U.S. Route 40 in Kansas
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- Kansas State Highway System
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U.S. Route 40 (US-40) is a part of the U.S. Highway System that runs from Interstate 80 (I-80) and US-189 in Silver Summit, Utah east to US-322 and Ocean Drive in Atlantic City, New Jersey. In the U.S. state of Kansas, US-40 is a main east–west highway that runs from the Colorado border east to the Missouri border. The highway is concurrent with Interstate 70 (I-70) from Oakley to Topeka, and again through Kansas City.
Route description
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US 40 enters Kansas near the unincorporated community of Weskan. The first sizable town it enters is Sharon Springs, where it intersects K-27. From there it goes northeast to Oakley and follows Eagle Eye Road before merging with I-70 east of town. The two routes remain merged until Topeka, although the prior alignment of US 40, named Old Highway 40, parallels I-70 for most of the way.[2][3] From Ellsworth to Salina, the old alignment of US 40 is signed as K-140.
In Topeka, US 40 leaves I-70 at exit 366, follows the Oakland Expressway concurrent with K-4 north to 6th Avenue, then heads east along 6th Avenue out of town. Through Topeka, US 40 closely follows the route of the Oregon Trail.[4] At the Shawnee-Douglas county line near Big Springs, US 40 crosses to the south of I-70 and enters Lawrence from the west along West 6th Street. At the west side of Lawrence, the route is joined by K-10 and travels south and east to the junction with US 59 and then runs north with US 59 to cross the Kansas River. It follows North 2nd and North 3rd Streets, crosses back under I-70, leaves US 59, and merges with US 24[2][3] before leaving town.
US 40 remains merged with US 24 as the two routes travel northeast to the town of Tonganoxie. From there, the merged routes turn due east toward Kansas City, Kansas. In Kansas City, US 40 and US 24 intersect US 73 and K-7, and turning south toward Interstate 70. US 40, along with US 24, then merge onto I-70 and recross the Kansas River over the Lewis and Clark Viaduct just before entering Kansas City, Missouri.[2][3][5]
On December 1, 2008, US 40, along with US 24 and US 73, was rerouted south along K-7 west of Kansas City to the intersection with I-70. Before this date, US 40 and US 24 continued along State Avenue to College Parkway before turning right to follow Turner Diagonal for 1⁄2 mile (800 m) where US 40 joined Interstate 70 for the duration of its journey eastward toward Missouri.
In 1951, the State of Kansas designated U.S. Route 40 as a Blue Star Memorial Highway from border to border.
History
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By October 1967, the section of I-70 from north of Dorrance to north of Salina was open to traffic. Then in an October 13, 1967 resolution, US-40 was realigned onto the newly opened section I-70.[6]
Major intersections
Exit numbers are those of I-70 and Kansas Turnpike
County | Location | mi | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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Wallace | | 0.000 | 0.000 | ![]() ![]() | Continuation into Colorado | |
Sharon Springs | ![]() | |||||
| Fort Wallace Museum | |||||
Logan | | ![]() ![]() | Western end of K-25 overlap | |||
| ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of K-25 overlap | ||||
Oakley | ![]() ![]() | Western end of US-83 overlap | ||||
![]() ![]() | Eastern end of US-83 overlap | |||||
Gove | | 75.87 | 122.10 | 76 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of I-70 concurrency |
| 79.80 | 128.43 | 79 | Campus Road | ||
| 85.75 | 138.00 | 85 | ![]() | ||
| 93.72 | 150.83 | 93 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | West end of K-23 overlap | |
| 95.68 | 153.98 | 95 | ![]() ![]() | East end of K-23 overlap | |
| 99.67 | 160.40 | 99 | ![]() | ||
Quinter | 107.31 | 172.70 | 107 | ![]() | ||
Trego | | 114.93 | 184.96 | 115 | ![]() ![]() | |
