Shawnee Mission Parkway is a stretch of roadway in Johnson County, Kansas

Johnson County, Kansas

Johnson County is a county located in northeast Kansas, in the central United States. The county is largely suburban, being part of the Kansas City metropolitan area, and containing many of its affluent southwestern suburbs. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 544,179. Its county...

 and Jackson County, Missouri

Jackson County, Missouri

Jackson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. With a population of 674,158 in the 2010 census, Jackson County is the second most populous of Missouri's counties, after St. Louis County. Kansas City, the state's most populous city and focus city of the Kansas City Metropolitan...

 (only a fragment). Its western terminus at K-7

K-7 (Kansas highway)

K-7 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Kansas. It is mostly a small country highway winding its way through the Osage Questas and Glaciated Regions of eastern Kansas, although a portion of the highway passes through the Kansas City metropolitan area. Significant portions of the highway overlap...

 in Shawnee, Kansas

Shawnee, Kansas

Shawnee is a city located in northwest Johnson County, Kansas, United States and is a western suburb of Kansas City, Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 62,209. Shawnee's fur trading and pioneering heritage blends histories of these Kansas Territory townships: Monticello and...

 and its eastern terminus at Ward Parkway

Ward Parkway

Ward Parkway is a boulevard in Kansas City, Missouri near the Kansas-Missouri state line. Ward Parkway begins at Brookside Boulevard on the eastern edge of the Country Club Plaza and continues westward along Brush Creek as U.S. Route 56 until it turns southward across the creek just before the...

 in Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...

. The roadway is signed as US 56 from Interstate 35 to its eastern terminus, with US-69 overlapping from I-35 to Metcalf Avenue, and US-169 overlapping from I-35 to Rainbow Boulevard.

The Shawnee Mission Parkway mainly functions to connect the main cities included in the Shawnee Mission, KS mailing address. All of the cities it passes through in Kansas

Kansas

Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...

 are included in the mailing address.

Route description

• U.S. Route 56
  U.S. Route 56
  U.S. Route 56 is an east–west United States highway that runs for in the Midwestern United States. The highway's eastern terminus is at U.S. Route 71 in Kansas City, Missouri. Its western terminus is at Interstate 25 Business in Springer, New Mexico. Much of it follows the Santa Fe...
  
   - US 56 has always followed Shawnee Mission Parkway since its commissioning. It leaves its concurrency with I-35 in Merriam
  Merriam, Kansas
  Merriam is a city in the northeastern part of Johnson County, located in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 11,003. As a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, it is included in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area...
  
   and follows Shawnee Mission Parkway into Missouri
  Missouri
  Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
  
  
• U.S. Route 69 - US-69 follows Shawnee Mission Parkway from I-35 in Merriam
  Merriam, Kansas
  Merriam is a city in the northeastern part of Johnson County, located in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 11,003. As a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, it is included in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area...
  
   to Metcalf Avenue in Overland Park, where it turns north. Before the 18th Street Expressway (and later I-35) was built, US-69 was concurrent with US-169 in southern Overland Park and followed Metcalf before heading east on SMP and north on Rainbow, the current route of US-169
• U.S. Route 169 - US-169 follows Shawnee Mission Parkway from I-35 in Merriam
  Merriam, Kansas
  Merriam is a city in the northeastern part of Johnson County, located in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 11,003. As a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, it is included in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area...
  
   to Rainbow Boulevard in Mission Woods
  Mission Woods, Kansas
  Mission Woods is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 178.-Geography:Mission Woods is located at...
  
  , where it heads north to Kansas City
  Kansas City, Kansas
  Kansas City is the third-largest city in the state of Kansas and is the county seat of Wyandotte County. It is a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, and is the third largest city in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The city is part of a consolidated city-county government known as the "Unified...
  
  .

History

The parkway has formerly served on these highways:

• K-10
  K-10 (Kansas highway)
  K-10 is a 38 mile state highway in the U.S. state of Kansas. It was originally designated in 1929. It is mostly a controlled-access freeway, linking Lawrence to Lenexa. It provides an important toll-free alternate route to Interstate 70...
  
