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Interstate 670 (Kansas–Missouri)
Highway in Kansas and Missouri / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Interstate 670 (I-670) is a 2.81-mile-long (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. I-670 also makes up the south side of Kansas City's Downtown Loop, where it passes under the southern half of the Kansas City Convention Center.
Jay B. Dillingham Freeway | |||||||
I-670 highlighted in red | |||||||
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Auxiliary route of I-70 | |||||||
Length | 2.81 mi[1] (4.52 km) | ||||||
Existed | 1968[citation needed]–present | ||||||
NHS | Entire route | ||||||
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Country | United States | ||||||
States | Kansas, Missouri | ||||||
Counties | KS: Wyandotte MO: Jackson | ||||||
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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 Freeway.[2] Jay B. Dillingham was a former president of the Stockyards.