Interstate 70 in Kansas

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This article is about the section of Interstate 70 in Kansas. For the entire length of the highway, see Interstate 70.

Interstate 70 marker

Interstate 70
Route information
Maintained by Kansas DOT
Length: 424.15 mi[1] (682.60 km)
Existed: 1956 – present
Major junctions
West end: I-70 / US 24 at Colorado state line
  US-83 / US-40 near Oakley
US-283 in WaKeeney
US-281 in Russell
I-135 / US-81 in Salina
US-77 in Junction City
Kan. Tpk. / I-470 / US-40 / K-4 east of Topeka
US-24 / US-40 / US-73 / K-7 in Bonner Springs
I-435 in Kansas City
I-635 in Kansas City
I-670 in Kansas City
East end: I-70 / US 24 / US 40 / US 169 at Missouri state line
Highway system

Kansas numbered highways

← US-69 K-71 →

In the U.S. state of Kansas, Interstate 70 contains the first segment to start being paved and to be completed in the Interstate Highway System. It extends from the Western border to the Eastern border covering 424 miles (682 km) and passing through several of the state's principal cities in the process.

Contents

Route description[edit]

I-70 crossing on the Lewis & Clark Viaduct over the Kansas River from Kansas to Missouri in Kansas City, as seen from Quality Hill.

I-70 is joined with US-24 from the Colorado state line until US-24 splits at Levant and runs north of I-70. At Colby, I-70 begins to turn southeast until it reaches Oakley, where US-40 joins with I-70 for a concurrent journey through most of the state. The route remains flat until it reaches the county line between Russell and Ellsworth counties, where the road begins to travese rolling hills.

At Salina, Interstate 135 begins its journey southward toward Wichita, and I-70 continues through Abilene and Junction City, where the road begins to run through the Flint Hills.

In Topeka, I-70 intersects a child route, I-470, twice. The second time it is intersected, the Kansas Turnpike merges, making I-70 into a toll road. This is one of only two sections of I-70 that are tolled (the other is along the Pennsylvania Turnpike), with the maximum toll distance costing $6.25 as of 2012. I-70 carries this designation from Topeka to Bonner Springs. It is the eastern terminus of the turnpike, and from there to 18th Street and extending on to the Kansas eastern border, the highway is free.

I-70 enters Missouri via a main northern route on the Lewis and Clark Viaduct above the confluence of the Kansas River and Missouri River and a route designated "Alternate I-70" which has signs for I-70 as well as Interstate 670 just south of Kansas City main downtown area.

The southern route is called the Jay B. Dillingham Memorial Highway after the former Kansas City Stockyards chairman.[2]

From Exit 275 at Abilene to the Missouri state line, the road is named the Dwight D. Eisenhower-Harry S. Truman Presidential Highway. It retains the designation until Exit 16 in Missouri at Independence, the location of Truman's presidential library.

History[edit]

The section of I-70 that is now the Kansas Turnpike was finished by 1956 and opened to traffic.[3][4] West of Topeka, the freeway was constructed from Topeka west to Salina at its junction with U.S. Route 81, as well as from Ogallah to Grainfield.[5] From Salina, the freeway was completed through Wilson the next year. A segment of I-70 from Levant through Ogallah was finished by 1965.[6] Another section was built the following year connecting Wilson to Grainfield.[7] The freeway was completed through Kansas with a last section near the Colorado border in 1970.[8]

Exit list[edit]

Exit numbers correspond to the mileposts where they're located (numbered east from the Colorado border), except those at miles 367, 381, 386, 388, 396, and 407, which are part of the Kansas Turnpike and use its mileposts (numbered north from the Oklahoma border) instead.


