To reduce the risk of head-on collisions, the Kansas Turnpike now has a continuous, permanent Jersey barrier in the median over its entire length. Highway 24 (US-24) and US-40 in Kansas City.īecause it predates the Interstate Highway System, the road is not engineered to current Interstate Highway standards and notably lacks a regulation-width median. The turnpike also carries a piece of two U.S.
While not part of the system's early plans, the turnpike was eventually incorporated into the Interstate System in late 1956 and is designated today as four different Interstate Highway routes: Interstate 35 (I-35), Interstate 335 ( I-335), I-470, and I-70. The Kansas Turnpike was built from 1954 to 1956, predating the Interstate Highway System. The turnpike is owned and maintained by the Kansas Turnpike Authority (KTA), which is headquartered in Wichita. It passes through several major Kansas cities, including Wichita, Topeka, and Lawrence.
It runs in a general southwest–northeast direction from the Oklahoma border to Kansas City. The Kansas Turnpike is a 236-mile-long (380 km), freeway-standard toll road that lies entirely within the US state of Kansas. Sumner, Sedgwick, Butler, Chase, Lyon, Wabaunsee, Osage, Shawnee, Douglas, Leavenworth, Wyandotte I-35 Toll from the Oklahoma state line to Emporia
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