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==History==
==History==
The freeway was not part of the original planned freeways around Kansas City in 1955.<ref>{{cite map |publisher= [[Bureau of Public Roads]] |title= General Location of National System of Interstate Highways Including All Additional Routes at Urban Areas |url= http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kansas_City,_Missouri_1955_Yellow_Book.jpg |date= September 1955 |inset= Kansas City, Missouri |access-date= May 28, 2012}}</ref><ref>https://www.linecreekloudmouth.com/blog/kc-freeway-history/</ref> The section east of the I-35 interchange was built first and finished in 1968.<ref>{{cite map |url= http://www.modot.org/newsandinfo/publications/documents/1968_back.pdf |format= PDF |year= 1968 |title= Missouri State Highway Map |publisher= [[Missouri Department of Transportation]] |access-date=February 27, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite map |url= http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps.asp |year=1968 |title= Kansas State Highway Map |publisher= [[Kansas Department of Transportation]] |access-date=February 27, 2011}}</ref> The western portion was not planned until 1971, and was not finished until several years later.<ref>{{cite map |url= http://www.modot.org/newsandinfo/publications/documents/1971_back.pdf |format= PDF |year=1971 |title= Missouri State Highway Map |publisher= Missouri Department of Transportation |access-date= February 27, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite map |url= http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps.asp |year=1971 |title= Kansas State Highway Map |publisher= Kansas Department of Transportation |access-date= February 27, 2011}}</ref> By 1987, the freeway was extended slightly westward in the downtown Kansas area,<ref>{{cite map |url= http://www.modot.org/newsandinfo/publications/documents/1987_1988_back.pdf |format= PDF |year= 1987 |edition=1987–88 |title= Missouri State Highway Map |publisher= Missouri Department of Transportation |access-date= February 26, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite map |url= http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps.asp |year= 1987 |title= Kansas State Highway Map |publisher= Kansas Department of Transportation |access-date= February 27, 2011}}</ref> but was not fully extended to I-70 until 1991, when it was fully opened.<ref>{{cite map |url= http://www.modot.org/newsandinfo/publications/documents/1991_1992_back.pdf |format= PDF |year= 1991 |edition=1991–92 |title= Missouri State Highway Map |publisher= Missouri Department of Transportation |access-date= February 27, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite map |url= http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps.asp |year= 1991 |edition= 1991–92 |title= Kansas State Highway Map |publisher= Kansas Department of Transportation |access-date= February 27, 2011}}</ref>
The freeway was not part of the original planned freeways around Kansas City in 1955.<ref>{{cite map |publisher= [[Bureau of Public Roads]] |title= General Location of National System of Interstate Highways Including All Additional Routes at Urban Areas |url= http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kansas_City,_Missouri_1955_Yellow_Book.jpg |date= September 1955 |inset= Kansas City, Missouri |access-date= May 28, 2012}}</ref><ref>https://www.linecreekloudmouth.com/blog/kc-freeway-history/</ref> The section east of the I-35 interchange was built first and finished in 1968.<ref>{{cite map |url= http://www.modot.org/newsandinfo/publications/documents/1968_back.pdf |format= PDF |year= 1968 |title= Missouri State Highway Map |publisher= [[Missouri Department of Transportation]] |access-date=February 27, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite map |url= http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps.asp |year=1968 |title= Kansas State Highway Map |publisher= [[Kansas Department of Transportation]] |access-date=February 27, 2011}}</ref> The western portion was not planned until 1971, and was not finished until several years later.<ref>{{cite map |url= http://www.modot.org/newsandinfo/publications/documents/1971_back.pdf |format= PDF |year=1971 |title= Missouri State Highway Map |publisher= Missouri Department of Transportation |access-date= February 27, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite map |url= http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps.asp |year=1971 |title= Kansas State Highway Map |publisher= Kansas Department of Transportation |access-date= February 27, 2011}}</ref> By 1987, the freeway was extended slightly westward in the downtown Kansas area,<ref>{{cite map |url= http://www.modot.org/newsandinfo/publications/documents/1987_1988_back.pdf |format= PDF |year= 1987 |edition=1987–88 |title= Missouri State Highway Map |publisher= Missouri Department of Transportation |access-date= February 26, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite map |url= http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps.asp |year= 1987 |title= Kansas State Highway Map |publisher= Kansas Department of Transportation |access-date= February 27, 2011}}</ref> but was not fully extended to I-70 until 1991, when it was fully opened.<ref>{{cite map |url= http://www.modot.org/newsandinfo/publications/documents/1991_1992_back.pdf |format= PDF |year= 1991 |edition=1991–92 |title= Missouri State Highway Map |publisher= Missouri Department of Transportation |access-date= February 27, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite map |url= http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps.asp |year= 1991 |edition= 1991–92 |title= Kansas State Highway Map |publisher= Kansas Department of Transportation |access-date= February 27, 2011}}</ref>


