Interstate 35

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## Interstate

**Interstate 35** is a major north-south highway running from Duluth, Minnesota to Laredo, Texas, nearly running from Canada to Mexico. It also serves Minneapolis and Saint Paul in Minnesota, Des Moines in Iowa, Cameron, and Kansas City in Missouri, Kansas City, Emporia, and Wichita in Kansas, Oklahoma City in Oklahoma, and Dallas, Fort Worth, Waco, Austin, and San Antonio in Texas.

## Route Description

### Minnesota

#### Duluth-Minneapolis/St Paul

I-35 begins at a traffic signal with London Road (Minnesota State Highway 61) and South 26th Avenue East in Duluth. I-35 then follows Lake Superior and goes through Downtown Duluth. After Duluth, it turns south, passing some small towns, then meets US 61 and US 8 in Wyoming, then splits off into I-35E and I-35W south of Wyoming.

#### I-35E (Saint Paul)

After splitting from I-35 and I-35W south of Wyoming, I-35E continues south, then holds a short concurrency with I-694, then continues south. It passes MN 36 south of Little Canada, then holds a short concurrency with I--94 through Downtown Saint Paul, passing near US 52, then meets MN 5 south of Saint Paul, it then also meets MN 62 and I-494 near Mendota Heights. It then turns southwest (passing MN 77 along the way) then merges back onto I-35 in Burnsville.

#### I-35W (Minneapolis)

After splitting from I-35 and I-35E south of Wyoming, I-35W continues south, then passes US 10, holding a ~1.5 mile concurrency, then meets I-694 south of there, then meets MN 36 and continues moving near Minneapolis. I-35W then holds a concurrency with I-94. At the point where it splits off, it also has a spaghetti intersection, where you can either move onto I-35W, continue on I-94, or go to multiple downtown streets. I-35W then continues straight south, and holds a short concurrency with MN 62, passes I-494, Bloomington, and MN 13, then merges back into I-35 in Burnsville.

#### Minneapolis/St Paul to Iowa

After merging with I-35E and I-35W near Burnsville, I-35 moves south through southern Minneapolis/Saint Paul suburbs, then on to small farm towns. After a while, it meets US 14 and US 218 in Owatonna, then keeps moving south, and meets I-90 north of Albert Lea. It then passes US 65 south of Albert Lea, then enters Iowa.

### Iowa

I-35 is straight for most of the state of Iowa, but passes some large cities. I-35 passes many small towns, then meets IA 9 in Hanlontown, and holds a short concurrency with US 18 near Mason City, then continues south through some more small towns, and meets US 20 near Williams, then continues south again, and passes US 30 and the University of Iowa in Ames. North of Des Moines, at the junction with I-235, I-35 meets I-80, and holds a concurrency with I-80, bypassing Des Moines. I-35 and I-80 bypass Des Moines, then splits off at I-235 near Clive. I-35 meets IA 5, then leaves the Des Moines area. It meets US 34 in Osceola, about 40 miles south of I-80. 20 miles later, it meets IA 2 in Decatur City, then enters Missouri.

### Missouri

Just over 20 miles after entering Missouri, I-35 meets US 136 near Bethany. It then continues on, and about 38 miles later, it meets US 36 (Future I-72) in Cameron. This is also where I-35 begins a concurrency with the CKC Highway and Missouri 110. I-35 then continues southwest, and enters the Kansas City area. It passes MO 291 near Liberty, I-435 in Claycomo, then begins a short concurrency with I-29 in Avondale. It then continues south through North Kansas City, then crosses the Missouri River, and gets off of I-29 in Kansas City, and begins a concurrency with I-70. It forms a north loop around Kansas City, passing MO 9 and US 169. I-35 then splits off with I-70, and I-35 moves south, forming a west loop around downtown, and passes I-670. It then continues south, and enters Kansas.

