Interstate 70 in Kansas
{{Short description|Interstate highway located primarily in the state of Kansas}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2022}}
{{highway detail hatnote|Interstate 70}}
{{Infobox road
| state = KS
| type = I
| route = 70
| map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|type=line|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|stroke-width=3}}
| map_custom = yes
| map_notes = I-70 highlighted in red
| length_mi = 424.15
| length_ref = {{cite web|url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table01.cfm?redirect|title=Route Log and Finder List — Interstate System — table 1|publisher=Federal Highway Administration|date=2002-10-31|access-date=2007-07-08}}
| established = 1956
| direction_a = West
| terminus_a = {{Jct|state=CO|I|70|US|24}} at the Colorado state line
| junction = {{plainlist|
- {{Jct|state=KS|I|135|US|81}} in Salina
- {{Jct|state=KS|I|470|US|75}} near Topeka
- {{Jct|state=KS|I|470|KTA||US|40|K|4}} near Topeka
- {{jct|state=KS|US|73|K|7}} near Bonner Springs
- {{Jct|state=KS|I|435}} in Kansas City
- {{Jct|state=KS|I|635}} in Kansas City
- {{Jct|state=KS|I|670}} in Kansas City
}}
| direction_b = East
| terminus_b = {{Jct|state=MO|I|70|US|24|US|40|US|169}} at the Missouri state line
| counties = Sherman, Thomas, Logan, Gove, Trego, Ellis, Russell, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline, Dickinson, Geary, Riley, Wabaunsee, Shawnee, Douglas, Leavenworth, Wyandotte
| previous_type = US
| previous_route = 69
| next_type = KS
| next_route = 71
}}
Interstate 70 (I-70) is a mainline route of the Interstate Highway System in the United States connecting Cove Fort, Utah, to Baltimore, Maryland. In the US state of Kansas, I-70 extends just over {{convert|424|mi|km}} from the Colorado border near the town of Kanorado to the Missouri border in Kansas City. I-70 in Kansas contains the first segment in the country to start being paved and to be completed in the Interstate Highway System. The route passes through several of the state's principal cities in the process, including Kansas City, Topeka, and Salina. The route also passes through the cities of Lawrence, Junction City, and Abilene.
The section of I-70 from Topeka to the Missouri border is co-designated as the Kansas Turnpike; only the section between Topeka and just west of Kansas City is tolled.
Route description
I-70 runs concurrently with U.S. Highway 24 (US 24) from the Colorado state line until US 24 splits at Levant and runs north of I-70. At Colby, I-70 begins to turn southeast until it reaches Oakley, where US 40 joins with I-70 for a concurrent journey through most of the state. Initially, the route remains high and unusually level as it follows a projection of the High Plains into the state. From exit 140 (Riga Road), the route lowers from the High Plains into the Blue Hills region, as indicated by gentle undulations in the road and the unusual appearance of stone posts in the countryside. Approaching Russell, the route passes over three active sinkholes, the largest being the Crawford Sinkhole at mile 179.{{cite book |author1= Rex C. Buchanan |author2= James R. McCauley |title= Roadside Kansas |publisher= University Press of Kansas (Kansas Geological Survey) |year= 1987 |isbn= 978-0-7006-0322-0 |pages= 96–102}} Past Russell, the route follows a ridge between the Smoky Hill River and its tributary, the Saline River, where the highway passes through the Smoky Hills Wind Farm. Reaching the county line between Russell and Ellsworth counties, the road begins to traverse the Smoky Hills.
At Salina, I-135 begins its journey southward toward Wichita, and I-70 continues through Abilene and Junction City, where the road begins to run through the Flint Hills.
In Topeka, I-70 intersects a child route, I-470, twice. The second time it is intersected, the Kansas Turnpike merges, making I-70 into a toll road. This is one of only two sections of I-70 that are tolled (the other is along the Pennsylvania Turnpike); {{as of|2018|lc=y}}, the maximum toll on this section of I-70 is $3.50.{{cite web |title=Tolls |url=https://www.ksturnpike.com/travel/tolls |website=Kansas Turnpike Authority}} I-70 and the turnpike are concurrent from Topeka to Bonner Springs, the turnpike's eastern terminus. From Bonner Springs to 18th Street and extending on to the Kansas eastern border, the highway is free.
