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|direction_a=South
|terminus_a={{jct|state=OK|I|35}} towards [[Oklahoma City]]
|junction= {{Jct|state=KS|KTA}} near the Oklahoma border<br>{{Jct|state=KS|I|135|I|235|US|81}} in [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]]<br>{{Jct|state=KS|US|50|I|335|KTA|}} in [[Emporia, Kansas|Emporia]]<br>{{Jct|state=KS|US|75}} at BETO Junction<br>{{Jct|state=KS|US|59}} in [[Ottawa, Kansas|Ottawa]]<br>{{Jct|state=KS|I|435|US|50}} in [[Lenexa, Kansas|Lenexa]]<br>{{Jct|state=KS|I|635|US|69}} in [[Overland Park, Kansas|Overland Park]]
|direction_b=North
|terminus_b={{jct|state=MO|I|35}} towards [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]]
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}}

In the state of Kansas, '''Interstate 35''' runs mainly in a southwest to northeast direction across Kansas. It enters at the Oklahoma border into [[Sumner County, Kansas|Sumner County]] as part of the [[Kansas Turnpike]]. It then continues north to [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]] before turning northeast. It serves the communites of [[Andover, Kansas|Andover]], [[El Dorado, Kansas|El Dorado]], and [[Cassoday, Kansas|Cassoday]] before crossing the [[Flint Hills]]. At [[Emporia, Kansas|Emporia]], I-35 leaves the Turnpike and heads east on its own alignment to [[Ottawa, Kansas|Ottawa]] before turning northeast toward the Kansas suburbs of the [[Kansas City Metro Area]].

The section of I-35 that is part of the Kansas Turnpike is the only tolled section of I-35.

==Route Description==

''See also: [[Kansas Turnpike]]''

Interstate 35 enters the state of Kansas from [[Kay County, Oklahoma]] into [[Sumner County, Kansas|Sumner County]]. It is immediately signed as part of the [[Kansas Turnpike]], but the southern terminal of the tolled portion does not begin until after the first interchange with [[US-166]] in [[South Haven, Kansas|South Haven]]. For the first forty-two miles, I-35 generally follows a course due north.

At the South Wichita exit (#42) with [[Interstate 135]], [[Interstate 235]] and [[US-81]], I-35/KTA makes a sharp curve toward the northeast and runs parallel to the southeastern city limits of [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]]. It has four interchanges in Wichita before leaving the city.

Northeast of Wichita, I-35/KTA passes by the communities of [[Andover, Kansas|Andover]], [[El Dorado, Kansas|El Dorado]], and [[Cassoday, Kansas|Cassoday]]. After passsing by the Cassoday exit with [[K-177 (Kansas highway)|K-177]], I-35/KTA goes thirty-five miles without an interchange as it passes through the [[Flint Hills]] of [[Chase County, Kansas|Chase County]].

At [[Emporia, Kansas|Emporia]], I-35 separates from the Turnpike and heads east on its own alignment through Emporia. The Turnpike continues to the northeast bound for [[Topeka, Kansas|Topeka]] signed as Interstate 335, a 50-mile spur route of I-35. I-35 heads due east through the heart of Emporia. At the eastern edge of town, I-35 begins a long concurrency with [[US-50]] that will not end until meeting [[Interstate 435]] in [[Lenexa, Kansas|Lenexa]].

I-35/US-50 heads east across east-central Kansas, passing through some of the smaller communities of the area. At BETO Junction, it meets [[US-75]]. The junction is known as BETO junction because heading in any direction from this town takes a motorist to an important Kansas town (south to [[Burlington, Kansas|'''B'''urlington]], west to [[Emporia, Kansas|'''E'''mporia]], north to [[Topeka, Kansas|'''T'''opeka]] and east to [[Ottawa, Kansas|'''O'''ttawa]]). It also has a brief [[wrong-way concurrency]] with [[K-31 (Kansas highway|K-31]] in extreme southeastern [[Osage County, Kansas|Osage County]].

Once the highway enters [[Franklin County, Kansas|Franklin County]], it turns in a more northeasterly direction. It passes around the southern and eastern sides of [[Ottawa, Kansas|Ottawa]], and [[US-59]] joins the highway for a five-mile concurrency before leaving at Exit 188 toward [[Lawrence, Kansas|Lawrence]] on a newly built freeway that was fully opened in October 2012.

