Turner Diagonal
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|---|---|
| East end |  K-32 / Kansas Ave. in Kansas City, KS |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| Counties | Wyandotte |
| Highway system | |
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The Turner Diagonal (map) is a short freeway in
I-70 and is currently signed as K-32
from Kansas Avenue to its first interchange.
It is named "Turner Diagonal" because it runs diagonally and because it runs into and out of the
I-635
, bypassing the stoplights on State Avenue and Parallel Parkway. The speed limit is 55 miles per hour (89 km/h) for the entire length of the freeway. The freeway was formerly known as K-132.
K-132
K-132 was a highway commissioned in the 1960s to connect
Kansas City, KS
.
It was turned back to the city of
I-70 remains unsigned. The state still maintains the roadway by repainting/replacing old exit signs; it has not maintained nor resurfaced this old segment of K-132 since 1993.[citation needed
]
It is now simply known as "Turner Diagonal". The 0.25-mile (0.40 km) portion of this expressway from
US-40
until 2009. US-40 used to leave its concurrency with US-24, head east on the Turner Diagonal before overlapping I-70.
Kaw River (map
) from looking southward from middle of Turner Diagonal bridge. (April 2007)Exit list
The entire route is in Kansas City, Wyandotte County. All exits are unnumbered.
| mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0 | 0.0 | State Avenue | Western terminus; road continues north as College Parkway | ||
| 0.6– 0.7 | 0.97– 1.1 |     St. Louis, Topeka | Diverging Diamond Interchange | ||
| 1.1 | 1.8 | Riverview Avenue | At-grade intersection | ||
| 1.6 | 2.6 | 65th Street | Interchange | ||
| 2.1 | 3.4 |  K-32 west (Kaw Drive west) | Interchange; Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; west end of K-32 concurrency | ||
| Kaw Drive east | Interchange | ||||
| 2.5 | 4.0 | 59th Street Lane | at-grade intersection | ||
| 3.2 | 5.1 |  K-32 east (Kansas Avenue) | Eastern terminus; east end of K-32 concurrency; road continues east as K-32 (Kansas Avenue) | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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