I-70 enters Missouri via a main northern route on the Lewis and Clark Viaduct above the confluence of the Kansas River and Missouri River and a route designated "Alternate I-70" which has signs for I-70 as well as I-670 just south of Kansas City main downtown area.
From exit 275 at Abilene to the Missouri state line, the road is named the Dwight D. Eisenhower–Harry S. Truman Presidential Highway. It retains the designation until exit 16 in Missouri at Independence, the location of Truman's presidential library.
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History
File:KS 1 I70 K 23E FHWA 63 1231.jpg, circa 1963]]
The section of I-70 that is now the Kansas Turnpike was finished by 1956 and opened to traffic.{{cite news | title = Big Impact Seen For Local Area In Superhighway | newspaper = Lawrence Daily Journal-World | date = October 24, 1956 | pages = 1–2 }}{{cite news | title = KTA Officials Say Traffic Heavy on Pike This Morning | newspaper = Lawrence Daily Journal-World | date = October 20, 1956 }} West of Topeka, the freeway was constructed from Topeka west to Salina at its junction with US 81, as well as from Ogallah to Grainfield.{{cite map|url=http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps.asp|title=1963-1964 Kansas State Highway Map|publisher=Kansas Department of Transportation|access-date=February 26, 2011}} From Salina, the freeway was completed through Wilson the next year. On October 9, 1959, the section of I-70 opened from Junction City west to Abilene through a ribbon-cutting ceremony.{{cite news|work=The Salina Journal|page=2|access-date=March 23, 2022|via=Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98231965/abilene-jc-i-70-section-opened/|title=Abilene-JC I-70 Section Opened|date=October 9, 1959|location=Salina, Kansas}} A segment of I-70 from Levant through Ogallah was finished by 1965.{{cite map|url=http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps.asp|title=1965 Kansas State Highway Map|publisher=Kansas Department of Transportation|access-date=February 26, 2011}} Another section was built the following year connecting Wilson to Grainfield.{{cite map|url=http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps.asp|title=1966 Kansas State Highway Map|publisher=Kansas Department of Transportation|access-date=February 26, 2011}} The freeway was completed through Kansas with a last section near the Colorado border in 1970.{{cite map|url=http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps.asp|title=1970 Kansas State Highway Map|publisher=Kansas Department of Transportation|access-date=February 27, 2011}}
Exit list
Exit numbers correspond to the mileposts where they are located (numbered east from the Colorado border), except for those between Topeka and Kansas City, which are part of the Kansas Turnpike and use its mileposts (numbered nominally north from the Oklahoma border) instead.
{{Jcttop|state=KS|exit}}
{{KSint|exit
|county=Sherman
|cspan=7
|township=Stateline
|ctdab=Sherman
|lspan=2
|mile=0.00
|road={{Jct|state=CO|I|70|dir1=west|US|24|dir2=west|location1=Denver}}
|notes=Continuation into Colorado
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=1.35
|exit=1
|road={{Jct|state=KS|K|267|city1=Kanorado}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|township=Lincoln
|ctdab=Sherman
|mile=9.32
|exit=9
|road=County Road 11
}}
{{KSint|exit
|township=Logan
|ctdab=Sherman
|mile=12.27
|exit=12
|road=County Road 14
}}
{{KSint|exit
|location=Goodland
|lspan=2
|mile=17.27
|exit=17
|road={{Jct|state=KS|US-Bus|24|dab1=Goodland|dir1=east|K|27|city1=Sharon Springs|city2=St. Francis}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=19.25
|exit=19
|road={{Jct|state=KS|US-Bus|24|dab1=Goodland|dir1=west|city1=Goodland}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|township=Washington
