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By Kansas law, no state highway may exist entirely within city limits. [1] As a result, some highways have been given to cities as they annex the land around them, as is the case with the eastern branch of K-150 in the Kansas City area, which is now entirely within Olathe and Overland Park. This part of K-150 is now known as Santa Fe in Olathe ...
Downtown Loop in Kansas City, Missouri: I‑29 at Iowa state line south of Hamburg, IA: 1963: current I-35: 114.448: 184.186 I‑35 at Kansas City, Missouri: I‑35 north of Eagleville: 1972: current I-44: 293.184: 471.834 I‑44 west of Joplin: I‑70 in St. Louis: 1956: current I-49: 178.717: 287.617 I-49 south of Pineville: I‑470 in Kansas ...
Missouri state line in Kansas City: 1956: current Concurrent with the Kansas Turnpike for 127 miles from the Oklahoma state line to the junction with I-335 and US-50 in Emporia. I-35W: 95.7: 154.0 I-35 / Kansas Turnpike in Wichita: I-70 / US-40 / US-81 in Salina: 1971: 1976 Renumbered I-135 I-66 — — Wichita, Kansas: Missouri State line
Shortly after I-435, US 40 runs along or parallels the Kansas City–Independence line. Between I-470 and Blue Springs, the two roadways splits. At Grain Valley, US 40 rejoins I-70. [1] [2] For 77 miles (124 km), US 40 runs along I-70 through rural areas, meeting US 65 at Marshall Junction as well as multiple state highways in different locations.
Interstate 670 (I-670) is a 2.81-mile-long (4.52 km) connector highway between I-70 in Kansas City, Kansas, and I-70 in Kansas City, Missouri.The highway provides a more direct route through Downtown Kansas City than the older mainline I-70 and avoids the sharp turn (and reduced speed limit) of the latter at the west end of the Intercity Viaduct.
Any Kansas or Missouri driver may have had this experience at some point: You reach a checkpoint in the road where police officers are stopping cars and testing people for signs of impairment.
Missouri was the first state to erect a historic marker on US 66. [2] It is located at Kearney Street and Glenstone Avenue in northeast Springfield. [3] [4] A new marker, designating the highway as a National Scenic Byway, was erected May 5, 2006. The historic alignment in Missouri is marked based on the route in 1935.
Prior to 1926, the portion of future US-36 between Norton and the Missouri state line was known as the Rock Island Highway. [2] The US-36 designation first appeared on Kansas maps in 1932. [ 3 ] Since then, the highway has been straightened and parts of it upgraded to freeway or super two status.