List of Interstate Highways in Kansas

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Highway markers for Interstate 70 and Interstate 135
List of Interstate Highways in Kansas
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The Interstate Highways in Kansas are the segments of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways within the U.S. state of Kansas.

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Primary highways

NumberLength (mi)Length (km)Southern or western terminusNorthern or eastern terminusFormedRemovedNotes
I-35.svg I-35 235.5379.0 Oklahoma state line south of South Haven Missouri state line in Kansas City 01956-01-011956currentConcurrent 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 (1961).svg I-35W 95.7154.0 I-35  / Kansas Turnpike in Wichita I-70  / US-40  / US-81 in Salina 01971-01-01197101976-01-011976Renumbered I-135
I-66.svg I-66 Wichita, Kansas Missouri State line01991-01-01199102015-01-012015Cancelled proposed interstate that was planned to run from Wichita to the junction with I-73/I-74/US 52 in West Virginia as part of the East–West TransAmerica Corridor.
I-70.svg I-70 424.2682.7 Colorado state line west of Kanorado Missouri state line in Kansas City01956-01-011956currentConcurrent with the Kansas Turnpike from the junction with I-470, US-40 and K-4 in East Topeka to the Turnpike's eastern terminus in the Kansas City area.

Auxiliary highways

NumberLength (mi)Length (km)Southern or western terminusNorthern or eastern terminusFormedRemovedNotes
I-135.svg I-135 95.7154.0 I-35  / Kansas Turnpike in Wichita I-70  / US-40  / US-81 in Salina 01976-01-011976currentOriginally signed as I-35W
I-235.svg I-235 16.526.6 I-135  / US-81 in Wichita I-135  / US-81  / K-15  / K-96  / K-254 in Wichita01962-01-011962current
I-335.svg I-335 50.180.6 I-35  / Kansas Turnpike  / US-50 in Emporia I-470  / Kansas Turnpike  / US-75 in Topeka 01987-01-011987currentOverlaps Kansas Turnpike for its entire length
I-435.svg I-435 28.1745.34Missouri state line in Kansas CityMissouri state line in Leawood (State Line Road)01965-01-011965current Kansas City beltway
I-470.svg I-470 13.7222.08 I-70  / US-40  / K-4  / US-75 in Topeka I-70  / Kansas Turnpike  / US-40  / K-4 east of Topeka01960-01-011960currentConcurrent with the Kansas Turnpike from the junction with I-335 in South Topeka to the junction with I-70, US-40 and K-4 in East Topeka.
I-635.svg I-635 8.914.3 I-35  / US-69 in Overland Park Missouri state line in Kansas City01975-01-011975current
I-670.svg I-670 1.642.64 I-70  / US-24  / US-40  / US-69 in Kansas CityMissouri state line in Kansas City01968-01-011968current

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