I-35/US-50 continues northeastward into the Kansas suburbs of the [[Kansas City Metro Area]]; and as it passes through [[Johnson County, Kansas|Johnson]] and [[Wyandotte County, Kansas|Wyandotte]] counties, it shares concurrencies with other area highways, such as [[US-56]], [[US-169]] and [[US-69]]. Its concurrency with [[US-50]] ends in [[Lenexa, Kansas|Lenexa]] at the junction with the [[Interstate 435|I-435 beltway]], when US-50 heads east duplexed with I-435. In [[Overland Park, Kansas|Overland Park]], it forms the southern terminus of  another child route, the [[Interstate 635 (Kansas-Missouri)|I-635 bypass]]. It also passes by other major Kansas City streets, such as the [[18th Street Expressway]] and the [[7th Street Trafficway]].

I-35 exits Kansas into Missouri after the Eaton Street exit, before heading toward the financial district of Downtown [[Kansas City, Missouri]].

==History==
The portion of I-35 that forms the Kansas Turnpike predates the Interstate system. It was constructed from 1954-1956 and was opened in the fall of 1956. When the Interstate System was established in 1957, the Turnpike was [[grandfathered]] into the Interstate system, and the section of the Turnpike from the Oklahoma state line to Emporia was signed as I-35.

AASHTO approved the route for I-35 in 1957. The Kansas portion of I-35 was completed in its entirety in 1974 when the portion of I-35 in Emporia was completed.[http://www.interstate-guide.com/i-035.html]

