K-10 (Kansas highway)
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| Maintained by KDOT | ||||
| Length: | 38 mi (61 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1929 – present | |||
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| West end: |
  I-70 / Kansas Turnpike in Lawrence
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 US-40 in Lawrence US-59 in Lawrence K-7 near Lenexa
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| East end: |
  I-435 / I-35 in Lenexa |
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| Counties: | Douglas, Johnson | |||
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K-10 is a 38-mile (61 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Kansas. It was originally designated in 1929. It is mostly a controlled-access freeway, linking Lawrence to Lenexa. It provides an important toll-free alternate route to Interstate 70 (the Kansas Turnpike). Several scenes for the TV-movie The Day After were filmed on the highway in 1982 portraying a mass exodus evacuating the Kansas City area on I-70.
The highway's western end begins as a two-lane highway at I-70 exit 197 just west of Lawrence. It partially bypasses the city to the south to U.S. Route 59, providing access to Clinton Lake. K-10 continues to the northeast on the newly opened South Lawrence Trafficway before interchanging with 23rd Street (Old K-10). After exiting Lawrence east-bound, it passes through the city of Eudora, and then the cities of De Soto and Olathe, suburbs of Kansas City. It then terminates at an interchange with Interstate 435 in Lenexa. The eastern terminus is being reconstructed to provide a direct link to I-35. In Johnson County, the road is called the Governor John Anderson, Jr. Highway.
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