Interstate 70 in Kansas

Interstate 70 Main route of the Interstate Highway System
Maintained by Kansas DOT
Length:	424.15 mi[1] (682.60 km)
Formed:	1956
West end:	I-70 / US 24 at Colorado state line
Major junctions:	I-135 / US-81 in Salina I-470 / US-75 / KTA in Topeka 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
List of 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.

Route description

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 (see Interstate 75 for a similar configuration). 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 for a former Kansas City Stockyards chairman Jay B. Dillingham. ^[2]

History

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Exit list

This section contains a table that is missing mileposts for one or more junctions. Please help by adding the missing mileposts.

County	Location	Mile	#	Destinations	Notes
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	East end of US-24 overlap
	Colby		53	K-25 – Leoti, Atwood
			54	Country Club Drive
			62	County Road K
			70	US-83 – Oakley, Rexford
Gove			76	US-40 west – Oakley, Sharon Springs	West end of US-40 overlap
			79	Campus Road	Near Campus
			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, Plainville
			161	Commerce Parkway
			163	Toulon Avenue
			168	K-255 – Victoria
			172	Walker Avenue
Russell			175	Gorham	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
			250	I-135 south / US-81 – Wichita, Concordia	Signed as exits 250A (south) and 250B (north)
	Salina		251	K-143 (Ninth Street)
			253	Ohio Street
			260	Niles Road
Dickinson	Solomon		266	K-221 – Solomon
			272	Fair Road
	Abilene		275	K-15 – Abilene, Clay Center	Eisenhower ("father" of the Interstate Highway) 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
			356	Wanamaker Road
			357A	Fairlawn Road
			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	1st Avenue	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
			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
			366	I-470 west / KTA west to I-335 south – Topeka, Wichita	West end of KTA overlap; no exit number westbound
Douglas		381	197	K-10 – Lecompton, Lawrence
	Lawrence	386	202	To US-59 south – West Lawrence
		388	204	US-59 (US-40) to US-24 – East Lawrence
Leavenworth		No interchanges in Leavenworth County
Wyandotte	Kansas City	East end of toll road
		407	224	K-7 to US-73 – Leavenworth, Bonner Springs	Last free exit westbound
			410	110th Street
			411	I-435	Signed as exits 411A (south) and 411B (north)
			414	78th Street
			415	US-40 west (State Avenue) / Turner Diagonal	West end of US-40 overlap; signed as exits 415A (Turner Diagonal) and 415B (US-40) eastbound
			417	57th Street
			418	I-635	Signed as exits 418A (south) and 418B (north); 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
			420B	18th Street north
			421A	Railroad Yard	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
			421B	I-670 east to I-35 south – St. Louis, Wichita	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
			422A	US-69 north (7th Street Trafficway)	East end of US-69 overlap; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
			422B	US-169 south (7th Street Trafficway)	West end of US-169 overlap; eastbound exit is part of exit 422A
			422C	Service Road
			422D	Central Avenue
			423A	5th Street	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
			423B	James Street, 3rd Street	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
			423C	US-24 (Washington Boulevard) / Minnesota Avenue	West end of US-24 overlap; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
			423D	Fairfax District	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance

References

External links

• Big Ol' Windfarm in Kansas at YouTube (requires Adobe Flash) - video of the Smoky Hills Wind Farm around mile 230 on Interstate 70, near Ellsworth

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