Kansas Turnpike discontinuous exit numbers on I-70. The first of the highway, between its southern terminus at the Oklahoma border and Emporia, Kansas, are designated as Interstate 35 (I-35). The Kansas Turnpike is the only tolled section on this Interstate. The turnpike runs due north and south between its southern terminus and Wichita. This stretch of the highway runs parallel to U.S. Route 81 (US-81), which lies to the west of the turnpike. The Kansas Turnpike begins at the Oklahoma state line north of Braman, Oklahoma. This is also the point at which I-35 crosses from Kay County to Sumner County. The
K-61 (Kansas highway) K-61 (Kansas highway) K-61 is a Kansas state highway originating at US-54 and US-400 on the east side of Pratt, and ends south of McPherson at I-135 and US-81. Signed as a north–south highway, it is a diagonal highway running southwest and northeast. K-61 is long. K-61 passes through the towns of Preston, Turon, Langdon (unincorporated) and Partridge, while paralleling a line of the Union Pacific Railroad, then beginning a six-mile (10 km) concurrency with US-50. It shares a short concurrency with K-14 and K-96 near South Hutchinson. After breaking to the northeast from US-50, K-61 passes through the east