Highway 4

K-4 was realigned onto Interstate 70 from Auburn Road east here to the Westgate bridge (former U.S. 75 Bypass) by 1962.¹

06/18/15

I-70/U.S. 40 overlap west from K-4 outside Topeka to Oakley in the High Plains.

10/17/04

U.S. 40/K-4 shift north from I-70 onto the Oakland Expressway 0.69 miles to their separation at SE 6th Avenue.

06/19/15

U.S. 40 follows SE 6th Avenue east from the Oakland Expressway into the community of Tecumseh en route to Lawrence.

06/19/15

West from the folded diamond interchange with K-4, SE 6th Avenue to Deer Creek Trafficway was part of U.S. 40 until 2001.¹

06/19/15

K-4 continues north along the Oakland Expressway to Seward Avenue near Philip Billard Airport (TOP).

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A 1,230.7 foot long bridge² spans both Shunganunga Creek and a BNSF Railroad along K-4 eastbound ahead of mile marker 333.

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Seward Avenue leads west from the Oakland Expressway to the Eastend and Oakland neighborhoods in Topeka.

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East from the folded diamond interchange with K-4, Seward Avenue leaves the Topeka city limits, becoming Goodell Road south toward Tecumseh.

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Continuing north, K-4 crosses Old Channel east of Philip Billard Airport (TOP).

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K-4 converges with the expressway along U.S. 24 in one mile.

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K-4 arcs northwards across the Kansas River over a 5,534.7 foot long bridge completed in 1998.³

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K-4 combines with U.S. 24 east for 0.65 miles. U.S. 24 west leads to North Topeka.

06/19/15

Grading remains at the trumpet interchange with U.S. 24 for an unbuilt extension of the Oakland Expressway north.

06/19/15

K-4 turns north toward Valley Falls from U.S. 24 at a diamond interchange just east of the Oakland Expressway.

10/17/04

K-4 dog legs west alongside U.S. 24 for 0.65 miles from a diamond interchange at Calhoun Bluff Road (old U.S. 24) to the Oakland Expressway.

10/17/04

K-4 turns south onto the Oakland Expressway at a trumpet interchange with a graded loop ramp for the unbuilt continuation of the two lane freeway north.

10/17/04

The Oakland Expressway leads K-4 south 4.25 miles to the East Topeka Interchange joining I-70, I-470 and the Kansas Turnpike.

10/17/04

The overpasses for U.S. 24 at the exchange with K-4 were built to accommodate a separate roadway for the Oakland Expressway northbound.

06/19/15

K-4 (Oakland Expressway) proceeds south over Calhoun Bluff Road and a Union Pacific Railroad.

06/19/15

A 5,534.7 foot long bridge³ extends south to the Kansas River along the Oakland Expressway.

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Philip Billard Airport (TOP) lies just west of the Oakland Expressway and north of Seward Avenue.

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K-4 enters the Topeka city limits ahead of the folded diamond interchange with Seward Avenue.

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Seward Avenue runs west to the Oakland and Eastend neighborhoods in Topeka and east toward Tecumseh.

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K-4 (Oakland Expressway) converges with U.S. 40 (SE 6th Avenue) west in a half mile.

06/19/15

K-4 spans a BSNF Railroad line and Shunganunga Creek ahead of the folded diamond interchange with U.S. 40 (SE 6th Avenue).

06/19/15

U.S. 40 combines with K-4 (Oakland Expressway) from Tecumseh to Interstate 70 west across the capital city.

06/19/15

Completed in 2001, the East Topeka Interchange joins the south end of the Oakland Expressway with I-70 west to Downtown Topeka, I-70 (Kansas Turnpike) east to Lawrence and I-470 west to south Topeka.

06/19/15

Interstate 70 east overtakes the tolled Kansas Turnpike from I-470 to U.S. 24-40-73/K-7 at Bonner Springs.

06/19/15

The Kansas Turnpike continues southwest from U.S. 40/K-4 (Oakland Expressway) as I-470 to I-335 at south Topeka en route to Emporia and Wichita.

11/04/03

K-4 parts ways with I-70/U.S. 40 at a parclo interchange (Exit 353) west of Topeka. K-4 follows Auburn Road south from I-70 and West Lawn Memorial Gardens.

10/17/04

South from Interstate 70 and U.S. 40, K-4 lines Auburn Road 2.02 miles before turning west toward Dover.

10/18/15

10/17/04