An official alternate route is a special route in the United States that provides an alternate alignment for a highway . They are loop roads and found in many road systems in the United States including the U.S. Highway system and various state and county route systems. Alternate routes were created as a means of connecting a town (or towns) desired to be on a route that had been routed differently to put another important town or city on the route, or, in the case of the U.S. Highway system, as a means to eliminate divided routes .
11-545: (Redirected from I-670 ) Interstate 670 may refer to: Interstate 670 (Kansas–Missouri) , a connector highway within Kansas City Interstate 670 (Ohio) , a spur highway connecting Columbus, Ohio, to Gahanna, Ohio [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about roads and streets with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
22-408: A route which starts at a point where it branches off from the main numbered route, may pass through certain cities and towns, and then connect back with the regular route some miles distant. Since it is the purpose of the U.S. numbered system to mark the best and shortest route available, an alternate route should be designated only where both routes are needed to accommodate the traffic demand, and when
33-560: 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
44-471: The alternate route has substantially the same geometric and structural design standards of the main marked routing. It is recommended that in case an alternate route is marked, that the shorter and better constructed route be given the regular number and the other section designated as the "Alternate Route". It is further recommended that the Highway Department erect signs at the junction points of
55-913: The freeway just before a bridge over the Kansas River , which is located just south of its confluence with the Missouri River . The freeway then crosses the Kansas – Missouri state line and enters Kansas City, Missouri . The road then has an interchange with I-35 just before passing beneath the Kansas City Convention Center . The freeway passes just to the south of the Kansas City Power & Light District and T-Mobile Center in Downtown Kansas City. It meets up with I-70 / US 40 again on
66-483: The freeway was extended slightly westward in the Downtown Kansas City area but was not fully extended to I-70 until 1991, when it was fully opened. On May 20, 1997, sections of I-670 and I-35 in Downtown Kansas City were closed for the filming of a music video for the U2 song " Last Night on Earth ". The closure, which was criticized by a local American Automobile Association official, caused some traffic congestion and
77-454: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Interstate_670&oldid=1161043713 " Categories : Road disambiguation pages Interstate 70 Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Interstate 670 (Kansas%E2%80%93Missouri) Interstate 670 ( I-670 )
88-606: The regular and alternate routes giving the distance between the cities or points concerned... In no instance should an alternate routing be used for the purpose of keeping an obsolete section on the U.S. numbered system after a new routing has been constructed and available to traffic. In at least one case, the banner "Optional Route" was retained when a second alternate route existed. One example occurred in Kansas City, Missouri , with U.S. Route 40 , which had an alternate and an optional route simultaneously. In some US states, an alternate route will be designated by adding an "A" after
99-504: The southeastern corner of the downtown area; US 71 comprises the north–south portion of the interchange. In Missouri, I-670 is signed as an alternate route to I-70. The freeway was not part of the original planned freeways around Kansas City in 1955. The section east of the I-35 interchange was built first and finished in 1968. The western portion was not planned until 1971 and was not finished until several years later. By 1987,
110-780: The southern half of the Kansas City Convention Center . 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. I-670 begins in Kansas City, Kansas , as ramps from I-70 / U.S. Route 24 (US 24)/ US 40 / US 169 meet to form
121-497: Was the subject of 50–60 complaints to the city government. Alternate route The term "optional route" has also been used. In some cases, an additional business route exists as a third alignment, as with former U.S. Route 71 Alternate , which bypassed Joplin, Missouri . AASHTO defines and specifies that alternate routes of the US Route system shall have the following behavior: An "Alternate Route" shall be considered
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