Interstate 670 (Kansas-Missouri)

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Interstate 670
Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System

Length:

2.81 mi^[1] (4.52 km)

West end:

I-70 in Kansas City, KS

East end:

I-70 in Kansas City, MO

Interstate 670 (abbreviated I-670) is a 2.81 mile (4.52 km) connector highway between I-70 in Kansas City, Kansas and I-70 in Kansas City, Missouri. The freeway provides a more direct route through downtown Kansas City than the older mainline I-70, and avoids the sharp turn (and reduced speed limit) of the latter at the west end of the Intercity Viaduct. I-670 is also designated Alternate Interstate 70, one of the few interstates to be designated as an alternate. Interstate 670 also makes up the south side of Kansas City's downtown freeway loop, where it passes under the southern half of H. Roe Bartle Hall.

The road crosses the Kansas River and the West Bottoms which was the former location of the Kansas City Stockyards, on the I-670 Viaduct. The leg of the highway west of I-35 has Kansas Department of Transportation signs proclaiming it the Jay B. Dillingham Freeway^[2] although maps list it as the Jay B. Dillingham Memorial Highway^[3]. Dillingham was a former president of the Stockyards.

I-670 is the multi-lane road going to the right of downtown Kansas City across the West Bottoms by the confluence of the Missouri and Kansas Rivers. I-70 goes to the left of downtown Kansas City close to the bend in the Missouri River

Exit list

County	Location	#	Destinations	Notes
Wyandotte	Kansas City		I-70 west – Topeka	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Wyandotte	Kansas City	1A	Central Avenue	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
State line
Jackson	Kansas City	1B	Genesee Street, Wyoming Street - Kemper Arena
		2T	I-35 south - Wichita
		2T	I-35 north / 12th Street	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		2S	Broadway	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		2R	Central Street - Downtown Kansas City	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		2Q	Truman Road, McGee Street	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		2P	13th Street - Downtown Kansas City	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		2N	I-70 west / US 71 north to I-29 north to I-35 north , St. Joseph, Des Moines	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		2M	US 71 south	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		3A	The Paseo	Eastbound exit only
			I-70 east / US 40 east – St. Louis	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance

References

External links

Interstate 670 Kansas/Missouri, Interstate-Guide.com

v • d • e Auxiliary routes of Interstate 70

Colorado: 270 • 470 (former) — Kansas: 470 • 670 — Missouri: 170 • 270 • 470 • 670 — Illinois: 270 — Ohio: 270 • 470 • 670 — West Virginia: 470 — Maryland: 170 (former) • 270 • 370