Interstate 435

Interstate 435
Route information
Length:	83.02 mi[1] (133.61 km)
Existed:	1965 – present
Major junctions
Beltway around Kansas City
	I-70 / Kansas Turnpike / US-24 / US-40 in Edwardsville, KS I-29 / US 71 in Kansas City, MO I-35 / Route 110 in Claycomo, MO I-70 in Kansas City, MO I-470 / US 50 / I-49 / US 71 in the Grandview Triangle I-35 / US-50 / US-56 / US-169 in Lenexa, KS
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business ← US-400 KS I-470 → ← Route 413 MO Route 465 →

Interstate 435 (I-435) is an Interstate Highway beltway that encircles much of the Kansas City, Missouri, Metropolitan Area in the states of Kansas and Missouri in the United States.

Route description

I-435, a loop route of I-35, is 80.81 miles (130.1 km) long and intersects with nearly every other interstate highway in the Kansas City area (except for I-635 and I-670). An additional 2.8 miles (4.5 km) near Kansas City International Airport is signed along with I-29 and U.S. Route 71 (US 71), making I-435 the second-longest complete beltway numbered as a single Interstate Highway in the U.S., and fifth longest in the world after Cincinnati, Ohio's I-275 at 83.71 miles (134.7 km), Houston, Texas's Beltway 8 at 88 miles (140 km), Berlin's Bundesautobahn 10 at 122 miles (196 km), and London's M25 motorway at 117 miles (188 km). The majority—52.8 miles (85.0 km)—of I-435 is within the state of Missouri, and most of that roadway lies within the city limits of Kansas City. The first/last exit is at I-435's parent route, I-35, in Lenexa, Kansas. Going clockwise around Kansas City, the next interchange is exit 1A for Lackman Road. The milepost numbers do not start over when I-435 crosses the state line, but where it shares the same roadway as I-29, the latter's milepost (and therefore exit) numbering takes precedence.

History

I-435 in Kansas City was built piece by piece starting in the mid-1960s and not finished until 1987.

In 1965, The first segment of I-435 was built and opened between I-35 and US 69 (Metcalf Avenue) near Overland Park, Kansas. A second segment was opened the same year between I-70 and US 50 in eastern Kansas City, Missouri, but the two were not connected. Before 1965, the interstate was originally called U.S. Route 250 By 1968, the eastern segment of I-435 was extended south to Gregory Boulevard and north past 23rd Street/Route 78.

By 1969, I-435 was fully built between these two segments, through southern and eastern Kansas City.

By 1971, the freeway was extended from 23rd Street/Route 78 to US 24.

In 1973, I-435 was extended north from the former terminus of US 24 across the Missouri River to I-35 in Claycomo. It now extended halfway around the city.

In 1983, a small segment was opened on the outskirts of Kansas City north between US 169 and Route 291 near Kansas City International Airport (KCI).

By 1985, this small segment was connected with the rest of the freeway. A segment was built heading almost due north from I-35 in Claycomo to Route 291/Cookingham Drive at North Reinking, curving due west from there to US 169. In this year, the southwest end was also extended to K-10.

In 1987, the freeway was opened all the way around the city. The northwest end was signed on I-29 for eight miles (13 km) northwest, then exited, near Platte City and bore south on the west side of KCI. It crossed several small highways before crossing the Missouri River into Wyandotte County, Kansas. It continued generally south or southwest, crossed several state highways and I-70, then the Kaw River, before connecting with the former southwest end at K-10.

