U.S. Route 75 in Kansas
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US 75 highlighted in red | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by KDOT | ||||
Existed | 1926–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
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Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Kansas | |||
Counties | Montgomery, Wilson, Woodson, Coffey, Osage, Shawnee, Jackson, Brown, Nemaha | |||
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U.S. Route 75 (US-75) is a north–south U.S. Highway stretching from Kittson County, Minnesota to Dallas, Texas. In Kansas, the highway runs from south to north through the eastern part of the state. It enters the state from Oklahoma near Caney and runs north, serving the state capitol of Topeka. The highway continues north of Topeka, passing by the Potawatomi and Kickapoo Indian reservation, and passes over the Nebraska state line near Sabetha.
Route description
[edit]US-75 enters Kansas from Oklahoma near Caney and almost immediately starts an overlap with US-166. The highways split about 4 miles north of the state line. South of Neodesha, US-75 overlaps with US-400 as a 2 lane freeway.
At Interstate 35 (I-35), US-75 becomes a two-lane expressway again, passing east of Melvern Lake. About 15 miles south of Topeka, the highway becomes a four lane freeway. US-75 crosses the Kansas Turnpike without any direct access and drivers must use I-470 to access the turnpike. US 75 runs around the main part of the city along I-470 and I-70.
Leaving Topeka, US-75 becomes its own route again. Between Hoyt and Holton, the highway runs along the eastern border of the Potawatomi Indian Reservation. A few miles to the north, the highway runs west of the Kickapoo Reservation. North of Sabetha, US-75 exits the state into Nebraska.
History
[edit]The junction with K-268 and K-31 was formerly a four-way intersection. From January 2004 to August 2009, there was a total of 24 crashes, which included one fatality and fifteen that resulted in injuries. Residents of the surrounding communities requested a "safer type of intersection", then in late Fall of 2013, work began to reconstruct the intersection as a roundabout.[1][2] On November 17, 2014, the new roundabout at the eastern terminus opened to unrestricted traffic. The project was fully completed by the end of December. Smoky Hill LLC from Salina, was the primary contractor on the $2.541 million roundabout project.[3] On August 9, 2018, a tractor-trailer travelling southbound on US-75 crashed into the roundabout. The trucks fuel tank was damaged and spilled about 70 gallons of diesel fuel. K-31 and US-75 traffic was reduced to one lane for about four hours after the crash.[4]
Junction list
[edit]County | Location | mi[10] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
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Montgomery | Caney | 0.00 | 0.00 | ![]() ![]() | Continuation into Oklahoma | ||
Caney | 1.7 | 2.7 | ![]() ![]() | South end of US 166 overlap | |||
| 4.4 | 7.1 | ![]() ![]() | North end of US 166 overlap | |||
| 20.7 | 33.3 | ![]() ![]() | South end of US 160 overlap | |||
Independence | 23.7 | 38.1 | ![]() ![]() | North end of US 160 overlap | |||
| 33.6 | 54.1 | ![]() ![]() | South end of US 400 overlap; south end of expressway | |||
Wilson | Neodesha | 37.4 | 60.2 | ![]() ![]() | North end of US 400 overlap; north end of expressway | ||
Altoona | 47.5 | 76.4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
48.6 | 78.2 | ![]() | |||||
49 | 79 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
| 59.5 | 95.8 | ![]() ![]() | South end of K-39 overlap | |||
| 60.4 | 97.2 | ![]() ![]() | North end of K-39 overlap | |||
Woodson | Yates Center | 74.7 | 120.2 | ![]() | |||
Coffey | | 88.7 | 142.7 | ![]() ![]() | South end of K-58 overlap | ||
| 89.7 | 144.4 | ![]() ![]() | North end of K-58 overlap | |||
Key West Township | 113 | 182 | ![]() ![]() | I-35 exit 155. South end of Super 2 | |||
Osage | | 114 | 183 | Township Road | |||
| 117 | 188 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
| 119 | 192 | ![]() ![]() | North end of Super-2. South end of concurrency with K-31 | |||
| 121 | 195 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
Lyndon | 125 | 201 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of K-68 | |||
| 128 | 206 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Roundabout; north end of concurrency with K-31; western terminus of K-268 | |||
| 138 | 222 | ![]() | South end of freeway. US-56 also serves Scranton and Overbrook. | |||
Carbondale | 141 | 227 | Main Street, E. 137th Street | Exit signed simply as "Carbondale" | |||
Shawnee | | 147 | 237 | Topeka Boulevard | Former US 75 Alt. | ||
| 149 | 240 | Gary Ormsby Drive, SW 77th Street – Topeka Regional Airport | ||||
| 151 | 243 | SW 57th Street | ||||
Topeka | 153 | 246 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | South end of I-470 overlap; I-470 exit 5 | |||
See I-470 | |||||||
159 | 256 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | North end of I-470 overlap; south end of I-70/US-40/K-4 overlap; I-470 exit 1A, I-70 exit 355 | ||||
See I-70 | |||||||
161 | 259 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | North end of I-70/US 40/K-4 overlap; I-70 exit 358 eastbound, 358A westbound. | ||||
North Topeka | 162 | 261 | NW Lower Silver Lake Road, NW 17th Street | ||||
163 | 262 | ![]() | |||||
165 | 266 | NW 35th Street | North end of freeway | ||||
Jackson | | 174 | 280 | ![]() ![]() | Clockwise terminus of K-214 | ||
| 175 | 282 | ![]() ![]() | Counterclockwise terminus of K-214 | |||
| 185 | 298 | 150th Road | Interchange | |||
Holton | 190 | 310 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
| 200 | 320 | ![]() | ||||
Brown | | 204 | 328 | ![]() ![]() | |||
Fairview | 216 | 348 | ![]() | Interchange | |||
Sabetha | 221 | 356 | Main Street, 270th Street | Interchange | |||
Nemaha | 222 | 357 | ![]() | ||||
| 228 | 367 | ![]() ![]() | Continuation into Nebraska | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
[edit]- ^ Kansas Department of Transportation. "Kansas Roundabout Guide, Second Addition Appendices - KDOT". Topeka: Kansas Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
- ^ "US 75 and K-31/K-268 Roundabout Project open house Thursday". Emporia: The Emporia Gazzette. September 18, 2013. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
- ^ White, Wayne (November 17, 2014). "U.S. 75 and K-31/K-268 roundabout now open from all directions". Lyndon: Osage County News. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
- ^ Samples, Chuck (August 9, 2018). "UPDATE: Semi wreck almost totally closes roundabout connecting three Osage County highways". KVOE.com. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
- ^ "E0010 Rd & U.S. 75, Oklahoma, U.S. to Cedar, Kansas". Google Maps. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "E0010 Road & U.S. 75, Oklahoma, U.S. to US-75, Lyndon, KS 66451". Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "E0010 Road & U.S. 75, Oklahoma, U.S. to Topeka, Kansas". Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "US-75 & E0010 Rd, Oklahoma to Netawaka, Kansas". Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "US-75 & E0010 Rd, Oklahoma to US-75, Nebraska". Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Total length[5][6][7][8][9]