INTERSTATE 635 (KANSAS-MISSOURI)

'Interstate 635' (abbreviated 'I-635') is a connector highway between Interstate 35 in Overland Park, Kansas and Interstate 29 in Kansas City, Missouri, approximately 12 miles (19.5 kilometers) long. It is mostly in the U.S. state of Kansas, servicing the city of Kansas City, Kansas, but extends into Kansas 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 of Kansas City, Kansas and Riverside, Missouri. It also provides another direct route to Kansas 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.

Contents

Route description

Kansas

Missouri

History

Exit list

Kansas

Missouri

References

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.^[2]
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

Kansas

County	Location	Mile	#	Destinations	Notes
Johnson	Overland Park	0.00	I-635 continues south as US 69.
			1A	I-35/US 69 - Des Moines (IA), Wichita	No access to I-35/US 69 south from I-635 north.
Wyandotte	Kansas City		1B	Merriam Lane/Merriam Drive
			1C	Shawnee Drive
			2A	Metropolitan Avenue
			2B	Swartz Road	Southbound exit, northbound entrance.
			3	K-32 (Kansas Avenue)
			4A	I-70 east/US 40 east - St. Louis (MO)
			4B	I-70 east/US 40 west - Topeka
			5	US 24 (State Avenue)
			6	Parallel Parkway	Single-point urban interchange.
			7	K-5 west (Leavenworth Road)/38th Street	K-5 joins northbound and leaves southbound.
			8	K-5 east/18th Street	K-5 leaves northbound and joins southbound.

Missouri

County	Location	Mile	#	Destinations	Notes
Platte	Riverside		9	Horizons Parkway	Under construction.
			10	US 69 south (Argosy Pkwy)	US 69 joins northbound and leaves southbound. Southbound exit, northbound entrance.
			11A	US 69 north/Route 9 east - Riverside	US 69 leaves northbound and joins southbound.
			11B	Route 9 west - Parkville
		12.67	12A-B	I-29/US 71 - St. Joseph/Kansas City	Northbound exit, southbound entrance.

References

1. Route Log - Auxiliary Routes of the Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways - Table 2
2. 1968 Official Road Map of Kansas Inset Side from KSDOT