|ctdab=Sherman
|mile=27.22
|exit=27
|road={{Jct|state=KS|K|253|city1=Edson}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|county=Thomas
|cspan=6
|township=West Hale
|ctdab=Thomas
|mile=36.34
|exit=36
|road={{Jct|state=KS|K|184|city1=Brewster}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|township=East Hale
|ctdab=Thomas
|mile=45.83
|exit=45
|road={{Jct|state=KS|US|24|dir1=east|city1=Levant}}
|type=concur
|notes={{ccr-end|East|US-24}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|location=Colby
|mile=53.81
|exit=53
|road={{Jct|state=KS|K|25|city1=Leoti|city2=Atwood}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|township=Morgan
|ctdab=Thomas
|mile=54.80
|exit=54
|road=Country Club Drive
}}
{{KSint|exit
|township=North Randall
|ctdab=Thomas
|mile=62.73
|exit=62
|road=County Road K
}}
{{KSint|exit
|township=South Randall
|ctdab=Thomas
|mile=70.01
|exit=70
|road={{Jct|state=KS|US|83|city1=Oakley|city2=Rexford}}
}}
{{jctco|exit|state=KS|county=Logan}}
{{KSint|exit
|county=Gove
|cspan=7
|location=Oakley
|mile=75.87
|exit=76
|road={{Jct|state=KS|US|40|dir1=west|city1=Oakley|city2=Sharon Springs}}
|type=concur
|notes={{ccr-end|West|US-40}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|township=Grinnell
|ctdab=Gove
|lspan=2
|mile=79.80
|exit=79
|road=Campus Road
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=85.75
|exit=85
|road={{Jct|state=KS|K|216|city1=Grinnell}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|township=Grainfield
|ctdab=Gove
|lspan=2
|mile=93.72
|exit=93
|road={{Jct|state=KS|K|23|city1=Grainfield|city2=Gove}}
|notes=}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=95.68
|exit=95
|road={{Jct|state=KS|K|23|dir1=north|name1=via K-23 Spur|city1=Grainfield|city2=Hoxie}}
|notes=Grainfield only signed westbound
}}
{{KSint|exit
|township=Payne
|ctdab=Gove
|mile=99.67
|exit=99
|road={{Jct|state=KS|K|211|city1=Park}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|location=Quinter
|mile=107.31
|exit=107
|road=Castle Rock Road – Quinter
|notes=Former {{Jct|state=KS|K|212|noshield1=yes}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|county=Trego
|cspan=6
|township=Collyer
|ctdab=Trego
|lspan=2
|mile=114.93
|exit=115
|road={{Jct|state=KS|K|198|dir1=north|city1=Collyer}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=119.84
|exit=120
|road=Voda Road
}}
{{KSint|exit
|location=WaKeeney
|lspan=2
|mile=126.89
|exit=127
|road={{Jct|state=KS|US-Bus|40|dab1=WaKeeney|dir1=east|US|283|city1=WaKeeney|city2=Ness City}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=127.93
|exit=128
|road={{Jct|state=KS|US-Bus|40|dab1=WaKeeney|dir1=west|to2=to|US|283|dir2=north|city1=WaKeeney|city2=Hill City}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|township=Ogallah
|ctdab=Trego
|lspan=2
|mile=135.11
|exit=135
|road={{Jct|state=KS|K|147|city1=Ogallah}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=140.23
|exit=140
|road=Riga Road
}}
{{KSint|exit
|county=Ellis
|cspan=8
|location=Ellis
|mile=145.29
|exit=145
|road={{Jct|state=KS|K|247|city1=Ellis}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|township=Big Creek
|ctdab=Ellis
|mile=152.68
|exit=153
|road=Yocemento Avenue
}}
{{KSint|exit
|location=Hays
|lspan=2
|mile=156.80
|exit=157
|road={{Jct|state=KS|US-Byp|183|dab1=Hays|city1=Hays|city2=La Crosse}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=159.00
|exit=159
|road={{Jct|state=KS|US|183|city1=Hays|city2=Stockton}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|township=Big Creek
|ctdab=Ellis
|lspan=2
|mile=161.31
|exit=161
|road=Commerce Parkway
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=163.35
|exit=163
|road=Toulon Avenue
}}
{{KSint|exit
|township=Herzog
|ctdab=Ellis
|lspan=2
|mile=168.34
|exit=168
|road={{Jct|state=KS|K|255|city1=Victoria}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=172.56
