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Section of U.S. Numbered Highway in Kansas, United States

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This article is about the section of U.S. Route 40 in Kansas. For the entire route, seeU.S. Route 40.

U.S. Highway 40

US 40 highlighted in red

Route information

Maintained byKDOT

Length

423.67 mi^[1] (681.83 km)

Major junctions

West end

US 40 atColorado state line

Major intersections

in Lawrence

North end

I-70 /US 24 /US 40 /US 169 atMissouri state line

Location

Country

United States

State

Kansas

Counties

Wallace,Logan,Gove,Trego,Ellis,Russell,Ellsworth,Lincoln,Saline,Dickinson,Geary,Riley,Wabaunsee,Shawnee,Douglas,Leavenworth,Wyandotte

Highway system

United States Numbered Highway System

Kansas State Highway System

←

K-39

→

K-41

U.S. Route 40 (US-40) is a part of theU.S. Highway System that runs fromInterstate 80 (I-80) andUS-189 inSilver Summit, Utah east toUS-322 andOcean Drive inAtlantic City, New Jersey. In theU.S. state ofKansas, US-40 is a main east–west highway that runs from the Colorado border east to the Missouri border. The highway is concurrent withInterstate 70 (I-70) fromOakley toTopeka, and again throughKansas City.

Route description

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US 40 eastbound after crossing into Kansas from Colorado

US 40 entersKansas near the unincorporated community ofWeskan. The first sizable town it enters isSharon Springs, where it intersectsK-27. From there it goes northeast toOakley and follows Eagle Eye Road before merging with I-70 east of town. The two routes remain merged untilTopeka, although the prior alignment of US 40, named Old Highway 40, parallels I-70 for most of the way.^[2]^[3] FromEllsworth toSalina, the old alignment of US 40 is signed asK-140.

In Topeka, US 40 leaves I-70 at exit 366, follows the Oakland Expressway concurrent withK-4 north to 6th Avenue, then heads east along 6th Avenue out of town. Through Topeka, US 40 closely follows the route of theOregon Trail.^[4] At theShawnee-Douglas county line nearBig Springs, US 40 crosses to the south of I-70 and entersLawrence from the west along West 6th Street. At the west side of Lawrence, the route is joined byK-10 and travels south and east to the junction withUS 59 and then runs north withUS 59 to cross theKansas River. It follows North 2nd and North 3rd Streets, crosses back under I-70, leaves US 59, and merges withUS 24^[2]^[3] before leaving town.

US 40 remains merged with US 24 as the two routes travel northeast to the town ofTonganoxie. From there, the merged routes turn due east towardKansas City, Kansas. In Kansas City, US 40 and US 24 intersectUS 73 andK-7, and turning south towardInterstate 70. US 40, along with US 24, then merge onto I-70 and recross the Kansas River over theLewis and Clark Viaduct just before enteringKansas City, Missouri.^[2]^[3]^[5]

On December 1, 2008, US 40, along with US 24 and US 73, was rerouted south along K-7 west of Kansas City to the intersection with I-70. Before this date, US 40 and US 24 continued along State Avenue to College Parkway before turning right to follow Turner Diagonal for1⁄2 mile (800 m) where US 40 joined Interstate 70 for the duration of its journey eastward toward Missouri.

In 1951, the State of Kansas designated U.S. Route 40 as aBlue Star Memorial Highway from border to border.

History

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A map of Kansas's U.S. Highways as laid out in 1926

By October 1967, the section of I-70 from north of Dorrance to north of Salina was open to traffic. Then in an October 13, 1967 resolution, US-40 was realigned onto the newly opened section I-70.^[6]

Major intersections

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Exit numbers are those of I-70 and Kansas Turnpike