County Location Mile km Exit Destinations Notes
Colorado–Kansas state line
 0 0 I-70 / US 24 continue west into Colorado
Sherman
   1 K-267 – Kanorado
  9 County Road 11
  12 County Road 14
Goodland 17
US-24 Bus. east / K-27 – Sharon Springs, St. Francis
19
US-24 Bus. west – Goodland
  27 K-253 – Edson
Thomas
   36 K-184 – Brewster
  45 US-24 east – Levant Eastern terminus of US-24 concurrency
Colby 53 K-25 – Leoti, Atwood
  54 Country Club Drive
  62 County Road K
  70 US-83 – Oakley, Rexford
Logan
 No major junctions
Gove
   76 US-40 west – Oakley, Sharon Springs Western terminus of US-40 concurrency
  79 Campus Road
  85 K-216 – Grinnell
  93 K-23 – Grainfield, Gove
  95 To K-23 north – Grainfield, Hoxie
  99 K-211 – Park
Quinter 107 K-212 / Castle Rock Road – Quinter
Trego
   115 K-198 north – Collyer
  120 Voda Road
WaKeeney 127
US-40 Bus. east / US-283 – WaKeeney, Ness City
128
US-40 Bus. west to US-283 north – WaKeeney, Hill City
  135 K-147 – Ogallah
  140 Riga Road
Ellis
 Ellis 145 K-247 – Ellis
  153 Yocemento Avenue
Hays 157
US-183 Byp. – Hays, La Crosse
159 US-183 – Hays, Stockton
  161 Commerce Parkway
  163 Toulon Avenue
  168 K-255 – Victoria
  172 Walker Avenue
Russell
   175 Gorham, 176th Street Former K-257
  180 Balta Road
Russell 184
US-40 Bus. east / US-281 – Russell, Hoisington
  189
US-40 Bus. west / Pioneer Road
  193 Bunker Hill Road
Dorrance 199 Dorrance Former K-231
Ellsworth
   206 K-232 – Wilson, Lucas
  209 Sylvan Grove
  216 Vesper
  219 K-14 south – Ellsworth West end of K-14 overlap
  221 K-14 north – Lincoln East end of K-14 overlap
  225 K-156 – Ellsworth, Great Bend
Lincoln
   233 Beverly, Carneiro
Saline
   238 Brookville, Tescott
  244 Hedville, Culver
  249 Halstead Road
  250A–B I-135 / US-81 – Wichita, Concordia
Salina 252 K-143 (Ninth Street)
  253 Ohio Street
  260 Niles Road
Dickinson
 Solomon 266 Solomon Road former K-221
  272 Fair Road
Abilene 275 K-15 – Abilene, Clay Center
  277 Jeep Road
  281 K-43 – Enterprise
  286 K-206 – Chapman
Geary
   290 Milford Lake Road
Junction City 295 US-77 / K-18 west – Marysville, Herington West end of K-18 overlap
296
US-40 Bus. east (Washington Street)
298 East Street, Chestnut Street
Grandview Plaza 299 J Hill Road, Flinthills Boulevard (US-40 Bus.)
300
US-40 Bus. west / K-57 – Council Grove		 No westbound entrance
  301 Fort Riley, Marshall Field
  303 K-18 east – Ogden, Manhattan East end of K-18 overlap
  304 Humboldt Creek Road
  307 McDowell Creek Road
  311 Moritz Road
  313 K-177 – Council Grove, Manhattan
Riley
   316 Deep Creek Road
  318 Frontage Road
Wabaunsee
   322 Tallgrass Road
  324 Wabaunsee Road
  328 K-99 – Wamego, Alma
  330 K-185 – McFarland
  332 Spring Creek Road
  333 K-138 – Paxico
  335 Snokomo Road
  338 Vera Road
  341 K-30 – Maple Hill
  342 Keene-Eskridge Road
  343 Ranch Road Private interchange for Hudson Ranch
Shawnee
   346 Carlson Road
  347 West Union Road
  350 Valencia Road
  351 Frontage Road Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
  353 K-4 west (Auburn Road) West end of K-4 overlap
Topeka 355 I-470 east / US-75 south – Topeka West end of US-75 overlap. Western terminus of I-470.
356 Wanamaker Road
357A Fairlawn Road Signed as exit 357 eastbound
357B Danbury Lane Westbound exit only
358A US-75 north East end of US-75 overlap; signed as exit 358 eastbound
358B Gage Boulevard Signed as exit 358 eastbound
359 MacVicar Avenue
361A Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
361B 3rd Street, Monroe Street Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
362A 4th Street Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
362B 8th Avenue Signed as exit 362 eastbound
362C 10th Avenue, Madison Street Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
