State Avenue (Kansas City, Kansas)

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State Avenue
West end US 73.svg US 73 in Kansas City, KS
K-7.svg K-7 in Kansas City, Kansas
US 24.svg US 40.svg US 24 and 40 in Bonner Springs, Kansas
East endNorth 4th Street in Kansas City, Kansas

State Avenue is a stretch of roadway in Wyandotte County, Kansas. Its western terminus is at both US 73 and K-7 in Bonner Springs, Kansas and its eastern terminus at North 4th Street in downtown Kansas City, Kansas. Its western terminus continues at both US 24 and US 40, turning south through Tonganoxie. Parallel Parkway runs parallel approximately eighth tenths of a mile to the north nearly the length of the road.

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Cities traveled

State Avenue passes through the following cities:

Major Junction

State Avenue largely consists of at-grade intersections. However, there are several roads only accessible by exit from State Avenue.

Exits are not numbered.

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