Interstate 70 West - Kansas Turnpike

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Interstate 70 lowers 200 feet in elevation to a valley fed by Wolf Creek west to mile marker 222.
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The first toll plaza along the Kansas Turnpike falls between the 182nd and 185th Street overpasses at mile marker 217.
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Entering the Eastern Terminal Toll Plaza.
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A diamond interchange was added along the Kansas Turnpike at Lawrence County Road 1 (222nd Street) as part of a $16.7 million project first discussed in the early 1990s. The exchange at mile marker 212 opened to traffic on December 29, 2009. Associated work improved a 5.62 mile section of CR 1 from K-32 north to U.S. 24/40.¹
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Located between the roadways of Interstate 70 at mile marker 209, the Lawrence Service Area is the first of six facilities along the Kansas Turnpike westbound.
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Part of a $130 million project replacing the bridges across the Kansas River, the trumpet interchange with U.S. 40/59 at Exit 204 closed on April 5, 2010 for reconstruction.² With longer ramps and a roundabout, the new exchange opened to traffic on October 6, 2010.³
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I-70 was expanded to six lanes west of the E 1600 Road underpass during the Lawrence turnpike improvement project completed in 2012.⁴ Overheads installed for Exit 204 added U.S. 40 and dropped East from Lawrence.
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U.S. 40/59 combine south to Downtown Lawrence, the University of Kansas and K-10 (S Lawrence Trafficway). The two separate 0.53 miles north of the Turnpike at U.S. 24.
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Including the closure of Exit 202 for reconstruction, work replacing the bridge along I-70 westbound over the Kansas River commenced on June 16, 2008.⁴ The West Lawrence interchange reopened on October 6, 2010.5
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The trumpet interchange at Exit 202 was replaced to eliminate loop ramps with tight turning radii. A 120 foot diameter roundabout was added joining the north end of McDonald Drive and the westbound ramps with I-70.⁶
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McDonald Drive links the Kansas Turnpike directly with U.S. 40/59 (Iowa Street) south from W 6th Street to the University of Kansas campus at W 15th Street.
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U.S. 59 travels south from Lawrence to Ottawa. U.S. 40 follows a convoluted route south on U.S. 59 and west on K-10 (S Lawrence Trafficway) to Kanwaka.
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The Kansas Turnpike reduces back to four lanes ahead of the E 1200 Road overpass. Exit 197 follows in five miles and Topeka in 20 miles.
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A parclo A2 interchange joins the west end of K-10 (S Lawrence Trafficway) with Interstate 70 at Exit 197.
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E 850 Road north from K-10 at Exit 197 connects with CR 438 west to CR 1029 north into the historic city of Lecompton.
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The South Lawrence Trafficway is a varying two lane expressway and four lane freeway encircling the west and south sides of Lawrence along K-10.
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A 36.87 mile long highway east to I-35/435 at Lenexa, K-10 commences south from Interstate 70.
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Costing $75 million, construction widened a 12.69 mile long stretch of the Kansas Turnpike west from K-10 at Lawrence to Topeka starting in Spring 2005.⁷
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Looking north toward the Kansas River valley and Perry Lake from the Kansas Turnpike near mile marker 193.
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The Topeka Service Area lines the north side of the Kansas Turnpike by mile marker 188.
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I-70 crosses over U.S. 40 at the Shawnee County line.
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I-70 west leaves the Kansas Turnpike at the East Topeka Interchange with I-470 west and U.S. 40/K-4 east.
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The Kansas Turnpike continues southwest as Interstate 470, 7.03 miles to the South Topeka Interchange with I-335.
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Connecting with U.S. 75 to Topeka Regional Airport (FOE), Interstate 470 comprises a 13.72 mile long loop around the south side of Topeka.
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Interstate 335 extends the Kansas Turnpike southwest from Topeka to I-35 at Emporia. I-35 continues the toll road to Wichita.
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Reopened in 2002, the East Topeka Interchange was rebuilt with high speed ramps linking the freeway along U.S. 40/K-4 with both I-70 and I-470.
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Westbound I-70 enters the East Topeka Toll Plaza just ahead of Exit 366 for U.S. 40/K-4 east to Tecumseh and Valley Falls.
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