County	Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Wallace		0.000	0.000		US 40 west –Limon	Continuation into Colorado
	Sharon Springs				K-27 south –Tribune	West end of K-27 concurrency
	Sharon Springs				K-27 north –Goodland	East end of K-27 concurrency
Logan					K-25 south	Western end of K-25 overlap
					K-25 north	Eastern end of K-25 overlap
	Oakley				US-83 north	Western end of US-83 overlap
	Oakley				US-83 south	Eastern end of US-83 overlap
Gove		75.87	122.10		I-70 west –Denver	Western end of I-70 concurrency; I-70 exit 76
		79.80	128.43	79	Campus Road
		85.75	138.00	85	K-216 –Grinnell
		93.72	150.83	93	K-23 –Grainfield,Gove
		95.68	153.98	95	K-23 north –Hoxie	Access via unsignedK-23 Spur
		99.67	160.40	99	K-211 –Park
	Quinter	107.31	172.70	107	Castle Rock Road –Quinter	FormerK-212
Trego		114.93	184.96	115	K-198 north –Collyer
		119.84	192.86	120	Voda Road
	WaKeeney	126.89	204.21	127	US 40 Bus. east /US-283 –WaKeeney,Ness City
	WaKeeney	127.93	205.88	128	US 40 Bus. west toUS-283 north –WaKeeney,Hill City
		135.11	217.44	135	K-147 –Ogallah
		140.23	225.68	140	Riga Road
Ellis	Ellis	145.29	233.82	145	K-247 –Ellis
		152.68	245.71	153	Yocemento Avenue
	Hays	156.80	252.35	157	US 183 Byp. –Hays,La Crosse
	Hays	159.00	255.89	159	US-183 –Hays,Stockton
		161.31	259.60	161	Commerce Parkway
		163.35	262.89	163	Toulon Avenue
		168.34	270.92	168	K-255 –Victoria
		172.56	277.71	172	Walker Avenue
Russell		175.56	282.54	175	176th Street –Gorham	FormerK-257
		180.56	290.58	180	Balta Road
	Russell	184.54	296.99	184	US-281 –Russell,Hoisington	Former western terminus ofUS 40 Bus.
		188.56	303.46	189	Pioneer Road	Former eastern terminus ofUS 40 Bus.
		192.56	309.90	193	Bunker Hill Road
	Dorrance	199.09	320.40	199	Dorrance	FormerK-231
Ellsworth		205.48	330.69	206	K-232 –Wilson,Lucas
		209.50	337.16	209	Sylvan Grove
		215.52	346.85	216	Vesper
		218.54	351.71	219	K-14 south –Ellsworth	West end of K-14 overlap
		221.44	356.37	221	K-14 north –Lincoln	East end of K-14 overlap
		224.87	361.89	225	K-156 –Ellsworth,Great Bend
Lincoln		232.96	374.91	233	Beverly,Carneiro
Saline		237.96	382.96	238	Brookville,Tescott
		243.97	392.63	244	Hedville,Culver
		248.99	400.71	249	Halstead Road
		250.24	402.72	250A-B	I-135 south /US-81 –Wichita,Concordia	Northern terminus of I-135, exits 95A-B;cloverleaf interchange.
	Salina	252.02	405.59	252	K-143 (Ninth Street)
		253.09	407.31	253	Ohio Street
		259.49	417.61	260	Niles Road
Dickinson	Solomon	265.94	427.99	266	Solomon Road	FormerK-221
		272.00	437.74	272	Fair Road
	Abilene	274.54	441.83	275	K-15 –Abilene,Clay Center
		277.09	445.93	277	Jeep Road
		280.30	451.10	281	K-43 –Enterprise
		285.54	459.53	286	K-206 –Chapman
Geary		289.85	466.47	290	Milford Lake Road
	Junction City	294.34	473.69	295	US-77 /K-18 west –Marysville,Herington	West end of K-18 overlap
		295.92	476.24	296	US 40 Bus. east (Washington Street)
		297.29	478.44	298	East Street / Chestnut Street
	Grandview Plaza	298.28	480.04	299	Flinthills Boulevard (US 40 Bus. /K-57) / J Hill Road
	Grandview Plaza	299.18	481.48	300	US 40 Bus. west /K-57 –Council Grove	No westbound entrance
		300.33	483.33	301	Fort Riley,Marshall Field
		302.28	486.47	303	K-18 east –Manhattan	East end of K-18 overlap
		303.42	488.31	304	Humboldt Creek Road
		306.87	493.86	307	McDowell Creek Road
		311.22	500.86	311	Moritz Road
		313.26	504.14	313	K-177 –Council Grove,Manhattan
Riley		315.44	507.65	316	Deep Creek Road
Riley		317.61	511.14	318	Frontage Road
Wabaunsee		321.76	517.82	322	Tallgrass Road
		323.25	520.22	324	Wabaunsee Road
		326.73	525.82	328	K-99 –Wamego,Alma
		329.26	529.89	330	K-185 –McFarland
		331.19	533.00	332	Spring Creek Road
		332.18	534.59	333	K-138 –Paxico
		334.28	537.97	335	Snokomo Road
		337.24	542.74	338	Vera Road
		340.22	547.53	341	K-30 –Maple Hill
		341.23	549.16	342	Keene-Eskridge Road
		342.21	550.73	343	Ranch Road	Private interchange put in for the Brethour Ranch
