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The Kansas Turnpike is a tolled freeway that lies entirely within the U.S. state of Kansas. The road runs in a general southwest–northeast direction from the Oklahoma border south of Wichita via Wichita, Topeka, and Lawrence to Kansas City, Kansas. The Kansas Turnpike Act defined the turnpike to be built from Oklahoma to Kansas City, Kansas. The turnpike is owned and maintained by the Kansas Turnpike Authority, headquartered in Wichita. The Kansas Turnpike was built from 1954 to 1956, predating the Interstate Highway System. The turnpike presently has 27 interchanges and two barrier toll plazas. Exit numbers are assigned by mileage from south to east. After passing the Bonner Springs interchange, exit numbers change to match the mileage of Interstate 70 east from the Colorado border. In the median at mile 97 is the Matfield Green Service Area, which contains a memorial to football coach Knute Rockne, who died in a plane crash near Bazaar, Kansas. (Full article...)

Did you know ...

• ...that Hawaii Route 560 (pictured) was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004 because of its historical character of one lane bridges?
• ...that in 2006 Pennsylvania Route 291 was rerouted around the Philadelphia International Airport due to runway expansion?
• ...that County Road 510 in Marquette County, Michigan, previously crossed the Dead River on a bridge moved to the site from Pennsylvania?
• ...that much of Maryland Route 260 was built on the former right-of-way of the Chesapeake Beach Railway?
• ...that the Hanlon Expressway is named after Felix Hanlon, who helped cut the first tree to inaugurate Guelph, Ontario?

In the news

• A six-day closure of the Bainbridge Island ferry (carrying Washington State Route 305 from Seattle) to vehicles and bicycles begins as part of terminal improvements.
• The final sections of the old I-74 Bridge carrying Interstate 74 between Iowa and Illinois are demolished by explosives.
• The Interstate 95 express lanes in Virginia are extended south by 10 miles (16 km) to Fredericksburg.

Ongoing: I-69 Extension (IN), CA-58 Extension (CA), I-405 Expansion (WA)

Historic byways

• Sept. 21, 2022 – Following a ruling by U.S. District Court Judge William E. Smith, the state of Rhode Island is forced to stop charging truck-only tolls.
• Sept. 22, 2022 – Interstate 95 is connected to the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Philadelphia (pictured), concluding the last construction project funded by the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956.
• Sept. 23, 2022 - British Columbia Highway 8 reopens over the Nicola River after extensive repairs of damage caused by the November 2021 Pacific Northwest floods.
• Sept. 24, 2022 – The entirety of the Fall Line Freeway in Georgia between Columbus and Augusta is designated State Route 540.
• Sept. 25, 1967 – Construction begins on Interstate 805 in San Diego, California, following a groundbreaking ceremony at El Cajon Boulevard and Boundary Street.
• Sept. 26, 1937 – In New Mexico, U.S. Route 66 is rerouted on a more direct alignment between Laguna and Santa Rosa, bypassing the older route through Santa Fe.
• Sept. 28, 1955 – Final approval is given by the U.S. federal government to construct the Capital Beltway around Washington D.C.. The beltway will later be designated as Interstate 495.
• Sept. 30, 2000 – The New Jersey Turnpike Authority starts using E-ZPass as a means to collect electronic tolls along the New Jersey Turnpike.

Selected pictures

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  An animation of the collapse of the I-35W Mississippi River bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota on August 1, 2007

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  A single building settlement called Middlegate, Nevada, at the junction of U.S. Route 50 and Nevada State Route 361, that has served as a stopover for travelers since the pony express era of the 1800's. This portion of US 50 is colloquially known as "The Loneliest Road in America".

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  New York State Route 258 passing through fields in rural Livingston County, New York. This portion of NY 258 serves as a boundary between two towns; the town of Groveland is on the left and the town of West Sparta is on the right.

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  Interstate 5 southbound (top, left) and its express lanes (bottom, left) seen at the Mercer Street offramp in Downtown Seattle, Washington

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  The Parks Highway on the way to Fairbanks, Alaska

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  Interstate 93 southbound in the Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. Tunnel in Boston, part of the Big Dig

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  Looking down upon South Dakota Highway 10 from a scenic overlook west of Sisseton.

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  The New Jersey Turnpike in Robbinsville Township, with separate lanes for cars only and cars, trucks, and buses.

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  Maryland Route 197 within the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center.

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  A switchback along Utah State Route 143.

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  Florida State Road 972 in Coral Gables.

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  New Mexico State Road 124 (old U.S. Route 66) westbound past exit 104 of Interstate 40 in Cibola County.

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  Pennsylvania Route 33 northbound past the Pennsylvania Route 512 interchange in Wind Gap, approaching Blue Mountain.

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  Interstate 40 eastbound in Arizona near the New Mexico border.

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  Interstate 68 passing through the Sideling Hill road cut in Washington County, Maryland

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