / I-235 / US-81 in Wichita I-335 / Kan. Tpk. / US-50 in Emporia I-435 / US-50 in Lenexa I-635 / US-69 in Kansas City
North end:	I-35 at the Missouri state line
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Kansas numbered highways

Interstate 35 (I-35) is an Interstate Highway in the US that runs from the Mexican border near Laredo, Texas, to Duluth, Minnesota. In Kansas, the highway goes from the Oklahoma border to Kansas City at the Missouri border, with a length of 235 miles (378 km). Along the way, I-35 passes through Wichita, the state's largest city, linking it to Emporia, Ottawa, and Kansas City and its Johnson County suburbs.

Route description

Oklahoma border to Emporia

Main article: Kansas Turnpike

I-35 enters Kansas from Oklahoma where the southern terminus of the Kansas Turnpike (Toll) is located. Next, the highway continues north and reaches Wichita and intersects I-135.

Next, once I-35 reaches Emporia, it intersects I-335 where Kansas Turnpike continues.

Emporia to Kansas City

I-35 continues on its own alignment running eastward through east-central Kansas. At Ottawa, it turns to a more northeasterly direction. After passing through the Kansas suburbs of the Kansas City Metro Area, it then crosses the state line into Missouri and into Downtown Kansas City.

History

The original plan for Interstate 35 was to follow US 50 from Newton, as well as US 81 and US 177 to the Oklahoma state line. But when Kansas Turnpike was created, a part of Interstate 35 was created south of Emporia. The Newton segment was declined, and there was another implication for US 50 that traveled north (which is known today). The segments from Olathe to Shawnee was created by 1962. The relocations of US 75 and K-31 were finished by 1975. Interstate 35 in Kansas (as known today) had its final modification in 1976.^[1]

Exit list

County	Location	Mile^[2]	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Oklahoma–Kansas state line		0.00	0.00	I-35 continues south into Oklahoma Kan. Tpk. ends
Sumner	Guelph Township	4.07	6.55	4	US-166 to US-81 – Arkansas City, South Haven
	Avon Township			Southern Terminal toll plaza
	Avon Township	19.21	30.92	19	US-160 – Winfield, Wellington
	Harmon Township	26	42	Belle Plaine service area
Sumner–Sedgwick county line	Belle Plaine–Salem township line	33.41	53.77	33	K-53 to US-81 – Mulvane
Sedgwick	Salem Township	38.31	61.65	39	To US-81 – Haysville, Derby
	Wichita	43.38	69.81	42	I-135 / I-235 / US-81 – South Wichita, Salina
		45.86	73.80	45	K-15 – Wichita
		51.21	82.41	50	US-54 / US-400 (Kellogg Avenue)
		53.80	86.58	53	K-96 – Wichita
Butler	Bruno Township			57	Andover
	Towanda Township	65	105	Towanda service area
	El Dorado	71.71	115.41	71	K-254 to K-196 – El Dorado
	El Dorado	76.72	123.47	76	US-77 / Nick Badwey Plaza – El Dorado North
	Cassoday	93.45	150.39	92	K-177 – Cassoday
Chase	Matfield Township	97	156	Matfield Green service area
Lyon	Emporia	127.89	205.82	127	I-335 north / Kan. Tpk. – Topeka, Kansas City	Northern terminus of Kan. Tpk concurrency
				127A	US-50 – Emporia, Newton
				128	Industrial Road
				130	K-99 (Merchant Street)
				131	Burlingame Road
				133	US-50 (6th Avenue)	Southern terminus of US-50 concurrency
	Jackson Township			135	County Road R1
				138	County Road U
				141	K-130 – Neosho Rapids, Hartford
Coffey	Lebo			148	K-131 – Lebo
Coffey	Key West Township			155	US-75 – Lyndon, Burlington
Osage	Melvern			160	K-31 north – Melvern	Southern terminus of K-31 concurrency
Osage	Melvern			162	K-31 south – Waverly	Northern terminus of K-31 concurrency
Franklin	Williamsburg			170	Williamsburg, Pomona	Formerly designated as K-273
	Homewood Township			176	Homewood
	Ottawa			182	Eisenhower Road
	Ottawa			183	US-59 south – Garnett	Southern terminus of US-59 concurrency
	Harrison Township			185	15th Street
	Ottawa			187	K-68 – Ottawa, Louisburg
	Ottawa			188	US-59 north – Lawrence	Northern terminus of US-59 concurrency
	Franklin Township			193	Tennessee Road
	Wellsville			198	K-33 – Wellsville
Miami	No major junctions
Johnson	Edgerton			202	Edgerton
	Gardner Township			205	Homestead Road	Diverging diamond interchange, opened September 28, 2013^[3]
	Gardner			207	Gardner Road
	Gardner			210	US-56 west – Gardner	Southern terminus of US-56 concurrency
	Olathe			214	Lone Elm Road, 159th Street
				215	US-169 south / K-7 – Paola	Southern terminus of US-169 concurrency
				217	Old Highway 56	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
				218	Santa Fe
				220	119th Street
	Lenexa			222A	I-435 east / US-50 east	Northern terminus of US-50 concurrency
				222B	I-435 west
				224	95th Street
				225A	87th Street
				225B	US-69 south (Overland Parkway)	Southern terminus of US-69 concurrency - Southbound exit and northbound entrance only.
	Merriam			227	75th Street
				228A	67th Street
				228B	US-56 east (Shawnee Mission Parkway) / US-69 north / US-169 north	Northern terminus of US-56 / US-69 / US-169 concurrency
				229	Johnson Drive
	Overland Park			230	Antioch Road
				231A	I-635 north
				231B	US-69 south (Metcalf Avenue)	Southern terminus of US-69 concurrency
	Mission			232A	Lamar Avenue
Wyandotte	Kansas City			232B	US-69 (18th Street Expressway), Roe Avenue	Northern terminus of US-69 concurrency
				233	Mission Road, Southwest Boulevard	Southbound exit has additional ramp to 37th Ave
				234	US-169 (7th Street Trafficway, Rainbow Boulevard)	Split into exits 234A (US-169 south, Rainbow Boulevard) and 234B (US-169 north, 7th Street Trafficway) northbound
				235	Cambridge Circle
Kansas–Missouri state line		235.00	378.20	I-35 continues north into Missouri
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Closed/former Concurrency terminus Incomplete access

Auxiliary routes

There are five auxiliary routes branching from I-35 in Kansas:

I-135: a spur route from Wichita to Salina; originally signed as I-35W until September 1976
I-235: a loop around the west side of Wichita
I-335: a segment of the Kansas Turnpike connecting I-35 in Emporia to the state capital, Topeka
I-435: the Kansas City beltway
I-635: a bypass of downtown Kansas City providing access to I-29 in Missouri and Kansas City International Airport

References

↑ Kansas Highways Routelog
↑ "National Highway Planning Network" (ESRI shapefile). Federal Highway Administration. September 20, 2012. Retrieved November 22, 2012.
↑ Thompson, Danedri (October 3, 2013). "Intermodal, logistics park, interchange open". The Gardner Newss (Gardner, Kansas). Retrieved October 12, 2013.

Interstate 35
Previous state: Oklahoma	Kansas	Next state: Missouri

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