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I-35 / Kansas Turnpike in Wichita: I-70 / US-40 / US-81 in Salina: 1971: 1976 Renumbered I-135 I-66 — — Wichita, Kansas: Missouri State line 1991: 2015 Cancelled proposed interstate that was planned to run from Wichita to the junction with I-73/I-74/US 52 in West Virginia as part of the East–West TransAmerica Corridor.
Interstate 135 (I-135) is an approximately 95.7-mile-long (154.0 km) auxiliary Interstate Highway in central and south-central Kansas, United States.I-135, which is signed as north–south, runs between I-35 and the Kansas Turnpike in Wichita north to I-70, U.S. Highway 40 (US-40), and US-81 in Salina.
US 281 enters the state of Oklahoma at the Red River bridge north of Burkburnett, Texas on a route concurrent with I-44 starting in Wichita Falls.About six miles (9.7 km) north of the Red River, US 281 leaves I-44 at Randlett and follows a two-lane roadway parallel to the newer I-44, which becomes the Wichita Falls–Lawton section of the H.E. Bailey Turnpike, from Randlett to a point six ...
K-97 was a 5.587-mile-long (8.991 km) spur route that served the Sheridan State Game management area in Sheridan County. The highway began at US-40 and ran northward to the Sheridan State Game management area. K-97 was assigned in a March 24, 1941, resolution, [28] and removed from the state highway system in a July 30, 1958, resolution. [27]
From South Haven to Wichita it closely parallels Interstate 35, which is also known as the Kansas Turnpike in that area. After South Haven, the only town of any significance along US 81 until Wichita is Wellington, which is just west of the Turnpike along U.S. Route 160. US-81 concurrent with I-135 and K-15. At Wichita, US-81 joins Interstate 135.
On 16 January 1965, a U.S. Air Force Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker crashed in the central United States, in a neighborhood in north-eastern Wichita, Kansas, after taking off from McConnell Air Force Base. [1] This resulted in the deaths of all seven crew members on board the aircraft and an additional twenty-three people on the ground. [2] [3]
Grenville L. Gove, Captain in the 11th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry during the Civil War [8] GO 2,735: 1,072 sq mi (2,776 km 2) Graham County: 065: Hill City: 1867: From unorganized area: John L. Graham, Union captain and Civil War hero: GH 2,376: 898 sq mi (2,326 km 2) Grant County: 067: Ulysses: 1888: Formed from Finney and Hamilton Counties
The Wichita, Kansas Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget, is an area consisting of four counties in south central Kansas, its only principal city is Wichita and its only central county is Sedgwick County. [2] [3] As of the 2023 American Community Survey, the MSA had a population of ...