Interstate 35 in Kansas

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

Interstate 35
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Route information
Maintained by KTA and KDOT
Length:	235.53 mi (379.05 km)
Major junctions
South end:	I‑35 at the Oklahoma state line
	Kansas Turnpike in Avon Township I-135 / I-235 / US-81 in Wichita US-54 / US-400 in Wichita I-335 / Kansas Turnpike in Emporia US-50 in Emporia I-435 / US-50 in Lenexa I-635 in Kansas City 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 ← K-34 US-36 →

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 is located. After passing exit 4 for US Highway 166 (US-166) in South Haven, the interstate passes through a toll plaza, making I-35 into a toll road. The highway then passes US-160 in Wellington, then the Belle Plaine Service Area, the first of three on I-35, and the first of six on the turnpike. After the service area, the turnpike continues due north to Wichita and intersects I-135. After the I-135 interchange, the turnpike turns northeast and goes around Downtown Wichita. I-35 passes through Wichita's suburbs and in the process intersects US-54 and US-400. Ten miles (16 km) north of the Wichita area lies the Towanda Service Area. Thereafter, the route intersects US-77 and various state highways in El Dorado. After El Dorado, the highway enters the Flint Hills region of Kansas. After passing the Cassoday interchange, the turnpike begins its 25-mile-long (40 km) stretch with no exits. The only stop along the way is the Matfield Green Service Area. Located 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Cassoday, it is also the last service area on I-35. After the remaining twenty miles (32 km) with no exits or services, I-35 leaves the turnpike in Emporia. Here the interstate meets I-335, which the Turnpike carries towards Topeka.

Emporia to Kansas City

I-35 passes through a toll plaza, to continue 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.

The Kansas Department of Transportation worked with the Burns & McDonnell engineering company to design a new interchange at Homestead Lane in Johnson County as a diverging diamond. The first interchange of its kind in the state, it opened September 28, 2013.

Exit list

County	Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Oklahoma–Kansas state line		0.00	0.00	I‑35 continues south into Oklahoma
Sumner	Guelph Township			4	US-166 to US-81 – Arkansas City, South Haven	Last free exit northbound
	Avon Township			Southern Terminal toll plaza Kansas Turnpike ends
		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 to 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
		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 / Kansas Turnpike – Topeka, Kansas City	Northern terminus of Kansas Tpk. concurrency
				Emporia Interchange toll plaza Northern end of toll road
				127A	US-50 – Emporia, Newton	Last free exit southbound
				128	Industrial Road
				130	K-99 (Merchant Street)
				131	Burlingame Road
				133	US-50 west (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
	Key West Township			155	US-75 – Lyndon, Burlington
Osage	Melvern			160	K-31 north – Melvern	Southern terminus of K-31 concurrency
				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
				183	US-59 south – Garnett	Southern terminus of US-59 concurrency
	Harrison Township			185	15th Street
	Ottawa			187	K-68 – Ottawa, Louisburg
				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 Lane	Diverging diamond interchange
	Gardner			207	Gardner Road
				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 To I-49	Northern terminus of US-50 concurrency. I-435 exit 83.
				222B	I-435 west to K-10 – Lawrence, Topeka	I-435 exit 83.
				224	95th Street	Currently being reconstructed into a diverging diamond interchange, expected to be complete by December 2016
				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	Signed as exit 225C northbound
				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 – Topeka, St Joseph	I-635 exit 1A; signed as exit 231 northbound; southern terminus of I-635
				231B	US-69 south (Metcalf Avenue)	Southern terminus of US-69 concurrency; southbound exit; no access from northbound US-69 (Metcalf Avenue) to I-35 southbound; Metcalf Avenue continues as I-635 northbound
	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)
				235	Cambridge Circle
Kansas–Missouri state line		235.53	379.05	I-35 continues north into Missouri
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access       Tolled

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 / Kansas Turnpike: 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

External links

• Kansas Highway Maps: Current, Historic, KDOT

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