|exit=172
|road=Walker Avenue
}}
{{KSint|exit
|county=Russell
|cspan=6
|township=Big Creek
|ctdab=Russell
|mile=175.56
|exit=175
|road=176th Street – Gorham
|notes=Former K-257
}}
{{KSint|exit
|township1=Big Creek
|township2=Grant
|ctdab=Russell
|mile=180.56
|exit=180
|road=181st Street
}}
{{KSint|exit
|location=Russell
|mile=184.54
|exit=184
|road={{Jct|state=KS|US|281|city1=Russell|city2=Hoisington}}
|notes=Former {{Jct|state=KS|US-Bus|40|dab1=Russell|noshield1=yes}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|township=Grant
|ctdab=Russell
|mile=188.56
|exit=189
|road=189th Street
|notes=Former {{Jct|state=KS|US-Bus|40|dab1=Russell|noshield1=yes}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|township=Center
|ctdab=Russell
|mile=192.56
|exit=193
|road=193rd Street
}}
{{KSint|exit
|location=Dorrance
|mile=199.09
|exit=199
|road=Dorrance
|notes=Former K-231
}}
{{KSint|exit
|county=Ellsworth
|cspan=6
|township=Wilson
|ctdab=Ellsworth
|lspan=2
|mile=205.48
|exit=206
|road={{Jct|state=KS|K|232|city1=Wilson|city2=Lucas}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=209.50
|exit=209
|road=Sylvan Grove
}}
{{KSint|exit
|township=Columbia
|ctdab=Ellsworth
|mile=215.52
|exit=216
|road=Vesper
}}
{{KSint|exit
|township=Sherman
|ctdab=Ellsworth
|lspan=2
|mile=218.54
|exit=219
|road={{Jct|state=KS|K|14|dir1=south|city1=Ellsworth}}
|type=concur
|notes=Western end of K-14 overlap
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=221.44
|exit=221
|road={{Jct|state=KS|K|14|dir1=north|city1=Lincoln}}
|type=concur
|notes=Eastern end of K-14 overlap
}}
{{KSint|exit
|township=Garfield
|ctdab=Ellsworth
|mile=224.87
|exit=225
|road={{Jct|state=KS|K|156|city1=Ellsworth|city2=Great Bend}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|county=Lincoln
|township=Madison
|ctdab=Lincoln
|mile=232.96
|exit=233
}}
{{KSint|exit
|county=Saline
|cspan=7
|township=Glendale
|ctdab=Saline
|mile=237.96
|exit=238
|road=Brookville, Tescott
}}
{{KSint|exit
|township=Pleasant Valley
|ctdab=Saline
|mile=243.97
|exit=244
}}
{{KSint|exit
|township=Elm Creek
|ctdab=Saline
|lspan=2
|mile=248.99
|exit=249
|road=Halstead Road
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=250.24
|exit={{nowrap|250A-B}}
|road={{Jct|state=KS|I|135|dir1=south|US|81|city1=Wichita|city2=Concordia}}
|notes=I-135 exits 95A-B
}}
{{KSint|exit
|location=Salina
|mile=252.02
|exit=252
|road={{Jct|state=KS|K|143|name1=Ninth Street}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|township=Cambria
|ctdab=Saline
|mile=253.09
|exit=253
|road=Ohio Street
}}
{{KSint|exit
|township1=Cambria
|township2=Dayton
|ctdab=Saline
|mile=259.49
|exit=260
|road=Niles Road
}}
{{KSint|exit
|county=Dickinson
|cspan=6
|location=Solomon
|mile=265.94
|exit=266
|road=Solomon Road
|notes=Former K-221
}}
{{KSint|exit
|township1=Lincoln
|township2=Grant
|ctdab=Dickinson
|mile=272.00
|exit=272
|road=Fair Road
}}
{{KSint|exit
|location=Abilene
|mile=274.54
|exit=275
|road={{Jct|state=KS|K|15|city1=Abilene|city2=Clay Center}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|township=Grant
|ctdab=Dickinson
|mile=277.09
|exit=277
|road=Jeep Road
}}
{{KSint|exit
|township=Center
|ctdab=Dickinson
|mile=280.30
|exit=281
|road={{Jct|state=KS|K|43|city1=Enterprise}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|township=Noble
|ctdab=Dickinson
|mile=285.54
|exit=286
|road={{Jct|state=KS|K|206|city1=Chapman}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|county=Geary
|cspan=12
|township=Smoky Hill
|ctdab=Geary
|mile=289.85
|exit=290
|road=Milford Lake Road
}}
{{KSint|exit
|location=Junction City
|lspan=3
|mile=294.34
|exit=295
|road={{Jct|state=KS|US|77|K|18|dir2=west|city1=Marysville|city2=Herington}}
|type=concur
|notes=Western end of K-18 overlap