| 119.84 | 192.86 | 120 | Voda Road | ||
WaKeeney | 126.89 | 204.21 | 127 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
127.93 | 205.88 | 128 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
| 135.11 | 217.44 | 135 | ![]() | ||
| 140.23 | 225.68 | 140 | Riga Road | ||
Ellis | Ellis | 145.29 | 233.82 | 145 | ![]() | |
| 152.68 | 245.71 | 153 | Yocemento Avenue | ||
Hays | 156.80 | 252.35 | 157 | ![]() ![]() | ||
159.00 | 255.89 | 159 | ![]() | |||
| 161.31 | 259.60 | 161 | Commerce Parkway | ||
| 163.35 | 262.89 | 163 | Toulon Avenue | ||
| 168.34 | 270.92 | 168 | ![]() | ||
| 172.56 | 277.71 | 172 | Walker Avenue | ||
Russell | | 175.56 | 282.54 | 175 | 176th Street – Gorham | Former K-257 |
| 180.56 | 290.58 | 180 | Balta Road | ||
Russell | 184.54 | 296.99 | 184 | ![]() | Former western terminus of US 40 Bus. | |
| 188.56 | 303.46 | 189 | Pioneer Road | Former eastern terminus of US 40 Bus. | |
| 192.56 | 309.90 | 193 | Bunker Hill Road | ||
Dorrance | 199.09 | 320.40 | 199 | Dorrance | Former K-231 | |
Ellsworth | | 205.48 | 330.69 | 206 | ![]() | |
| 209.50 | 337.16 | 209 | Sylvan Grove | ||
| 215.52 | 346.85 | 216 | Vesper | ||
| 218.54 | 351.71 | 219 | ![]() ![]() | West end of K-14 overlap | |
| 221.44 | 356.37 | 221 | ![]() ![]() | East end of K-14 overlap | |
| 224.87 | 361.89 | 225 | ![]() | ||
Lincoln | | 232.96 | 374.91 | 233 | Beverly, Carneiro | |
Saline | | 237.96 | 382.96 | 238 | Brookville, Tescott | |
| 243.97 | 392.63 | 244 | Hedville, Culver | ||
| 248.99 | 400.71 | 249 | Halstead Road | ||
| 250.24 | 402.72 | 250A-B | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of I-135, exits 95A-B; cloverleaf interchange. | |
Salina | 252.02 | 405.59 | 252 | ![]() | ||
| 253.09 | 407.31 | 253 | Ohio Street | ||
| 259.49 | 417.61 | 260 | Niles Road | ||
Dickinson | Solomon | 265.94 | 427.99 | 266 | Solomon Road | Former K-221 |
| 272.00 | 437.74 | 272 | Fair Road | ||
Abilene | 274.54 | 441.83 | 275 | ![]() | ||
| 277.09 | 445.93 | 277 | Jeep Road | ||
| 280.30 | 451.10 | 281 | ![]() | ||
| 285.54 | 459.53 | 286 | ![]() | ||
Geary | | 289.85 | 466.47 | 290 | Milford Lake Road | |
Junction City | 294.34 | 473.69 | 295 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | West end of K-18 overlap | |
295.92 | 476.24 | 296 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
297.29 | 478.44 | 298 | East Street / Chestnut Street | |||
Grandview Plaza | 298.28 | 480.04 | 299 | Flinthills Boulevard ( US 40 Bus. / K-57) / J Hill Road | ||
299.18 | 481.48 | 300 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | No westbound entrance | ||
| 300.33 | 483.33 | 301 | Fort Riley, Marshall Field | ||
| 302.28 | 486.47 | 303 | ![]() ![]() | East end of K-18 overlap | |
| 303.42 | 488.31 | 304 | Humboldt Creek Road | ||
| 306.87 | 493.86 | 307 | McDowell Creek Road | ||
| 311.22 | 500.86 | 311 | Moritz Road | ||
| 313.26 | 504.14 | 313 | ![]() | ||
Riley | | 315.44 | 507.65 | 316 | Deep Creek Road | |
| 317.61 | 511.14 | 318 | Frontage Road | ||
Wabaunsee | | 321.76 | 517.82 | 322 | Tallgrass Road | |
| 323.25 | 520.22 | 324 | Wabaunsee Road | ||
| 326.73 | 525.82 | 328 | ![]() | ||
| 329.26 | 529.89 | 330 | ![]() | ||
| 331.19 | 533.00 | 332 | Spring Creek Road | ||
| 332.18 | 534.59 | 333 | ![]() | ||
| 334.28 | 537.97 | 335 | Snokomo Road | ||
| 337.24 | 542.74 | 338 | Vera Road | ||
| 340.22 | 547.53 | 341 | ![]() | ||
| 341.23 | 549.16 | 342 | Keene-Eskridge Road | ||
| 342.21 | 550.73 | 343 | Ranch Road | Private interchange put in for Raymond Brethour for the Brethour Ranch. Later Brethour Ranch sold south side of road to Hudson's and it was a shared exit. The Exit was named "Ranch Road" after "the Tod Ranch" that later became the Brethour Ranch. | |
Shawnee | | 345.20 | 555.55 | 346 | Carlson Road | |
| 346.70 | 557.96 | 347 | West Union Road | ||
| 349.22 | 562.02 | 350 | Valencia Road | ||
| 350.24 | 563.66 | 351 | Frontage Road | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |
