Editing Interstate 135 (section)

==History==
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|formed=1971<ref name="Canal Route"/>
|deleted=September 13, 1976<ref name="1970s"/>
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Construction on the Canal Route portion of I-135 (in Wichita, where the Chisholm Creek Canal runs through the median of the highway) was begun in 1971.<ref name="Canal Route">{{cite web|url=http://www.ksdot.org/interstate50th/KsStory_I135.asp|publisher=Kansas Department of Transportation|title=Canal Route on I-135|work=Kansas Celebrates 50 Years of Interstates|access-date=2011-09-21}}</ref> This portion of the route took eight years to complete with a cost of $32&nbsp;million (equivalent to ${{formatprice|{{inflation|US-GDP|32000000|1979}}}} in {{inflation/year|US-GDP}}{{inflation/fn|US-GDP}}).<ref name="Canal Route"/> It was built through the middle of the city's [[African-American neighborhood]], known as [[McAdams, Wichita, Kansas|McAdams]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kshs.org/resource/national_register/MPS/AfricanAmericanResourcesinWichitaKS.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form |publisher=Kansas State Historic Preservation Office |access-date=November 12, 2021}}</ref>
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Until September&nbsp;13, 1976, I-135 was signed as '''Interstate&nbsp;35W''' ('''I-35W'''). The Interstate's full length was completed in December&nbsp;1979.<ref name="1970s">{{cite web|url=http://www.ksdot.org/interstate50th/KsStory_Ihistory1970s.asp|publisher=Kansas Department of Transportation|title=1970s|work=Kansas Celebrates 50 Years of Interstates|access-date=2011-09-21}}</ref>

In 2021, work began to rebuild the northern junction with I-235 in Wichita.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-05 |title=North Junction reconstruction project begins, will include new flyover ramp from I-135 to southbound I-235 |url=https://www.ksn.com/news/local/north-junction-reconstruction-project-begins-and-will-include-a-new-flyover-ramp-to-southbound-i-235/ |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=KSN-TV |language=en-US}}</ref> A two-lane [[flyover ramp]] connecting northbound&nbsp;I-135 to southbound&nbsp;I-235 which replaced the previous one-lane loop ramp opened on May&nbsp;31, 2023.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McMillan |first1=Laura |title=New I-135 ramp opens to I-235 in north Wichita |url=https://www.ksn.com/news/local/new-wichita-north-junction-i-135-ramp-opens/ |access-date=May 31, 2023 |work=KSN-TV |publisher=[[Nexstar Media Group]] |date=May 31, 2023}}</ref>