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=295.92
|exit=296
|road={{Jct|state=KS|US-Bus|40|dab1=Junction City|dir1=east|name1=Washington Street}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=297.29
|exit=298
|road=East Street / Chestnut Street
}}
{{KSint|exit
|location=Grandview Plaza
|lspan=2
|mile=298.28
|exit=299
|road=Flinthills Boulevard ({{Jct|state=KS|US-Bus|40|dab1=Junction City|K|57|noshield=yes}}) / J Hill Road
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=299.18
|type=incomplete
|exit=300
|road={{Jct|state=KS|US-Bus|40|dab1=Junction City|dir1=west|K|57|city1=Council Grove}}
|notes=No westbound entrance
}}
{{KSint|exit
|township=Jefferson
|ctdab=Geary
|lspan=3
|mile=300.33
|exit=301
|road=Fort Riley, Marshall Field
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=302.28
|exit=303
|road={{Jct|state=KS|K|18|dir1=east|city1=Manhattan}}
|type=concur
|notes=Eastern end of K-18 overlap
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=303.42
|exit=304
|road=Humboldt Creek Road
}}
{{KSint|exit
|township=Wingfield
|ctdab=Geary
|mile=306.87
|exit=307
|road=McDowell Creek Road
}}
{{KSint|exit
|township=Jackson
|ctdab=Geary
|lspan=2
|mile=311.22
|exit=311
|road=Moritz Road
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=313.26
|exit=313
|road={{Jct|state=KS|K|177|city1=Council Grove|city2=Manhattan}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|county=Riley
|cspan=2
|township=Zeandale
|ctdab=Riley
|lspan=2
|mile=315.44
|exit=316
|road=Deep Creek Road
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=317.61
|exit=318
|road=Frontage Road
}}
{{KSint|exit
|county=Wabaunsee
|cspan=11
|township=Wabaunsee
|ctdab=Wabaunsee
|lspan=3
|mile=321.76
|exit=322
|road=Tallgrass Road
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=323.25
|exit=324
|road=Wabaunsee Road
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=326.73
|exit=328
|road={{Jct|state=KS|K|99|city1=Wamego|city2=Alma}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|township1=Wabaunsee
|township2=Newbury
|ctdab=Wabaunsee
|mile=329.26
|exit=330
|road={{Jct|state=KS|K|185|city1=McFarland}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|township=Newbury
|ctdab=Wabaunsee
|lspan=3
|mile=331.19
|exit=332
|road=Spring Creek Road
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=332.18
|exit=333
|road={{Jct|state=KS|K|138|city1=Paxico}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=334.28
|exit=335
|road=Snokomo Road
}}
{{KSint|exit
|township1=Newbury
|township2=Maple Hill
|ctdab=Wabaunsee
|mile=337.24
|exit=338
|road=Vera Road
}}
{{KSint|exit
|township=Maple Hill
|ctdab=Wabaunsee
|lspan=3
|mile=340.22
|exit=341
|road={{Jct|state=KS|K|30|city1=Maple Hill}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=341.23
|exit=342
|road=Keene-Eskridge Road
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=342.21
|exit=343
|road=Ranch Road
|notes=Private interchange put in for the Brethour Ranch
}}
{{KSint|exit
|county=Shawnee
|cspan=24
|township=Dover
|ctdab=Shawnee
|lspan=4
|mile=345.20
|exit=346
|road=Carlson Road
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=346.70
|exit=347
|road=West Union Road
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=349.22
|exit=350
|road=Valencia Road
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=350.24
|exit=351
|road=Frontage Road
|type=incomplete
|notes=Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
}}
{{KSint|exit
|township=Mission
|ctdab=Shawnee
|mile=352.26
|exit=353
|road={{Jct|state=KS|K|4|dir1=west|name1=Auburn Road}}
|type=concur
|notes=Western end of K-4 overlap
}}
{{KSint|exit
|location=Topeka
|lspan=18
|mile=354.65
|exit=355
|road={{Jct|state=KS|I|470|dir1=east|US|75|dir2=south|city1=Topeka}}
|type=concur
|notes=Western end of US-75 overlap; I-470 exit 1A to 70 east westbound.