| 352.26 | 566.91 | 353 | ![]() ![]() | West end of K-4 overlap | |
Topeka | 354.65 | 570.75 | 355 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | West end of US-75 overlap; western terminus of I-470, exit 1A to 70 east westbound. | |
355.24 | 571.70 | 356 | Wanamaker Road | |||
356.38– 356.85 | 573.54– 574.29 | 357A | Fairlawn Road | Signed as exit 357 eastbound | ||
357B | Danbury Lane | Westbound exit only | ||||
357.16– 357.54 | 574.79– 575.40 | 358A | ![]() ![]() | East end of US-75 overlap; signed as exit 358 eastbound | ||
358B | Gage Boulevard | Signed as exit 358 eastbound | ||||
358.56 | 577.05 | 359 | MacVicar Avenue | |||
360.23– 360.94 | 579.73– 580.88 | 361A | 1st Avenue | Provides access to Topeka Boulevard; eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
361B | 3rd Street / Monroe Street | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||||
361.04– 361.66 | 581.04– 582.04 | 362A | 4th Street | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
362B | 8th Avenue | Signed as exit 362 eastbound | ||||
362C | 10th Avenue / Madison Street | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||||
362.11 | 582.76 | 363 | Adams Street / Branner Trafficway | |||
363.08– 363.82 | 584.32– 585.51 | 364A | California Avenue | |||
364B | Carnahan Avenue / Deer Creek Trafficway | |||||
364.58 | 586.73 | 365 | Rice Road | |||
365.39 | 588.04 | 366 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | East end of I-70 overlap | ||
Douglas | Lawrence | ![]() ![]() | Western end of K-10 overlap | |||
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of K-10 overlap; western end of US-59 overlap | |||||
![]() ![]() | I-70 exit 204 | |||||
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western end of US-24 overlap; eastern end of US-59 overlap | |||||
| ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of K-32 | ||||
Leavenworth | Tonganoxie | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of K-16 | |||
Wyandotte | | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western end of US-73/K-7 overlap | |||
Kansas City | 224 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Exit number follows Kansas Turnpike mileposts; west end of I-70 overlap; east end of US-73/K-7 overlap; southern terminus of US-73 | |||
410 | 110th Street – Kansas Speedway | Exit numbers follow mileage of I-70. | ||||
411A-B | ![]() | I-435 exits 12A-B; signed as exits 411A (south) and 411B (north) | ||||
414 | 78th Street | |||||
415 | Turner Diagonal / College Parkway | Signed as exits 415A (Turner Diagonal) and 415B (College Parkway) eastbound | ||||
417 | 57th Street | |||||
418A-B | ![]() | Signed as exits 418A (north) and 418B (south) eastbound; westbound access is part of exit 419; I-635 exits 4A-B | ||||
419 | Park Drive / 38th Street | |||||
420A | ![]() ![]() | West end of US-69 overlap; east end of Kansas Turnpike | ||||
420B | 18th Street north | |||||
421A | Railroad Yard – No outlet, railroad use only | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||||
421B | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||||
422A | ![]() ![]() | East end of US-69 overlap | ||||
422B | ![]() ![]() | West end of US-169 overlap | ||||
422C | Pacific Avenue | |||||
422D | Central Avenue | |||||
423A | 5th Street | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||||
423B | James Street / 3rd Street | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||||
423C | Minnesota Avenue / Washington Boulevard | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||||
423D | Fairfax District | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||||
Kansas–Missouri line | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Related routes
WaKeeney business loop
U.S. Highway 40 Business | |
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Location | WaKeeney, Kansas |
Existed | October 13, 1979[7]–present |
