Interstate 670 (Kansas–Missouri)

Interstate 670 (I-670) is a 2.81-mile-long (4.52 km) connector highway between I-70 in Kansas City, Kansas, and I-70 in Kansas City, Missouri. The highway provides a more direct route through Downtown Kansas City than the older mainline I-70 and avoids the sharp turn (and reduced speed limit) of the latter at the west end of the Intercity Viaduct. I-670 also makes up the south side of Kansas City's Downtown Loop, where it passes under the southern half of the Kansas City Convention Center.

Interstate 670

Jay B. Dillingham Freeway
I-670 highlighted in red
Route information
Auxiliary route of I-70
Length2.81 mi (4.52 km)
Existed1968–present
NHSEntire route
Major junctions
West end I-70 / US-24 / US-40 / US-69 / US-169 in Kansas City, KS
Major intersections I-35 in Kansas City, MO
East end I-70 / US 24 / US 40 / US 71 in Kansas City, MO
Location
CountryUnited States
StatesKansas, Missouri
CountiesKS: Wyandotte
MO: Jackson
Highway system
  • Main
  • Auxiliary
  • Suffixed
  • Business
  • Future
  • Kansas State Highway System
  • Interstate
  • US
  • State
  • Spurs
  • Missouri State Highway System
  • Interstate
  • US
  • State
  • Supplemental
← I-635KS→ K-1
← I-635MO→ Route 740

The road crosses the Kansas River and the West Bottoms, the former location of the Kansas City Stockyards, on the I-670 Viaduct. The leg of the highway west of I-35 is known as the Jay B. Dillingham Freeway. Jay B. Dillingham was a former president of the Stockyards.

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