Shawnee		345.20	555.55	346	Carlson Road
		346.70	557.96	347	West Union Road
		349.22	562.02	350	Valencia Road
		350.24	563.66	351	Frontage Road	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		352.26	566.91	353	K-4 west (Auburn Road)	West end of K-4 overlap
	Topeka	354.65	570.75	355	I-470 east /US-75 south –Topeka	West end of US-75 overlap; western terminus of I-470, exit 1A to 70 east westbound.
		355.24	571.70	356	Wanamaker Road
		356.38– 356.85	573.54– 574.29	357A	Fairlawn Road	Signed as exit 357 eastbound
		356.38– 356.85	573.54– 574.29	357B	Danbury Lane	Westbound exit only
		357.16– 357.54	574.79– 575.40	358A	US-75 north	East end of US-75 overlap; signed as exit 358 eastbound
		357.16– 357.54	574.79– 575.40	358B	Gage Boulevard	Signed as exit 358 eastbound
		358.56	577.05	359	MacVicar Avenue
		360.23– 360.94	579.73– 580.88	361A	1st Avenue	Provides access to Topeka Boulevard; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		360.23– 360.94	579.73– 580.88	361B	3rd Street / Monroe Street	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		361.04– 361.66	581.04– 582.04	362A	4th Street	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
				362B	8th Avenue	Signed as exit 362 eastbound
				362C	10th Avenue / Madison Street	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		362.11	582.76	363	Adams Street / Branner Trafficway
		363.08– 363.82	584.32– 585.51	364A	California Avenue
		363.08– 363.82	584.32– 585.51	364B	Carnahan Avenue / Deer Creek Trafficway
		364.58	586.73	365	Rice Road
		365.39	588.04	—	I-70 Toll east /Kansas Turnpike east –Kansas City Kansas Turnpike south /I-470 Toll west –Wichita	East end of I-70 overlap; I-70 exit 366
	Tecumseh				K-4 east –Valley Falls	East end of K-4 overlap; east end of freeway section
Douglas	Lawrence				K-10 west	Western end of K-10 overlap
					K-10 east /US-59 south	Eastern end of K-10 overlap; western end of US-59 overlap
					I-70 /Kansas Turnpike	I-70 exit 204
					US-24 west /US-59 north	Western end of US-24 overlap; eastern end of US-59 overlap
					K-32 east	Western terminus of K-32
Leavenworth	Tonganoxie				K-16 west	Eastern terminus of K-16
Wyandotte					US-73 north /K-7 north	Western end of US-73/K-7 overlap
	Kansas City				I-70 west /K-7 south /US-73 ends	West end of I-70 overlap; east end of US-73/K-7 overlap; southern terminus of US-73; Kansas Turnpike exit 224
				410	110th Street –Kansas Speedway	Exit numbers follow mileage of I-70
				411A-B	I-435	I-435 exits 12A-B; signed as exits 411A (south) and 411B (north)
				414	78th Street
				415	Turner Diagonal / College Parkway	Signed as exits 415A (Turner Diagonal) and 415B (College Parkway) eastbound
				417	57th Street
				418A-B	I-635 –St Joseph,Wichita	Signed as exits 418A (north) and 418B (south) eastbound; westbound access is part of exit 419; I-635 exits 4A-B
				419	Park Drive / 38th Street
				420A	US-69 south (18th Street Expressway)	West end of US-69 overlap; east end of Kansas Turnpike
				420B	18th Street north
				421A	Railroad Yard – No outlet, railroad use only	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
				421B	I-670 east toI-35 south –St. Louis	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
				422A	US-69 north (7th Street Trafficway)	East end of US-69 overlap
				422B	US-169 south (7th Street Trafficway)	West end of US-169 overlap
				422C	Pacific Avenue
				422D	Central Avenue
				423A	5th Street	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
				423B	James Street / 3rd Street	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
				423C	Minnesota Avenue / Washington Boulevard	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
				423D	Fairfax District	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Kansas–Missouri line				I-70 east /US 24 east /US 40 east /US 169 north continue into Missouri
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete access Tolled