### Kansas

After entering Kansas, I-35 meets US 169 near Westwood, US 69 near Roeland Park, and I-635 near Mission. I-35 then splits with US 69, and meets I-435 in Lenexa. I-35 then moves southwest, passing Olathe, Gardner, Ottawa, and Emporia, passing US 169, K-7, US 59, US 75, K-99 and I-335 in Emporia. I-35 passes US 50 in Emporia, then turns south at I-335. I-35 then moves southwest, passing more small towns, and then meets US 54 and US 77 in El Dorado, and then US 400, US 54, and K-96 near Wichita. I-35 then forms a southeast loop around Wichita, then turns south at I-135 and I-235. I-35 then begins paralleling US 81. It then passes US 160 in Wellington and US 166 in South Haven, then enters Oklahoma.

### Oklahoma

After entering Oklahoma, I-35 meets US 177 near Braman, I-35 then meets US 60 in Tonkawa, US 412 near Perry, US 61 in Perry, OK 51 in Orlando, OK 66 near Edmond, and I-44 and the Kilpatrick Turnpike north of Oklahoma City. I-35 and I-44 then form a concurrency near Oklahoma City. I-35 then splits with I-44 near the OKC Zoo. I-35 meets US 62, then forms a short concurrency with I-40 south of Oklahoma City. It then splits off near US 77 in Downtown, then I-35 meets I-240 and enters the Suburbs. I-35 passes Moore, Norman, Noble, and Purcell. I-35 then continues south through small towns throughout the Chickasaw Nation. I-35 meets US 70 in Ardmore, then crosses the Red River into Texas.

### Texas

#### Gainesville-Denton

After entering Texas, I-35 meets US 82 in Gainesville. It then meets US 380 in Denton, then splits off into I-35E and I-35W. I-35E moves south into Dallas, and I-35W moves south into Fort Worth.

#### I-35E (Dallas)

After splitting in Denton, I-35E passes many suburbs of Dallas, including Corinth, Lake Dallas, Highland Village, Lewisville, Carrollton, Farmers Branch, and Northwest Dallas. I-35E meets I-635 near Farmers Branch, and TX 12 near Irving, then I-35E passes Love Field, and enters Dallas. I-35E meets TX 366, then begins a loop around Downtown, holding a very short concurrency with I-30. After leaving Downtown, it begins moving into Dallas' southern suburbs. It passes Oak Cliff, Cedar Crest, Brownlee park, DeSoto, Red Oak, Waxahacie, Italy, Milford, and Carl's Corner. It also passes US 67, TX 12, I-20, TX 342, US 287, and TX 34 along the way. It then merges back onto I-35 near Hillsboro.

#### I-35W (Fort Worth)

After splitting in Denton, I-35W passes many suburbs of Fort Worth, including Argyle, Roanoke, Haslet, and Saginaw, meeting TX114 and US 287 along the way. It passes I-820, and passes east of Fort Worth. It also passes US 377 and TX 121. It splits off with US 287 in Fort Worth, and also meets I-30 there, and then it meets I-820 again and moves into Fort Worth's southern suburbs, and small towns along the way, including Burleson, Alvarado, Grandview, and Itasca, passing I-20, TX 174, and US 67 along the way. It then merges onto I-35 north of Hillsboro.

#### Hillsboro-Laredo

After merging back onto I-35, it passes east of Hillsboro, then moves south through some small farm towns. It then meets US 84, and passes through downtown Waco, and passes TX 6. It then passes Temple and Georgetown, meeting I-14 along the way. It meets US 79, TX 45, TX 1, US 183, US 290, and TX 71 in Austin. I-35 passes east of downtown Austin. After that, it continues to move south, then turns west, paralleling I-10 after passing New Braunfels. It passes TX 1604 and I-410, then passes through San Antonio, forming a loop, meeting I-10, US 90, and I-37 along the way. I-35 then passes I-410 and TX 1604 again, then leaves San Antonio. I-35 moves southwest, then turns straight south after meeting US 57 near Moore. It passes around some small towns. then meets US 59 and I-69W, passing east of Nye, then goes straight into downtown Laredo. I-35 then ends, and transforms into Santa Ursula Avenue (southbound) and San Dario Avenue (northbound). These then turn into the US Customs and Border Protection building in Laredo, then crosses the Rio Grande river into Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico.

## Auxiliary Routes

### Kansas

 I-235
 I-335
 I-435
 I-635