Interstate 35

Interstate 35 is an Interstate Highway in the United States. It goes from Laredo, Texas at the Mexico border north to Duluth, Minnesota. The route is 1,568.38 miles (2,524.06 km) long.^[1]

Interstate 35
Route information
Length	1,569.06 mi[1] (2,525.16 km)
Existed	1956–present
History	Completed in 1982[2]
NHS	Entire route
Major junctions
South end	US 83 in Laredo, TX
Major intersections	I-69W in Laredo, TX I-10 in San Antonio, TX I-37 in San Antonio, TX I-14 from Belton to Temple, TX I-40 in Oklahoma City, OK I-44 in Oklahoma City, OK I-29 / I-70 in Kansas City, MO I-80 in West Des Moines, IA I-90 in Albert Lea, MN
North end	MN 61 in Duluth, MN
Location
Country	United States
States	Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Future

In June 2015, the highway was closed because of high water and a rock slide caused by Tropical Storm Bill. On June 18, the southbound lanes opened. It was not known when the northbound lanes would open.^[3]

Route description

Kansas

A view from the I-35 part of the Kansas Turnpike, between mileposts 29 and 30.

Between the Oklahoma border and Emporia, I-35 is part of the Kansas Turnpike. This part of the interstate goes through Wichita and goes through the Flint Hills area. At Emporia, I-35 separates itself into a new road. This free part of I-35 goes through Ottawa before entering the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, where it goes through Johnson County, and Kansas City, Kansas.