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=355.24
|exit=356
|road=Wanamaker Road
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=356.38
|mile2=356.85
|mspan=2
|exit=357A
|road=Fairlawn Road
|notes=Signed as exit 357 eastbound
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=none
|exit=357B
|road=Danbury Lane
|type=incomplete
|notes=Westbound exit only
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=357.16
|mile2=357.54
|mspan=2
|exit=358A
|road={{Jct|state=KS|US|75|dir1=north}} - Holton
|type=concur
|notes=Eastern end of US-75 overlap; signed as exit 358 eastbound
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=none
|exit=358B
|road=Gage Boulevard
|notes=Signed as exit 358 eastbound
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=358.56
|exit=359
|road=MacVicar Avenue
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=360.23
|mile2=360.94
|mspan=2
|exit=361A
|road=1st Avenue
|type=incomplete
|notes=Provides access to Topeka Boulevard; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=none
|exit=361B
|road=3rd Street / Monroe Street
|type=incomplete
|notes=Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=361.04
|mile2=361.66
|mspan=3
|exit=362A
|road=4th Street
|type=incomplete
|notes=Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=none
|exit=362B
|road=8th Avenue
|notes=Signed as exit 362 eastbound
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=none
|exit=362C
|road=10th Avenue / Madison Street
|type=incomplete
|notes=Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=362.11
|exit=363
|road=Adams Street / Branner Trafficway
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=363.08
|mile2=363.82
|mspan=2
|exit=364A
|road=California Avenue
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=none
|exit=364B
|road=Carnahan Avenue / Deer Creek Trafficway
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=364.58
|exit=365
|road=Rice Road
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=365.39
|exit=366
|road={{Jct|state=KS|dir1=west|I|470|dir2=west|KTA||dir3=east|dir4=east|US|40|K|4|city1=Wichita}}
|type=concur
|notes=Last free exit eastbound; eastern end of US-40/K-4 overlap
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=366.29
|type=concur
|exit=183
|road={{Jct|state=KS|I|470|dir1=west|KTA||dir2=west|to3=to|I|335|dir3=south|location1=South Topeka|city2=Wichita}}
|notes=Western end of Kansas Turnpike overlap; eastern terminus of I-470; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
}}
{{KSint|exit
|township=Tecumseh
|ctdab=Shawnee
|mile=370.90
|place=Topeka Service Area
}}
{{KSint|exit
|county=Douglas
|cspan=3
|type=toll
|township=Kanwaka
|ctdab=Douglas
|mile=379.96
|exit=197
|road={{Jct|state=KS|K|10|dir1=east|name1=South Lawrence Trafficway|city1=Lecompton|city2=Lawrence}}
|notes=Access to Lecompton provided by CR-438 (North 1800 Road)
}}
{{KSint|exit
|location=Lawrence
|lspan=2
|type=toll
|mile=384.71
|exit=202
|road={{Jct|state=KS|to1=to|US|59|dir1=south|city1=Lawrence}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=386.25
|type=toll
|exit=204
|road={{Jct|state=KS|US|40|US|59|to3=to|US|24|city1=Lawrence}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|county=Leavenworth
|cspan=2
|township=Reno
|ctdab=Leavenworth
|mile=391.71
|place=Lawrence Service Area
}}
{{KSint|exit
|location=Tonganoxie
|type=toll
|mile=394.55
|exit=212
|road=Tonganoxie, Eudora
}}
{{KSint|exit
|county=Wyandotte
|cspan=20
|location=Bonner Springs
|mile=406.29
|exit=224
|road={{Jct|state=KS|dir3=north|US|24|dir1=west|US|40|dir2=west|US|73|K|7|city1=Bonner Springs|city2=Leavenworth}}
|type=concur
|notes=Last free exit westbound; western end of US-24/US-40 overlap; westbound exits signed as exit 224A (south) and 224B (north)
}}
{{KSint|exit
|location=Kansas City
|lspan=19
|mile=409.19
|exit=410
|road=110th Street – Kansas Speedway