Exit list

State	County	Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Kansas	Johnson	Lenexa	0.97	1.56	1A	Lackman Road
			1.35	2.17	1B	K-10 west – Lawrence	Eastern terminus of K-10; westbound becomes northbound and southbound becomes eastbound
			2.11	3.40	2	95th Street
			2.97	4.78	3	87th Street
		Shawnee	5.02	8.08	5	Midland Avenue
			5.99	9.64	6	Shawnee Mission Parkway	Northbound signed as exits 6A (east) and 6B (west)
			6.44	10.36	6C	Johnson Drive
			7.87	12.67	8A	Holiday Drive
	Wyandotte	Edwardsville	8.29	13.34	8B	Woodend Road
			8.99	14.47	9	K-32 – Kansas City, Bonner Springs
			10.99	17.69	11	Kansas Avenue
			11.98	19.28	12	I-70 / US-24 / US-40 / Kansas Turnpike west – Topeka, St. Louis	Northbound signed as exits 12A (east) and 12B (west). I-70 exits 411A-B.
		Kansas City	12.59	20.26	13	State Avenue	Signed as exits 13A (east) and 13B (west) northbound
			13.91	22.39	14	Parallel Parkway	Signed as exits 14A (east) and 14B (west)
			15.02	24.17	15	K-5 east (Leavenworth Road)	South end of K-5 overlap; signed as exits 15A (south, east) and 15B (west)
			16.02	25.78	16	Donahoo Road
			17.98	28.94	18	K-5 west (Wolcott Drive)	North end of K-5 overlap
Kansas–Missouri line	Wyandotte–Platte county line		20.98– 21.35	33.76– 34.36	Missouri River crossing
Missouri	Platte	Parkville	22.02	35.44	22	Route 45 – Weston, Parkville
			23.98	38.59	24	Route 152 east / Route N north	Western terminus of Route 152; southern terminus of Route N
			29.02	46.70	29	130th Street
		Platte City	31.00	49.89	31	I-29 / US 71 north – St Joseph	Northbound becomes eastbound and westbound becomes southbound; west end of I-29 / US 71 overlap; signed as exit 17 on northbound I-29/US 71 / westbound I-435
		Kansas City	32.49	52.29	15	Mexico City Drive	Exit number follows I-29
			34.02	54.75	—	I-29 / US 71 south – Kansas City	East end of I-29 / US 71 overlap; eastbound exit and westbound entrance; exit 14 on I-29
			36.03	57.98	36	Cookingham Road / To I-29 south – KCI Airport	Eastbound signed Cookingham Rd. only; westbound signed To I-29 south / KCI Airport only; no access to eastbound Cookingham from westbound I-435; no access to eastbound I-435 from westbound Cookingham.
			36.95	59.47	37	Skyview Drive
			39.91	64.23	40	Route 291 east (Cookingham Road)	Western terminus of Route 291
	Clay		41.11	66.16	41	US 169 (Arrowhead Trafficway)	Signed as exits 41A (south) and 41B (north)
			41.99	67.58	42	Woodland Avenue
			45.02	72.45	45	Route 291	Eastbound becomes southbound and northbound becomes westbound
			45.89	73.85	46	108th Street
			47.02	75.67	47	96th Street
			48.99	78.84	49	Route 152	Signed as exits 49A (west) and 49B (east)
			50.89	81.90	51	Shoal Creek Parkway
			52.11	83.86	52A	US 69 – Claycomo	Southbound signed US 69 to I-35 north
		Claycomo	52.13	83.90	52B	I-35 – Kansas City, Des Moines	I-35 exits 12A-B. No southbound exit to I-35 north; no northbound entrance from I-35 south.
		Kansas City	54.10	87.07	54	48th Street, Parvin Road
		Kansas City–Randolph line	54.89	88.34	55	Route 210 – Richmond, North Kansas City	Signed as exit 55B northbound; exit 55B signed only as Route 210 east – Richmond
		Randolph	55.09	88.66	55A	Route 210 west – North Kansas City	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
	Clay–Jackson county line	Randolph–Kansas City line	55.34	89.06	Missouri River crossing
	Jackson	Kansas City	56.99	91.72	57	Front Street	Diverging diamond interchange, existing interchange converted November 2011[2]
			59.03	95.00	59	US 24 (Winner Road)
			60.09	96.71	60	Route 12
			61.19	98.48	61	Route 78
			63.02	101.42	63	I-70 – Kansas City, St. Louis	I-70 exits 8A-B; signed as exits 63A (west) and 63B (east).
			63.19	101.69	63C	Raytown Road, Stadium Drive	Northbound exit and southbound entrance, Truman Sports Complex
			65.10	104.77	65	Eastwood Trafficway
			66.10	106.38	66B	Route 350 east	Western terminus of Route 350; signed as exit 66 southbound
			66.08	106.35	66A	63rd Street Trafficway	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
			67.02	107.86	67	Gregory Road
			69.07	111.16	69	87th Street
			69.99	112.64	70	Route W (East Bannister Road) to US 71 north	Westbound signed Route W only
			71.02	114.30	71A	I-49 / US 71 south / I-470 / US 50 east – Grandview, Joplin, Lees Summit	I-49 exits 183-184. I-470 exits 1A-B. North end of US 50 overlap; southbound becomes westbound and eastbound becomes northbound; left exit westbound
			72.01	115.89	71B	US 71 north – Kansas City	Eastbound left exit and westbound entrance
			72.97	117.43	73	103rd Street	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
			74.04	119.16	74	Holmes Road
			74.97	120.65	75A	Wornall Road
Missouri–Kansas line	Jackson–Johnson county line	Kansas City–Leawood line	75.51	121.52	75B	State Line Road
Kansas	Johnson	Overland Park	77.11	124.10	77A	Nall Avenue
			77.39	124.55	77B	Roe Ave	Diverging diamond interchange converted from existing diamond interchange
			78.97	127.09	79	Metcalf Avenue
			80.08	128.88	80	Antioch Road
			81.06	130.45	81	US-69
			81.99	131.95	82	Quivira Road
		Lenexa	83.02	133.61	83	I-35 / US-50 west / US-56 / US-169 – Wichita, Des Moines	West end of US-50 overlap. I-35 exits 222A-B.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

References

Route map: Bing / Google

1. "Route Log - Auxiliary Routes of the Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways - Table 2". Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
2. Kansas City District. "Front Street DDI". Missouri Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 30, 2014.

External links

• Kansas Highway Maps: Current, Historic, KDOT