- Interstate 635 (Kansas-Missouri)
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terminus_b=Interstate 635 (abbreviated I-635) is a connector highway between
Interstate 35 inOverland Park, Kansas andInterstate 29 inKansas City, Missouri , approximately 12 miles (19.5 kilometers) long. It is mostly in the U.S. state ofKansas , servicing the city ofKansas City, Kansas , but extends intoKansas City, Missouri as well. The freeway's southern terminus is at a stack interchange with I-35. South of this, the mainline becomes an expressway carrying U.S. 69 (further south, U.S. 169, Metcalf Avenue.The freeway provides a route around
downtown Kansas City by crossing through residential areas ofKansas City, Kansas andRiverside, Missouri . It also provides another direct route toKansas City International Airport .In both Kansas and Missouri, the road has signs identifying it as the
Harry Darby Memorial Highway, named after a U.S. Senator from Kansas.Route description
Kansas
Missouri
Like
Interstate 435 , I-635's mileposts do not reset after crossing into Missouri.History
At one point during planning of Interstate 635, it was to be built into and through the Fairfax Area and cross the Fairfax Bridge and the Platte Purchase Toll Bridge in Kansas City, KS. However, I-635 didn't use this route and by pass the Fairfax Area just to the North into Riverside, MO. However part of the originally proposed alignment was built as a spur going into Fairfax as K-5. [ [http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1968Insetside.pdf 1968 Official Road Map of Kansas Inset Side from KSDOT] ]
Projects to reconstruct the interchange with I-70 and the bridge over the Santa Fe Railyard in Argentine have been recently been completed. Maintenance work on the bridge over the
Missouri River finished in September 2005.Exit list
References
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upstream = I-435 Bridge (West Crossing)
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downstream = Fairfax Bridge
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