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It is the origin of I-335 which is a portion of the Kansas Turnpike running from Topeka to Emporia, Kansas. Topeka is also on U.S. Highway 24 (about 50 miles [80 km] east of Manhattan, Kansas) and U.S. Highway 40 (about 30 miles [48 km] west of Lawrence, Kansas). US 40 is coincident with I-70 west from Topeka.
1955 map showing planned Interstate Highways through Topeka. The section of I-470 that now runs along the Kansas Turnpike was opened in 1956 and was the first part of I-470 to be built. [10] [11] After the founding of the Interstate Highway System that same year, several Interstate freeways were planned through Topeka, including I-70 and I-470 ...
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I-470 west / Kansas Turnpike west to I-335 south – South Topeka, Wichita: Western end of Kansas Turnpike overlap; eastern terminus of I-470; westbound exit and eastbound entrance: Tecumseh Township: 370.90: 596.91: Topeka Service Area: Douglas: Kanwaka Township: 379.96: 611.49: 197: K-10 east (South Lawrence Trafficway) – Lecompton, Lawrence
State of Kansas leads top 10 list of Topeka's largest employers. State of Kansas: 9,919 employees. Stormont-Vail Health Care: 4,400 employees. Hill's Pet Nutrition Inc.: 3,439 employees.
The population of Shawnee County, where Topeka is located, increased by 2,265 residents from 2021 to 2022, the largest and fastest population growth Topeka has had in a decade.
The Kansas Chamber of Commerce held "turnpike clinics" in several locations across Kansas in 1952, reporting an overwhelmingly positive reception from the public. [5] The Kansas Turnpike Act, defining a turnpike from Oklahoma to Kansas City, became effective April 7, 1953. [7] It created the KTA, with Gale Moss selected as its first chairman.
Andrew Johnson Jr., 52, of Topeka, was booked at 3 p.m. Wednesday into the Shawnee County Jail on 333 counts of perjury and making false information. Grand jury indicts ex-Shawnee County sheriff's ...