==Exit list==
{{mileposts}}
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}}
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|state=KS
|location=Avon Township
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{{KSint|exit
|mile=19.21
|exit=19
|road={{jct|state=KS|US|160|city1=Winfield|city2=Wellington}}
}}
{{Jctplace|exit
|state=KS
|location=Harmon Township
|ctdab=Sumner
|mile=26
|place=Belle Plaine service area
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{{KSint|exit
|county1=Sumner
|county2=Sedgwick
|township1=Belle Plaine
|ctdab=Sumner
|township2=Salem
|ctdab2=Sedgwick
|mile=33.41
|exit=33
|road={{jct|state=KS|K|53|to2=to|US|81|city1=Mulvane}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|county=Sedgwick
|cspan=5
|township=Salem
|mile=38.31
|exit=39
|road={{jct|state=KS|to1=To|US|81|city1=Haysville|city2=Derby}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|location=Wichita
|lspan=4
|mile=43.38
|exit=42
|road={{jct|state=KS|I|135|I|235|US|81|city1=South Wichita|city2=Salina}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=45.86
|exit=45
|road={{jct|state=KS|K|15|city1=Wichita}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=51.21
|exit=50
|road={{jct|state=KS|US|54|US|400|name2=Kellogg Avenue}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=53.80
|exit=53
|road={{jct|state=KS|K|96|city1=Wichita}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|county=Butler
|cspan=5
|township=Bruno
|mile=
|exit=57
|road=[[Andover, Kansas|Andover]]
}}
{{Jctplace|exit
|state=KS
|location=Towanda Township
|ctdab=Butler
|mile=65
|place=Towanda service area
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{{KSint|exit
|location=El Dorado
|lspan=2
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|exit=71
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}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=76.72
|exit=76
|road={{jct|state=KS|US|77|road=Nick Badwey Plaza|city1=El Dorado North}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|location=Cassoday
|mile=93.45
|exit=92
|road={{jct|state=KS|K|177|city1=Cassoday}}
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{{Jctplace|exit
|state=KS
|county=Chase
|location=Matfield Township
|mile=97
|place=Matfield Green service area
}}
{{KSint|exit
|county=Lyon
|cspan=9
|location=Emporia
|lspan=6
|mile=127.89
|exit=127
|type=concur
|road={{Jct|state=KS|I|335|dir1=north|KTA||dir2=north|city1=Wichita|city2=Kansas City}}
|notes=I-335 begins; {{ccr-end|north|Kansas Turnpike}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=127.92
|exit=127A
|road={{Jct|state=KS|US|50|city1=Emporia|city2=Newton}}
|notes=[[Roundabout interchange]]
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=
|exit=128
|road=Industrial Road
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=130.83
|exit=130
|road={{Jct|state=KS|K|99|name1=Merchant Road}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=132.14
|exit=131
|road=Burlingame Road
}}
{{KSint|exit
|type=concur
|mile=133.41
|exit=133
|road={{Jct|state=KS|US|50|name1=6th Avenue}}
|notes={{ccr-end|South|US-50}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|township=Jackson
|ctdab=Lyon
|lspan=3
|mile=
|road=CR R1
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=138.66
|road=CR U
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=141.67
|road={{Jct|state=KS|K|130|city1=Neosho Rapids|city2=Hartford}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|county=Coffey
|cspan=2
|location=Lebo
|mile=148.91
|exit=148
|road={{jct|state=KS|KS|131|dir1=south|city1=Lebo}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|township=Key West
|ctdab=Coffey
|mile=155.97
|exit=155
|road={{jct|state=KS|US|75|city1=Burlington|city2=Lyndon}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|county=Osage
|cspan=2
|township=Melvern
|mile=
|exit=160
|road={{jct|state=KS|KS|31|dir1=north|city1=Melvern}}
|notes=West end of concurrency with K-31
}}
{{KSint|exit
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|ctdab=Osage
|township2=Lincoln
|ctdab2=Osage
|mile=
|exit=162
|road={{jct|state=KS|KS|31|dir1=south|city1=Waverly}}
|notes=East end of concurrency with K-31
}}
{{KSint|exit
|county=Franklin
|cspan=9
|location=Williamsburg
|mile=<!--2.181-->
|exit=170
|road=Dane Avenue south – [[Williamsburg, Kansas|Williamsburg]], [[Pomona, Kansas|Pomona]]
}}
{{KSint|exit
|location=none
|mile=<!--8.316-->
|exit=176
|road=Idaho Road – [[Homewood, Kansas|Homewood]]
}}
{{KSint|exit
|location=Ottawa
|lspan=5
|mile=<!--14.016-->
|exit=182
|road=Eisenhower Road
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=<!--15.084-->
|exit=183
|road={{jct|state=KS|US|59|dir1=south|road=Princeton Street north|city1=Garnett}}
|notes=West end of concurrency with US-59
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=<!--17.395-->
|exit=185
|road=15th Street
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=<!--19.407-->
|exit=187
|road={{jct|state=KS|KS|68|name1=Logan Street|city1=Ottawa|city2=Louisburg}}
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=
|exit=188
|road={{jct|state=KS|US|59|dir1=north|city1=Lawrence}}
|notes=East end of concurrency with US-59
}}
{{KSint|exit
|location=none
|mile=<!--24.946-->
|exit=193
|road=Tennessee Road
}}
{{KSint|exit
|location=Wellsville
|mile=<!--29.949-->
|exit=198
|road={{jct|state=KS|KS|33|name1=Poplar Street|city1=Wellsville}}
}}<!-- Franklin-Miami 31.068 --><!-- Miami-Johnson 2.839 -->
{{KSint|exit
|county=Johnson
|cspan=15
|location=Edgerton
|mile=
|exit=202
|road=Sunflower Road – [[Edgerton, Kansas|Edgerton]]
}}
{{KSint|exit
|location=Gardner
|lspan=2
|mile=
|exit=207
|road=Gardner Road
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=
|exit=210
|road={{jct|state=KS|US|56|dir1=west|road=175th Street east|city1=Gardner}}
|notes=West end of concurrency with US-56
}}
{{KSint|exit
|location=Olathe
|lspan=5
|mile=
|exit=214
|road=Lone Elm Road / 159th Street
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=
|exit=215
|road={{jct|state=KS|US|169|KS|7|dir1=south|road=151st Street|city1=Paola}}
|notes=West end of concurrency with US-169
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=
|exit=217
|road=Old Highway 56 west
|notes=Westbound exit, eastbound entrance
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=
|exit=218
|road=Santa Fe Street
}}
{{KSint|exit
|mile=
|exit=220
|road=119th Street
}}
{{KSint|exit
|location=Lenexa
|mile=
|exit=222<hr>83
|road={{jct|state=KS|I|35|I|435|US|56|US|169|dir1=north|dir2=west|dir3=east|dir4=north|city1=Kansas City|location2=[[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]]}}
|notes=Signed as exits 222A (I-435 east) and 222B (I-435 west) on I-35; exit 83 on I-435; east end of concurrencies with I-35, US-56, and US-169; west end of concurrency with I-435
}}