Editing Interstate 135 (section)

==Route description==
[[Image:Kta 042.jpg|thumb|left|I-135 begins at this exit from the Kansas Turnpike.]]
[[File:I-135 end.jpg|thumb|left|the southern end of I-135 from I-135]]
I-135 begins from the south at exit&nbsp;42 on the [[Kansas Turnpike]]. (The exit is signed as I-135/I-235/US-81 for Wichita and Salina.) [[U.S. Route 81 (Kansas)|US-81]] joins I-135 {{convert|0.5|mi|km}} later at exit&nbsp;1A (East 47th&nbsp;Street South) and remains concurrent with it for the rest of its length. Less than {{convert|1|mi|km|spell=in}} from the Kansas Turnpike tollbooth, [[Interstate 235 (Kansas)|I-235]], a loop around the westside of Wichita, branches off the highway at exit&nbsp;1C. I-135 continues northward from there, running just east of the Wichita downtown area. It reunites with I-235 at exits&nbsp;11A and 11B at milepost&nbsp;11 at the loop's other end.

I-135 leaves Wichita and continues northward to [[Newton, Kansas|Newton]] where it turns northwest around milemarker&nbsp;33. The freeway continues in this direction for {{convert|20|mi|km}}, returning to a due north course at [[McPherson, Kansas|McPherson]].

The stretch of I-135 in [[Saline County, Kansas|Saline County]] from the Saline–McPherson county line to the highway's terminus at [[Interstate 70 in Kansas|I-70]], is designated as the '''[[Ben Vidricksen|Ben E. Vidricksen]] Highway''', in honor of a state senator who was active in pushing for the highway's enlargement.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://casetext.com/statute/kansas-statutes/chapter-68-roads-and-bridges/article-10-naming-and-marking-of-highways-and-bridges/section-68-1056-designating-part-of-interstate-highway-135-as-the-ben-e-vidricksen-highway |title=Kan. Stat. § 68-1056 - Section 68-1056 - Designating part of interstate highway 135 as the Ben E. Vidricksen highway |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=July 1, 2002 |website=Casetext.com |publisher=casetext |access-date=October 17, 2022 |quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=September 16, 2015 |title=Ben Vidricksen, former Kansas Senator, dies at 88; flags to be lowered to half-staff Saturday |url=https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/politics/state/2015/09/16/ben-vidricksen-former-kansas-senator-dies-88-flags-be-lowered-half-staff-saturday/16617371007/ |work=Topeka Capital-Journal |location= |access-date=October 17, 2022}}</ref>

[[Image:I-135 north end.jpg|thumb|left|I-135 ends at this interchange with I-70; US-81 continues north.]]
The route ends on the northwest side of [[Salina, Kansas|Salina]], at its intersection at I-70. The road continues as US-81 north of this interchange.
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