K-32 stretches 32.36 miles east from U.S. 24 outside Lawrence to U.S. 69 (18th Street Expressway) in Kansas City. The state highway runs between I-70 (Kansas Turnpike) and the Kansas River across rural Leavenworth County to the rural city of Linwood. Entering Wyandotte County, K-32 leads east into the city center of Bonner Springs.
Continuing along a Union Pacific Railroad line and the Kansas River on Kaw Drive, K-32 advances into the city of Edwardsville. K-32 (Kaw Drive) proceeds into Kansas City at Grove Center, just ahead of a folded diamond interchange with Interstate 435. The arterial route serves industrial areas south of the UP Railroad in the Muncie neighborhood east to the Turner Diagonal, an older freeway that was formerly part of U.S. 40.
K-32 shifts onto the Turner Diagonal Freeway southeast across the Kansas River ahead of Santa Fe, an area of warehouses and distribution centers. K-32 connects with Interstate 635 north of the sprawling BNSF Railroad Argentine Yard. The route concludes just east of a second Kansas River crossing at the 18th Street Expressway in Armourdale.
Historically K-32 in Kansas City continued along Kaw Drive onto Park Drive in the Kensington neighborhood. The state highway shifted southeast at the former five point intersection with N 18th Street (old K-58) from Park Drive onto Central Avenue into the Riverivew neighborhood. K-32 concluded at the exchange with I-70/U.S. 40 west of the Central Avenue Bridge.
The Turner Diagonal Freeway southeast to Santa Fe was designated as K-132 originally. K-132 continued along Kansas Avenue to the 18th Street Expressway (former K-58), as K-32 does now.
The previous alignment of K-32 in Kansas City and former K-132 in 1972.
East
Reassurance marker posted east of S 9th Street and the residential street grid of Edwardsville.
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K-32 proceeds one mile east from S 9th Street in Edwardsville to a folded diamond interchange with Interstate 435.
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S 98th Street intersects K-32 north from an area of warehouses and distribution centers ahead of this shield assembly.
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A loop ramp joins I-435 south ahead of Lake Quivira and Shawnee.
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All ramps with Interstate 435 are located on the north side of K-32 due to the parallel Union Pacific Railroad line.
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K-32 shifts east from Kaw Drive onto the Turner Diagonal over the adjacent Union Pacific Railroad line.
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59th Street Lane intersects K-32 (Turner Diagonal) from an industrial area along the Kansas River.
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K-32 crosses the Kansas river southeast into the Santa Fe area of Kansas City.
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55th Street leads south from K-32 (Kansas Avenue) over the BNSF Argentine Yard into the Turner neighborhood.
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A folded diamond interchange links K-32 (Kansas Avenue) with Interstate 635.
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Interstate 635 elevates along a viaduct south from K-32 (Kansas Avenue) over the sprawling BNSF Argentine Yard.
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I-635 travels north from K-32 over the Kansas River to meet I-70/U.S. 24-40 at the Kensington neighborhood en route to Riverside, Missouri.
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S 26th Street stems south to the BNSF Argentine Yard.
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K-32 bee lines east from S 26th Street across the Kansas River again to the Armourdale neighborhood in Kansas City.
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U.S. 69 spans the Kansas River southeast of K-32 along the 18th Street Expressway.
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K-32 (Kansas Avenue) lowers east into a parclo interchange with U.S. 69 (18th Street Expressway).
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The entrance ramp for U.S. 69 south to Argentine and Shawnee Heights is unmarked from K-32 east.
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K-32 concludes at U.S. 69, which continues north across the Union Pacific Amroudale and 18th Street Yards to I-70/U.S. 24-40.
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West
K-32 leaves the Muncie-Stony Point area of Kansas City west beyond the folded diamond interchange with Interstate 435.
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Interstate 435 travels south across the Kansas River to Lake Quivira and Shawnee to Lenexa and Overland Park.
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K-32 continues west from I-435 into the city of Edwardsville.
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Reassurance marker posted west of S 98th Street by mile marker 23 in Edwardsville.
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Photo Credits:
- 06/19/15 by AARoads.
- 10/30/16 by AARoads and Richie Kennedy.
- 10/06/21 by AARoads.
- 10/07/21 by AARoads.
Connect with:
Interstate 435
Interstate 635
U.S. 24
U.S. 40
U.S. 69
Highway 7
Page Updated 10-25-2021.