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U.S. Route 75 (US-75) is a north–south U.S. Highway stretching from Kittson County, Minnesota to Dallas, Texas. In Kansas, the highway runs from south to north through the eastern part of the state. It enters the state from Oklahoma near Caney and runs north, serving the state capitol of Topeka. The highway continues north of Topeka, passing by the Potawatomi and Kickapoo Indian reservation, and passes over the Nebraska state line near Sabetha.

Route description

US-75 enters Kansas from Oklahoma near Caney and almost immediately starts an overlap with US-166. The highways split about 4 miles north of the state line. South of Neodesha, US-75 overlaps with US-400 as a 2 lane freeway.

At Interstate 35 (I-35), US-75 becomes a two-lane expressway again, passing east of Melvern Lake. About 15 miles south of Topeka, the highway becomes a four lane freeway. US-75 crosses the Kansas Turnpike without any direct access and drivers must use I-470 to access the turnpike. US 75 runs around the main part of the city along I-470 and I-70.

Leaving Topeka, US-75 becomes its own route again. Between Hoyt and Holton, the highway runs along the eastern border of the Potawatomi Indian Reservation. A few miles to the north, the highway runs west of the Kickapoo Reservation. North of Sabetha, US-75 exits the state into Nebraska.

History

The junction with K-268 and K-31 was formerly a four-way intersection. From January 2004 to August 2009, there was a total of 24 crashes, which included one fatality and fifteen that resulted in injuries. Residents of the surrounding communities requested a "safer type of intersection", then in late Fall of 2013, work began to reconstruct the intersection as a roundabout.^[1][2] On November 17, 2014, the new roundabout at the eastern terminus opened to unrestricted traffic. The project was fully completed by the end of December. Smoky Hill LLC from Salina, was the primary contractor on the $2.541 million roundabout project.^[3] On August 9, 2018, a tractor-trailer travelling southbound on US-75 crashed into the roundabout. The trucks fuel tank was damaged and spilled about 70 gallons of diesel fuel. K-31 and US-75 traffic was reduced to one lane for about four hours after the crash.^[4]

Junction list

County	Location	mi[10]	km	Destinations	Notes
Montgomery	Caney	0.00	0.00	US 75 south	Continuation into Oklahoma
	Caney	1.7	2.7	US-166 east – Coffeyville, Joplin	South end of US 166 overlap
	​	4.4	7.1	US-166 west – Sedan	North end of US 166 overlap
	​	20.7	33.3	US-160 west – Elk City	South end of US 160 overlap
	Independence	23.7	38.1	US-160 east – Oswego	North end of US 160 overlap
	​	33.6	54.1	US-400 east – Parsons	South end of US 400 overlap; south end of expressway
Wilson	Neodesha	37.4	60.2	US-400 west – Fredonia	North end of US 400 overlap; north end of expressway
	Altoona	47.5	76.4	US 75 Bus. north – Altoona
		48.6	78.2	K-47 – Fredonia, Girard
		49	79	US 75 Bus. south – Altoona
	​	59.5	95.8	K-39 east – Chanute	South end of K-39 overlap
	​	60.4	97.2	K-39 west – Benedict	North end of K-39 overlap
Woodson	Yates Center	74.7	120.2	US-54 – Eureka, Iola
Coffey	​	88.7	142.7	K-58 east – Colony	South end of K-58 overlap
	​	89.7	144.4	K-58 west – Madison	North end of K-58 overlap
	Key West Township	113	182	I-35 / US-50 – Emporia, Wichita, Kansas City	I-35 exit 155. South end of Super 2
Osage	​	114	183	Township Road
	​	117	188	K-276 west – Olivet
	​	119	192	K-31 south – Melvern	North end of Super-2. South end of concurrency with K-31
	​	121	195	K-278 west – Eisenhower State Park
	Lyndon	125	201	K-68 east – Ottawa	Western terminus of K-68
	​	128	206	K-31 north / K-268 east – Osage City, Ottawa	Roundabout; north end of concurrency with K-31; western terminus of K-268
	​	138	222	US-56 – Burlingame, Baldwin City	South end of freeway. US-56 also serves Scranton and Overbrook.
	Carbondale	141	227	Main Street, E. 137th Street	Exit signed simply as "Carbondale"
Shawnee	​	147	237	Topeka Boulevard	Former US 75 Alt.
	​	149	240	Gary Ormsby Drive, SW 77th Street – Topeka Regional Airport
	​	151	243	SW 57th Street
	Topeka	153	246	I-470 east to I-335 (Kansas Turnpike) – Wichita, Kansas City	South end of I-470 overlap; I-470 exit 5
		See I-470
		159	256	I-470 end / I-70 / US-40 / K-4 west – Salina	North end of I-470 overlap; south end of I-70/US-40/K-4 overlap; I-470 exit 1A, I-70 exit 355
		See I-70
		161	259	I-70 / US-40 / K-4 east – Lawrence, Kansas City	North end of I-70/US 40/K-4 overlap; I-70 exit 358 eastbound, 358A westbound.
	North Topeka	162	261	NW Lower Silver Lake Road, NW 17th Street
		163	262	US-24 – Manhattan, Lawrence
		165	266	NW 35th Street	North end of freeway
Jackson	​	174	280	K-214 north (110th Road) – Hoyt	Clockwise terminus of K-214
	​	175	282	K-214 south (118th Road) – Hoyt	Counterclockwise terminus of K-214
	​	185	298	150th Road	Interchange
	Holton	190	310	K-116 east / K-16 (4th Street) – Onaga, Valley Falls
	​	200	320	K-9 – Wetmore, Netawaka
Brown	​	204	328	K-20 east – Horton, Kickapoo Reservation
	Fairview	216	348	US-36 – Seneca, Hiawatha	Interchange
	Sabetha	221	356	Main Street, 270th Street	Interchange
Nemaha		222	357	K-246 – Sabetha
	​	228	367	US 75 north	Continuation into Nebraska
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

External links

U.S. Route 75
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