Interstate 35 in Kansas

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

Interstate 35
Route information
Maintained by KDOT
Length	234 mi (377 km)
NHS	Entire route
Major junctions
South end	I-35 at the Oklahoma state line
Major intersections	I-135 / I-235 in Wichita I-335 in Emporia I-435 in Lenexa I-635 in Kansas City I-70 in Kansas City
North end	I-35 at the Missouri state line
Location
Country	United States
State	Kansas
Highway system
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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. There are four auxiliary routes branching from I-35 in Kansas: I-135 (connecting Wichita to Salina), I-235 (also in Wichita), I-335 (connecting I-35 in Emporia to the state capital, Topeka), I-435 (the Kansas City beltway), and I-635 (also in Kansas City).

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 until it reaches I-70 and crosses over the Missouri River with a bridge, continuing into Missouri.

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.

Exit list

County	Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Oklahoma–Kansas state line		0.00	0.00	I-35 continues south into Oklahoma Kansas Turnpike ends
Sumner	Guelph Township	4.07	6.55	4	US-166 to US-81 – Arkansas City, South Haven
	Avon Township			Southern Terminal toll plaza
		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
		76.72	123.47	76	US-77 – El Dorado NorthModule:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated
	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 end 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 end 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 end of K-31 concurrency
				162	K-31 south	Northern end of K-31 concurrency
Franklin	Williamsburg			170	Williamsburg, Pomona
	Homewood Township			176	Homewood
	Ottawa			182	Eisenhower Road
				183	US-59 – Garnett	Southern end of US-59 concurrency
	Harrison Township			185	15th Street
	Ottawa			187	K-68 – Ottawa, Louisburg
				188	US-59 north – Lawrence	Northern end of US-59 concurrency
	Franklin Township			193	Tennessee Road
	Wellsville			198	K-33 – Wellsville
Miami	No major junctions
Johnson	Edgerton			202	Edgerton
	Gardner			205	Homestead Road	Interchange opened September 27, 2013
	Gardner			207	Gardner Road
				210	US-56 – Gardner	Southern end of US-56 concurrency
	Olathe			214	Lone Elm Road, 159th Street
				215	K-7 / US-169 – Paola	Southern end 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 end of US-50 concurrency
				222B	I-435 west
				224	95th Street
				225A	87th Street
				225B	US-69 (Overland Parkway)	Southern end of US-69 concurrency
	Merriam			227	75th Street
				228A	67th Street
				228B	US-56 (Shawnee Mission Parkway) / US-69 / US-169	Northern end 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 end of US-69 concurrency
	Mission			232A	Lamar Avenue
Wyandotte	Kansas City			232B	US-69 (18th Street Expressway), Roe Avenue	Northern end 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