Related routes

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WaKeeney business loop

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U.S. Highway 40 Business

Location	WaKeeney, Kansas
Length	2.3 mi (3.7 km)
Existed	October 13, 1979^[7]–present

U.S. Route 40 Business (US-40 Bus.) is a 2.3-mile-long (3.7 km)business route throughWaKeeney, Kansas, that was recommended in 1979 as substitute for the formerly proposedInterstate 70 Business Loop. It begins at exit 127 onInterstate 70/U.S. Route 40 (I-70/US-40) and travels to the north,concurrent withUS-283 along South First Street. At theintersection with Barclay Avenue (Old Highway 40), US-40 Bus. and US-283 turn to the east. By the time Barclay Avenue encounters South 13th Street, US-283 turns left to the north, US-40 Bus. turns right to the south, and Old Highway 40 continues straight ahead to the east. After passing by the Kansas Veterans Cemetery, and the headquarters for the Western Co-Op Electric Association,^[8] US-40 Bus. terminates at exit 128 on I-70/US-40, while South 13th Street continues as a local road that changes its name to 260th Avenue.

Russell business loop

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U.S. Highway 40 Business

Location	Russell, Kansas
Existed	October 13, 1979^[7]–November 15, 2013^[9]

U.S. Route 40 Business (US-40 Bus.) was a short business loop throughRussell, Kansas. It ran from Exit 184 alongInterstate 70/US 40, overlapping part ofU.S. Route 281 (South Fossil Street) then makes a right turn onto East Wichita Avenue (old US 40). Just before the intersection with 187th Street, the road curves from east to southeast as it follows the south side of a railroad line, and passes the northeast side of the Russell Municipal Airport. East Wichita Avenue ends at 189th Street and BUS US 40 makes a right turn south as it ends at Exit 189 on I-70/US 40.

Business US 40 was approved in a meeting on October 13, 1979,^[7] after Alternate US 40 was decommissioned in Russell.^[10]^[11] US-40 Bus. was approved by AASHTO to be decommissioned on October 17, 2013. US-40 Bus. was decommissioned by KDOT on November 15, 2013.^[9]

Junction City business loop

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U.S. Highway 40 Business

Location	Junction City
Existed	October 13, 1979^[7]–present

U.S. Route 40 Business (US-40 Bus.) is a business loop through Junction City. US-40 Business was approved in a meeting on October 13, 1979.^[7]

References

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^Federal Highway Administration,National Highway Planning Network GIS data version 2005.08
^^a ^b ^cMapsource. Garmin Ltd. 2003.
^^a ^b ^cKennedy, Richie (2002)."US 40".Kansas Highway Route Log. RetrievedJanuary 12, 2009.^{[self-published source]}
^Brusca, Frank X. (2002)."Topeka, Kansas".U.S. Route 40: America's Golden Highway. route40.net. Archived fromthe original on September 27, 2007. RetrievedMay 22, 2007.^{[self-published source]}
^Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering (October 17, 2008)."Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering Meeting Minutes" (Report). Washington, DC: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Archived fromthe original(DOC) on October 16, 2017.
^State Highway Commission of Kansas (October 13, 1967)."Resolution for Relocation and Redesignation of Road in Russell, Ellsworth and Saline Counties". Topeka: State Highway Commission of Kansas. Archived fromthe original on August 1, 2021. RetrievedAugust 10, 2020.
^^a ^b ^c ^d ^eSpecial Committee on U.S. Route Numbering (October 13, 1979)."Route Numbering Committee Agenda Showing Action Taken by the Executive Committee"(PDF) (Report). Washington, DC: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. p. 508 – via Wikimedia Commons.
^"Contact Us - Western Cooperative Electric".www.WesternCoop.com. Archived fromthe original on August 18, 2017. RetrievedAugust 17, 2017.
^^a ^bKansas Department of Transportation (November 15, 2013)."Resolution to withdraw a highway in Russell County". Topeka: Kansas Department of Transportation. Archived fromthe original on July 17, 2020. RetrievedJuly 16, 2020.
^1984 Kansas Highway Map(PDF) (Map). RetrievedJuly 18, 2020.
^1981-82 Kansas Highway Map(PDF) (Map). Archived fromthe original(PDF) on October 12, 2023. RetrievedJuly 18, 2020.