363 Adams Street, Branner Trafficway
364A California Avenue
364B Carnahan Avenue, Deer Creek Trafficway
365 Rice Road
366 US-40 east / K-4 east East end of US-40 / K-4 overlap; last free exit eastbound
West end of toll road
367 591 I-470 west / Kan. Tpk. west to I-335 south – Topeka, Wichita West end of Kansas Turnpike overlap, westbound I-70 exits turnpike via exit 183, eastbound connection to westbound I-470 is via exit 366. Eastern terminus of I-470.
Douglas
   381 613 197 K-10 – Lecompton, Lawrence
Lawrence 386 621 202 To US-59 south – West Lawrence
388 624 204 US-40 / US-59 / US-24 – East Lawrence
Leavenworth
 Tonganoxie 396 637 212 222nd St – Tonganoxie, Eudora
Wyandotte
 Kansas City East end of toll road
407 655 224 K-7 / US-73 north / US-24 west / US-40 west – Leavenworth, Bonner Springs Last free exit westbound, west end of US 24 / US 40 overlap
410 110th Street
411A–B I-435
414 78th Street
415 Turner Diagonal, College Parkway Signed as exits 415A (Turner Diagonal) and 415B (College Parkway) eastbound
417 57th Street
418A–B I-635 Signed as exits 418A (north) and 418B (south) eastbound, westbound exit is part of exit 419
419 Park Drive, 38th Street
420A US-69 south (18th Street Expressway) West end of US-69 overlap, east end of Kansas Turnpike
420B 18th Street north
421A Railroad Yard Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
421B I-670 east to I-35 south Eastbound exit and westbound entrance, however, westbound traffic can turn around at exit 421A
422A US-69 north (7th Street Trafficway) East end of US-69 overlap
422B US-169 south (7th Street Trafficway) West end of US-169 overlap
422C Service Road
422D Central Avenue
423A Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
423B James Street, 3rd Street Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
423B Washington Boulevard Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
423A Fairfax District Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Kansas–Missouri state line
 I-70 / US 24 / US 40 / US 169 continue east into Missouri
  •       Concurrency terminus
  •       Closed/former
  •       HOV only
  •       Incomplete access
  •       Tolled/ETC
  •       Unopened

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Route Log and Finder List - Interstate System - table 1". Federal Highway Administration. 2002-10-31. Retrieved 2007-07-08. 
  2. ^ Google Inc. Google Maps – Interstate 70 in Kansas (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Kansas+City,+MIssouri&ie=UTF8&ll=39.099094,-94.607606&spn=0.00801,0.017338&z=16&om=1. Retrieved June 8, 2009.
  3. ^ "Big Impact Seen For Local Area In Superhighway". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. October 24, 1956. pp. 1–2. 
  4. ^ "KTA Officials Say Traffic Heavy on Pike This Morning". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. October 20, 1956. 
  5. ^ Kansas Department of Transportation. 1963-1964 Kansas State Highway Map (Map). http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps.asp. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
  6. ^ Kansas Department of Transportation. 1965 Kansas State Highway Map (Map). http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps.asp. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
  7. ^ Kansas Department of Transportation. 1966 Kansas State Highway Map (Map). http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps.asp. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
  8. ^ Kansas Department of Transportation. 1970 Kansas State Highway Map (Map). http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps.asp. Retrieved February 27, 2011.

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