A portion of the highway near downtown Kansas City, Missouri was closed on May 20, 1997, in order to film the [[music video]] for the [[U2]] song "[[Last Night on Earth (U2 song)|Last Night on Earth]]". The band reimbursed the Kansas City Police Department for all traffic control and security costs. A permit issued by the Missouri Highway and Transportation Department (the predecessor to MoDOT) stated the closure "will enhance and promote the notoriety of...Kansas City's skyline." Mike Right, vice-president of public affairs for the [[American Automobile Association]] Auto Club of Missouri, told the ''[[Kansas City Star]]'' "I can't believe the stupidity of it. They're going to close down an interstate highway that serves downtown Kansas City for a...music video? I've never heard of such a thing."<ref>{{cite news|last=Heider|first=Timothy|work=The Kansas City Star|title=Filming of Music Video Will Shut Down I-670 Downtown for Several Hours Tuesday|date=May 20, 1997}}</ref>
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==Exit list==
==Exit list==

Revision as of 20:36, 6 August 2021

Interstate 670 marker
Interstate 670
Jay B. Dillingham Freeway
Map
I-670 highlighted in red
Route information
Auxiliary route of I-70
Length2.81 mi[1] (4.52 km)
Existed1968[citation needed]–present
NHSEntire route
Major junctions
West end I-70 / US-24 / US-40 / US-69 / US-169 in Kansas City, KS
Major intersections I-35 in Kansas City, MO
East end I-70 / US 24 / US 40 / US 71 in Kansas City, MO
Location
CountryUnited States
StatesKansas, Missouri
CountiesKS: Wyandotte
MO: Jackson
Highway system
*Kansas State Highway System
← I-635KS→ K-1
← I-635MO→ Route 740

Interstate 670 (I-670) is a 2.81-mile-long (4.52 km) (4.52 km) connector highway between I-70 in Kansas City, Kansas and I-70 in Kansas City, Missouri. The highway 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. Interstate 670 also makes up the south side of Kansas City's downtown freeway loop, where it passes under the southern half of Bartle Hall Convention Center.

The road crosses the Kansas River and the West Bottoms, the former location of the Kansas City Stockyards, on the I-670 Viaduct. The leg of the highway west of I-35 is known as the Jay B. Dillingham Memorial Highway.[2] Dillingham was a former president of the Stockyards.

Route description

Looking westbound on I-670 passing below the Bartle Hall Convention Center at night

I-670 begins in Kansas City, Kansas, as ramps from I-70/US-24/US-40/US-169 meet to form the freeway just before a bridge over the Kansas River, which is located just south of its confluence with the Missouri River. The freeway then crosses the Kansas–Missouri state line and enters Kansas City, Missouri. The road then has an interchange with I-35 just before passing beneath the Kansas City Convention Center. The freeway passes just to the south of the Power and Light District and T-Mobile Center in downtown Kansas City. It meets up with I-70 / US 40 again on the southeastern corner of the downtown area; US 71 comprises the north–south portion of the interchange.[3]