U.S. Route 40 Business (US-40 Bus.) is a 2.3-mile-long (3.7 km) business route through WaKeeney, Kansas, that was recommended in 1979 as substitute for the formerly proposed Interstate 70 Business Loop. It begins at exit 127 on Interstate 70/U.S. Route 40 (I-70/US-40) and travels to the north, concurrent with US-283 along South First Street. At the intersection with Barclay Avenue (Old Highway 40), US-40 Bus. and US-283 turn to the east. By the time Barclay Avenue encounters South 13th Street, US-283 turns left to the north, US-40 Bus. turns right to the south, and Old Highway 40 continues straight ahead to the east. After passing by the Kansas Veterans Cemetery, and the headquarters for the Western Co-Op Electric Association,[8] US-40 Bus. terminates at exit 128 on I-70/US-40, while South 13th Street continues as a local road that changes its name to 260th Avenue.
Russell business loop
U.S. Highway 40 Business | |
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Location | Russell, Kansas |
Existed | October 13, 1979[7]–November 15, 2013[9] |
U.S. Route 40 Business (US-40 Bus.) was a short business loop through Russell, Kansas. It ran from Exit 184 along Interstate 70/US 40, overlapping part of U.S. Route 281 (South Fossil Street) then makes a right turn onto East Wichita Avenue (old US 40). Just before the intersection with 187th Street, the road curves from east to southeast as it follows the south side of a railroad line, and passes the northeast side of the Russell Municipal Airport. East Wichita Avenue ends at 189th Street and BUS US 40 makes a right turn south as it ends at Exit 189 on I-70/US 40.
Business US 40 was approved in a meeting on October 13, 1979,[7] after Alternate US 40 was decommissioned in Russell.[10][11] US-40 Bus. was approved by AASHTO to be decommissioned on October 17, 2013. US-40 Bus. was decommissioned by KDOT on November 15, 2013.[9]
Junction City business loop
U.S. Highway 40 Business | |
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Location | Junction City |
Existed | October 13, 1979[7]–present |
U.S. Route 40 Business (US-40 Bus.) is a business loop through Junction City. US-40 Business was approved in a meeting on October 13, 1979.[7]
See also
U.S. roads portal
Kansas portal
References
- ^ Federal Highway Administration, National Highway Planning Network GIS data version 2005.08
- ^ a b c Mapsource. Garmin Ltd. 2003.
- ^ a b c Kennedy, Richie (2002). "US 40". Kansas Highway Route Log. Retrieved January 12, 2009.[self-published source]
- ^ Brusca, Frank X. (2002). "Topeka, Kansas". U.S. Route 40: America's Golden Highway. route40.net. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved May 22, 2007.[self-published source]
- ^ Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering (October 17, 2008). "Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering Meeting Minutes" (Report). Washington, DC: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Archived from the original (DOC) on October 16, 2017.
- ^ State Highway Commission of Kansas (October 13, 1967). "Resolution for Relocation and Redesignation of Road in Russell, Ellsworth and Saline Counties". Topeka: State Highway Commission of Kansas. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering (October 13, 1979). "Route Numbering Committee Agenda Showing Action Taken by the Executive Committee" (PDF) (Report). Washington, DC: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. p. 508 – via Wikimedia Commons.
- ^ "Contact Us - Western Cooperative Electric". www.WesternCoop.com. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
- ^ a b Kansas Department of Transportation (November 15, 2013). "Resolution to withdraw a highway in Russell County". Topeka: Kansas Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
- ^ 1984 Kansas Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Retrieved 18 July 2020.
- ^ 1981-82 Kansas Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Retrieved 18 July 2020.
External links
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- Kansas Department of Transportation State Map
- KDOT: Historic State Maps
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