Editing Interstate 435 (section)

==History==
I-435 in Kansas City was built piece by piece starting in the mid-1960s and not finished until 1987.

In 1965, the first segment of I-435 was built and opened between I-35 and [[U.S. Route 69 in Kansas|US&nbsp;69]] (which, at that time, was signed with Metcalf Avenue) near [[Overland Park, Kansas]]. A second segment was opened the same year between [[Interstate 70 in Missouri|I-70]] and US&nbsp;50 in eastern Kansas City, Missouri, but the two were not connected. The eastern segment of I-435 was extended south to Gregory Boulevard and north past 22nd&nbsp;Street/[[Missouri Route 78|Route&nbsp;78]] by 1968. By 1969, I-435 was fully built between these two segments, through southern and eastern Kansas City. The freeway was extended from 22nd&nbsp;Street/Route&nbsp;78 to [[U.S. Route 24 in Missouri|US&nbsp;24]] two years later. In 1973, I-435 was extended north from the former terminus of US&nbsp;24 across the Missouri River to I-35 in [[Claycomo, Missouri|Claycomo]]. It now extended halfway around the city. In 1983, a small segment was opened on the outskirts of Kansas City north between [[U.S. Route 169 in Missouri|US&nbsp;169]] and [[Missouri Route 291|Route&nbsp;291]] near [[Kansas City International Airport]] (KCI). Later, this small segment was connected with the rest of the freeway. A segment was built heading almost due north from I-35 in Claycomo to Route&nbsp;291/Cookingham Drive at North Reinking Road, curving due west from there to US&nbsp;169. In this year, the southwest end was also extended to [[K-10 (Kansas highway)|K-10]]. In 1987, the freeway was opened all the way around the city. The northwest end was signed on I-29 for {{convert|8|mi|km|spell=in}} northwest, then exited near [[Platte City, Missouri|Platte City]] and bore south on the westside of KCI. It crossed several small highways before crossing the Missouri River into [[Wyandotte County, Kansas]]. It continued generally south or southwest, crossed several state highways and I-70, then the [[Kaw River]], before connecting with the former southwest end at K-10.