Interstate 235 (Kansas)
{{short description|Highway in Kansas}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox road
|state=KS
|route=235
|type=I
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|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=I-235 highlighted in red
|spur_type=I
|spur_of=135
|length_mi=16.52
|length_ref={{cite web |first = Kevin |last = Adderly |date = January 30, 2018 |url = https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table02.cfm |title = Table 2: Auxiliary Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways as of December 31, 2017 |work = Route Log and Finder List |publisher = Federal Highway Administration |access-date = April 11, 2018 }}
|established=1965 (completed){{cite web |last = Oglesby |first = Scott |date = n.d. |url = http://www.kurumi.com/roads/3di/ix35.html#235ok |title = 3-digit Interstates from I-35 |work = Kurumi |access-date = February 23, 2005 }}
|direction_a=South
|terminus_a={{Jct|state=KS|I|135|US|81}} in Wichita{{google maps |url = https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Wichita,+KS&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=43.664131,114.169922&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Wichita,+Sedgwick,+Kansas&ll=37.622254,-97.319169&spn=0.021414,0.055747&z=15 |access-date = July 9, 2010 }}
|junction={{jct|state=KS|K|42}} in Wichita
{{jct|state=KS|US|54|US|400}} in Wichita
{{jct|state=KS|K|96}} in Wichita
|direction_b=North
|terminus_b={{jct|state=KS|I|135|US|81|K|15|K|96|K|254}} in Wichita
|counties=Sedgwick
|previous_type=K
|previous_route=234
|next_type=K
|next_route=236
}}
Interstate 235 (I-235) in Kansas is a {{convert|16.52|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} north–south bypass spur route of I-35 that travels through the western part of Wichita. Its northern terminus is at an interchange with I-135/U.S. Highway 81 (US-81)/K-15/K-96/K-254 north of the city, where the freeway continues east as K-254. The southern is at I-135/US-81 shortly before US-81 separates from I-135 and I-135 connects to I-35 (here known as the Kansas Turnpike) at I-135's own southern terminus.
History
Aside from the Kansas Turnpike, I-235 is the first component of the Interstate Highway System to be built in Wichita. The vast majority of its length, running from its original southern terminus at the Kansas Turnpike to the Broadway Avenue interchange in north Wichita, was built in 1960–1961 and was open to traffic by 1962.{{cite web |url = http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/historicstatemaps.asp |title = Kansas DOT map insets for 1960, 1961, and 1962 |date = January 9, 2014 |publisher = Kansas Department of Transportation |access-date = October 5, 2014 }} The remaining unbuilt length, connecting Broadway Avenue to the northern terminus, was open to traffic by July 1965. The short length of I-235 between the Turnpike interchange and the present I-135/I-235 split later became part of I-135.
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Exit list
{{jcttop|exit|state= KS|county=Sedgwick|location=Wichita|length_ref={{cite web|author=Staff|url=http://www.ksdot.org/matreslab/pmis/query.asp|title=Pavement Management Information System|publisher=Kansas Department of Transportation|year=2017|access-date=June 11, 2019}}}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=0.000
|mspan=2
|exit=
|road={{jct|state=KS|I|135|dir1=south|US|81|dir2=south|to3=to|I|35|KTA}}
|notes=Southern terminus; I-135 exit 1C
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=none
|exit=1A
|type=incomplete
|road={{jct|state=KS|I|135|dir1=north|US|81|dir2=north|city1=Salina}}
|notes=Southbound exit and northbound entrance
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=0.979
|exit=1B
|road=MacArthur Road
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=1.873
|exit=2
|road=Seneca Street
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=2.872
|exit=3
|road=Meridian Avenue
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=3.926
|exit=4
|road=West Street
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=5.140
|exit=5
|road={{jct|state=KS|K|42|name1=Southwest Boulevard}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of K-42; former K-2
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=6.989
|exit=7
|road={{jct|state=KS|US|54|US|400|name2=Kellogg Avenue}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=8.572
|exit=8
|road=Central Avenue
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=9.325
|type=incomplete
|exit=9
|road=13th Street North west
|notes=Northbound exit and southbound entrance
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=10.078
|exit=10
|road=Zoo Boulevard
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=11.697
|exit=11
|road=25th Street North
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=14.118
|exit=13
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=KS|K|96|dir1=west|city1=Hutchinson|city2=Valley Center}}
|notes=South end of K-96 overlap
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=15.576
|exit=15
|road=Broadway Street
|notes=Former alignment of US-81
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=16.516
|mspan=3
|exit=16A
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=KS|I|135|dir1=south|US|81|dir2=south|K|15|dir3=south|K|96|dir4=east}}
|notes=North end of K-96 overlap; northbound exit and southbound entrance; I-135 exit 11A
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=none
|exit=16B
|road={{jct|state=KS|I|135|dir1=north|US|81|dir2=north|K|15|dir3=north|city1=Salina}}
|notes=Northern terminus; left exit; I-135 exit 11A
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=none
|exit=
|road={{jct|state=KS|K|254|dir1=east|city1=El Dorado}}
|notes=Continuation beyond I-135
}}
{{jctbtm|exit|keys=concur,incomplete}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Interstate 235 (Kansas)}}
{{AttachedKML|display=title,inline}}
- Kansas Highway Maps: [http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/MapsState.asp Current], [http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps.asp Historic], KDOT
- [https://www.aaroads.com/interstate-guide/i-235-ks/ AAroads I-235 page]
- [https://www.ksdot.org/bureaus/wichitaMetro/235GreenProject.asp North I-235 Overhaul Project], 2019 to 2021, KDOT
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