History

The freeway was not part of the original planned freeways around Kansas City in 1955.[4][5] The section east of the I-35 interchange was built first and finished in 1968.[6][7] The western portion was not planned until 1971, and was not finished until several years later.[8][9] By 1987, the freeway was extended slightly westward in the downtown Kansas area,[10][11] but was not fully extended to I-70 until 1991, when it was fully opened.[12][13]


A portion of the highway near downtown Kansas City, Missouri was closed on May 20, 1997, in order to film the music video for the U2 song "Last Night on Earth". The band reimbursed the Kansas City Police Department for all traffic control and security costs. A permit issued by the Missouri Highway and Transportation Department (the predecessor to MoDOT) stated the closure "will enhance and promote the notoriety of...Kansas City's skyline." Mike Right, vice-president of public affairs for the American Automobile Association Auto Club of Missouri, told the Kansas City Star "I can't believe the stupidity of it. They're going to close down an interstate highway that serves downtown Kansas City for a...music video? I've never heard of such a thing."[14]

Exit list

StateCountyLocationmikmExitDestinationsNotes
KansasWyandotteKansas City0.000.00

 I-70 / US-24 / US-40 west / US-69 south – Topeka		I-70 exit 421B
0.390.631ACentral AvenueWestbound exit and eastbound entrance
0.47–
0.56		0.76–
0.90		Kansas River bridge
 0.83
0.00		1.34
0.00		Kansas–Missouri state line
MissouriJacksonKansas City0.13–
0.19		0.21–
0.31		1BGenesee Street / Wyoming Street – Kemper Arena
0.881.422T
 I-35 south – Wichita		I-35 exit 2U

 I-35 north / 12th Street		Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; I-35 exit 2U
1.021.642SBroadwayWestbound exit and eastbound entrance
1.101.772RCentral Street – DowntownEastbound exit only
1.422.292QTruman Road / McGee StreetWestbound exit and eastbound entrance
2.103.382P13th Street – Downtown Kansas CityWestbound exit only
2N




 I-70 west / US 71 north to I-29 / I-35 north – St. Joseph, Des Moines		Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; I-70 exit 2L
2M
 US 71 south – Joplin		Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
3AThe Paseo (Kansas City, Missouri)Eastbound exit and entrance only

 I-70 / US 24 east / US 40 – St. Louis		I-70 exit 2L
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ^ Staff (October 31, 2001). "Table 2: Auxiliary Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways as of October 31, 2002". Route Log and Finder List. Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  2. ^ "Interstate 670 (Kansas–Missouri)" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved June 8, 2009.
  3. ^ "Interstate 670 (Kansas–Missouri)" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  4. ^ General Location of National System of Interstate Highways Including All Additional Routes at Urban Areas (Map). Bureau of Public Roads. September 1955. Kansas City, Missouri inset. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  5. ^ https://www.linecreekloudmouth.com/blog/kc-freeway-history/
  6. ^ Missouri State Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Missouri Department of Transportation. 1968. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
  7. ^ Kansas State Highway Map (Map). Kansas Department of Transportation. 1968. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
  8. ^ Missouri State Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Missouri Department of Transportation. 1971. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
  9. ^ Kansas State Highway Map (Map). Kansas Department of Transportation. 1971. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
  10. ^ Missouri State Highway Map (PDF) (Map) (1987–88 ed.). Missouri Department of Transportation. 1987. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
  11. ^ Kansas State Highway Map (Map). Kansas Department of Transportation. 1987. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
  12. ^ Missouri State Highway Map (PDF) (Map) (1991–92 ed.). Missouri Department of Transportation. 1991. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
  13. ^ Kansas State Highway Map (Map) (1991–92 ed.). Kansas Department of Transportation. 1991. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
  14. ^ Heider, Timothy (May 20, 1997). "Filming of Music Video Will Shut Down I-670 Downtown for Several Hours Tuesday". The Kansas City Star.
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