Interstate 35
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The Interstate 35 (abbreviated I-35 ) is an interstate highway in the United States , which runs north-south direction. It begins at Laredo , Texas on the border with Mexico and ends at Duluth , Minnesota on Minnesota State Route 61 , which runs along Lake Superior to the Canadian border. In Texas and Minnesota there are two separate I-35s for a few miles, which are then called I-35E and I-35W.
Interstate 35 does not connect directly to border crossings. The south end of I-35 is a traffic light in Laredo , Texas . Travelers heading south use one of the two toll bridges over the Rio Grande , either the Juárez – Lincoln International Bridge or the Gateway to the Americas International Bridge . The Panamericana begins in Nuevo Laredo south of these bridges ; In her honor, part of I-35 in San Antonio is named Pan Am Expressway . To the north, I-35 is connected to the border by Minnesota Highway 61 towards Grand Portage , US Highway 53 to the International Falls border crossing or Minnesota Highway 33 in Cloquet .
Lengths
miles | kilometre | Country | |
505 | 813 | Texas | |
235 | 378 | Oklahoma | |
234 | 377 | Kansas | |
114 | 183 | Missouri | |
218 | 351 | Iowa | |
259 | 416 | Minnesota | |
1565 | 2518 | total |
Important cities
- Laredo ( Texas )
- San Antonio (Texas)
- Austin (Texas)
- Temple (Texas)
- Waco (Texas)
- Dallas (Texas)
- Fort Worth (Texas)
- Denton (Texas)
- Norman ( Oklahoma )
- Oklahoma City (Oklahoma)
- Wichita ( Kansas )
- Kansas City (Kansas)
- Kansas City ( Missouri )
- Des Moines ( Iowa )
- Ames, Iowa
- Mason City, Iowa
- Albert Lea ( Minnesota )
- Owatonna, Minnesota
- Twin Cities ( Saint Paul and Minneapolis ) (Minnesota)
- Duluth, Minnesota
- Ardmore, Oklahoma
Feeders and bypasses
- Interstate 635 near Dallas
- Interstate 235 near Oklahoma City
- Interstate 235 at Wichita
- Interstate 135 to Wichita and Salina
- Interstate 335 to Topeka
- Interstate 435 and Interstate 635 near Kansas City, Kansas
- Interstate 435 near Kansas City
- Interstate 635 at Riverside
- Interstate 235 at Des Moines
- Interstate 535 from Duluth to Superior
Bridge collapse
On August 1, 2007, the Interstate 35W Mississippi River Bridge , built in 1967, collapsed along the I-35W in Minneapolis , killing 13 people. The accident took place during rush hour (6:05 p.m. local time). The new construction at the same location, the St. Anthony Falls (35W) Bridge , was opened to traffic on September 18, 2008.