Interstate 635 (Kansas-Missouri)

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Interstate 635 Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System
Length:	12.67 mi[1] (20.39 km)
South end:	I-35/US 69 in Overland Park, KS
Major junctions:	I-70/US 24/US 40 in Kansas City, KS K-5 in Kansas City, KS US 69/Route 9 in Riverside, MO
North end:	I-29/US 71 in Kansas City, MO

Interstate 635 (abbreviated I-635) is a connector highway between Interstate 35 in Overland Park, Kansas and Interstate 29 in Kansas City, Missouri, approximately 12 miles (19.5 kilometers) long. It is mostly in the U.S. state of Kansas, servicing the city of Kansas City, Kansas, but extends into Kansas City, Missouri as well. The freeway's southern terminus is at a stack interchange with I-35. South of this, the mainline becomes an expressway carrying U.S. 69 (further south, U.S. 169, Metcalf Avenue.

The freeway provides a route around downtown Kansas City by crossing through residential areas of Kansas City, Kansas and Riverside, Missouri. It also provides another direct route to Kansas City International Airport.

In both Kansas and Missouri, the road has signs identifying it as the Harry Darby Memorial Highway, named after a U.S. Senator from Kansas.

Contents 1 Route description 1.1 Kansas 1.2 Missouri 2 History 3 Exit list 4 References

[edit] Route description

[edit] Kansas

This section requires expansion.

[edit] Missouri

Like Interstate 435, I-635's mileposts do not reset after crossing into Missouri.

This section requires expansion.

[edit] History

At one point during planning of Interstate 635, it was to be built into and through the Fairfax Area and cross the Fairfax Bridge and the Platte Purchase Toll Bridge in Kansas City, KS. However, I-635 didn't use this route and by pass the Fairfax Area just to the North into Riverside, MO. However part of the originally proposed alignment was built as a spur going into Fairfax as K-5.^[2]

Projects to reconstruct the interchange with I-70 and the bridge over the Santa Fe Railyard in Argentine have been recently been completed. Maintenance work on the bridge over the Missouri River finished in September 2005.

[edit] Exit list

County	Location	Mile	#	Destinations	Notes
Johnson	Overland Park	0.00		US-69 south (Metcalf Avenue)	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		0.00	1A	I-35 north / US-69 – Wichita, Des Moines	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
Wyandotte	Kansas City		1B	Merriam Lane, Merriam Drive
			1C	Shawnee Drive
			2A	Metropolitan Avenue
			2B	Swartz Road	Southbound exit and Northbound entrance
			3	K-32 (Kansas Avenue)
			4A	I-70 / US-24 / US-40 east (St. Louis)
			4B	I-70 / US-24 / US-40 west (Topeka)
			5	State Avenue	West to Village West and Kansas Speedway west of I-435. Shows as US-24 on recent maps the highway was rerouted to I-70.
			6	Parallel Parkway	West to Providence Medical Center and west to Village West and Legends 14 west of I-435
			7	K-5 west (Leavenworth Road) / 38th Street	South end of K-5 overlap
			8	K-5 east / 18th Street	North end of K-5 overlap
I-635 crosses the Missouri River into Missouri
Platte	Riverside		9	Horizons Parkway/Argosy Parkway	Horizons Parkway to the North and Argosy Parkway to the South.
			10	US 69 south	South end of US 69 overlap; Southbound exit and Northbound entrance
			11A	US 69 north / Route 9 south – Riverside	North end of US 69 overlap
			11B	Route 9 north – Parkville
			12A	I-29 / US 71 north , KCI Airport, St. Joseph
		12.67	12B	I-29 / US 71 south to I-35	I-635 Ends

[edit] References

v • d • e Auxiliary routes of Interstate 35 Texas: 635 — Oklahoma: 235 — Kansas: 135 • 235 • 335 — Kansas-Missouri: 435 • 635 — Iowa: 235 — Minnesota: 335 • 535

Browse numbered routes
< I-470	KS		I-670 >
< Route 571	MO		I-670 >

Crossings of Missouri River Upstream I-435 Bridge (West Crossing) I-635 Bridge Downstream Fairfax Bridge