|notes=Exit numbers correspond to I-70
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=410.48
|exit=411
|road={{Jct|state=KS|I|435}}
|notes=I-435 exits 12A-B; signed as exits 411A (south) and 411B (north)}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=413.20
|exit=414
|road=78th Street
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=414.35
|exit=415
|road=Turner Diagonal / College Parkway
|notes=Diverging Diamond Interchange
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=415.93
|exit=417
|road=57th Street
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=417.57
|exit=418
|road={{Jct|state=KS|I|635|location1=St Joseph|city2=Wichita}}
|notes=Signed as exits 418A (north) and 418B (south) eastbound; westbound access is part of exit 419; I-635 exits 4A-B
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=418.04
|exit=419
|road=Park Drive / 38th Street
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=419.32
|type=concur
|exit=420
|road={{jct|state=KS|US|69|dir1=south|name1=18th Street Expressway|road|18th Street north}}
{{jct|state=KS|KTA||dir1=ends}}
|notes=Signed as exits 420A (south) and 420B (north); eastern terminus of Kansas Turnpike
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=421.12
|mspan=2
|exit=421A
|road=Railroad Yard – No outlet, railroad use only
|type=incomplete
|notes=Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=none
|exit=421B
|road={{Jct|state=KS|I|670|dir1=east|name1=I-70 Alt.|to2=yes|I|35|dir2=south|location1=St. Louis}}
|type=incomplete
|notes=Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=420.68
|mile2=421.33
|mspan=4
|exit=422A
|road={{Jct|state=KS|US|69|dir1=north|name1=7th Street Trafficway}}
|type=concur
|notes=Eastern end of US-69 overlap
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=none
|exit=422B
|road={{Jct|state=KS|US|169|dir1=south|name1=7th Street Trafficway}}
|type=concur
|notes=Western end of US-169 overlap
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=none
|exit=422C
|road=Pacific Avenue
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=none
|exit=422D
|road=Central Avenue
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=421.68
|mile2=422.26
|mspan=4
|exit=423A
|road=5th Street
|type=incomplete
|notes=Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=none
|exit=423B
|road=James Street / 3rd Street
|type=incomplete
|notes=Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=none
|exit=423C
|road={{Jct|state=KS|road|Minnesota Avenue / Washington Boulevard|LCT}}
|type=incomplete
|notes=Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=none
|exit=423D
|road=Fairfax District
|type=incomplete
|notes=Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=422.82
|road={{Jct|state=MO|I|70|dir1=east|US|24|dir2=east|US|40|dir3=east|US|169|dir4=north|LCT||city1=Kansas City|city2=St. Louis}}
|notes=Continuation into Missouri
}}
{{Jctbtm|exit|keys=concur,incomplete,toll}}
Auxiliary routes
I-70 has two auxiliary routes in Kansas. I-470 is a loop around the southern side of Topeka that is signed as the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Highway and overlaps the Kansas Turnpike on the southeast side of town. I-670 is an alternate route for I-70 travelers through downtown Kansas City that is signed as the Dillingham Freeway and as Alternate I-70.
References
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External links
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- Kansas Highway Maps: [http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/MapsState.asp Current], [http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps.asp Historic], KDOT
- {{YouTube|cmugB86_XW0|Big Ol' Windfarm in Kansas}} - video of the Smoky Hills Wind Farm around mile 230 on Interstate 70, near Ellsworth
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