   - K-10 followed Shawnee Mission Parkway from K-7
  K-7 (Kansas highway)
  K-7 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Kansas. It is mostly a small country highway winding its way through the Osage Questas and Glaciated Regions of eastern Kansas, although a portion of the highway passes through the Kansas City metropolitan area. Significant portions of the highway overlap...
  
   to Merriam Drive. Shawnee Mission Parkway was signed as Spur K-10 for 0.25 mile to I-35 to bridge the gap to US-56.
• K-12
  K-12 (Kansas highway)
  K-12 was a state highway in the U.S. state of Kansas, created in the mid-1980s. Its alignment was changed during its existence.-History:K-12 was commissioned when the first section of the current K-10 freeway was completed from K-7 in Olathe, Kansas to I-435 in Lenexa, Kansas...
  
   - When the current K-10 expressway was originally completed between K-7 and I-435, it was originally signed as K-12. When the entire expressway was completed from Lawrence
  Lawrence, Kansas
  Lawrence is the sixth largest city in the U.S. State of Kansas and the county seat of Douglas County. Located in northeastern Kansas, Lawrence is the anchor city of the Lawrence, Kansas, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Douglas County...
  
   to I-435 in Lenexa
  Lenexa, Kansas
  Lenexa is a city in the central part of Johnson County, located in northeast Kansas, in the central United States of America. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 48,190. As a satellite city of Kansas City, Kansas, Lenexa is included in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area...
  
  , K-10 was signed for the entire freeway, and K-12 was realigned to follow the old K-10 routing on Shawnee Mission Parkway to Merriam Drive. The former Spur K-10 was then resigned as Spur K-12. K-12 was decommissioned in 1992.
• U.S. Route 50
  U.S. Route 50
  U.S. Route 50 is a major east–west route of the U.S. Highway system, stretching just over from Ocean City, Maryland on the Atlantic Ocean to West Sacramento, California. Until 1972, when it was replaced by Interstate Highways west of the Sacramento area, it extended to San Francisco, near...
  
   - US 50 used to follow Shawnee Mission Parkway from I-35 into Missouri. When I-435 was completed, US 50 was rerouted to overlap I-435 into Missouri
  Missouri
  Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
  
  
• K-58
  K-58 (Kansas highway)
  K-58 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Kansas.It is one of the newer state highways in Kansas formed by 2005 when K-57 was truncated at K-4 in Dwight.The route changes were made because of K-57's long concurrencies with K-4, K-177, US-50 and K-99....
  
   - the original K-58 followed Shawnee Mission Parkway from Metcalf Avenue in Overland Park to Roe Avenue in Mission
  Mission, Kansas
  Mission is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States. The population was 9,727 at the 2000 census. The city is a first-tier suburb in the Kansas City Metro. In 2003, Mission absorbed the neighboring city of Countryside.- History :...
  
   until its 1979 decommissioning

Cities traveled

Shawnee Mission Parkway passes through the following cities:

• Shawnee, Kansas
  Shawnee, Kansas
  Shawnee is a city located in northwest Johnson County, Kansas, United States and is a western suburb of Kansas City, Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 62,209. Shawnee's fur trading and pioneering heritage blends histories of these Kansas Territory townships: Monticello and...
  
  
• Merriam, Kansas
  Merriam, Kansas
  Merriam is a city in the northeastern part of Johnson County, located in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 11,003. As a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, it is included in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area...
  
  
• Overland Park, Kansas
  Overland Park, Kansas
  -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 149,080 people, 59,703 households, and 39,702 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,627.0 people per square mile . There were 62,586 housing units at an average density of 1,102.9 per square mile...
  
  
• Mission, Kansas
  Mission, Kansas
  Mission is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States. The population was 9,727 at the 2000 census. The city is a first-tier suburb in the Kansas City Metro. In 2003, Mission absorbed the neighboring city of Countryside.- History :...
  
  
• Roeland Park, Kansas
  Roeland Park, Kansas
  Roeland Park is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States. The population was 6,817 at the 2000 census.-History:The City of Roeland Park was originally named after John Roe, an immigrant from Ireland who settled on in 1883, part of which Roeland Park now stands...
  
  
• Fairway, Kansas
  Fairway, Kansas
  Fairway is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States. It is a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri. The population was 3,952 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Fairway is located at...
  
  
• Westwood, Kansas
  Westwood, Kansas
  Westwood is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,506. It is a suburb of Kansas City.-Geography:Westwood is located at...
  
  
• Mission Woods, Kansas
  Mission Woods, Kansas
  Mission Woods is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 178.-Geography:Mission Woods is located at...
  
  
• Kansas City, Missouri
  Kansas City, Missouri
  Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
  
  

Exit list

Shawnee Mission Parkway largely consists of at-grade intersections. However, there are several roads only accessible by exit from Shawnee Mission Parkway.

Italicized exits have been removed. The year this occurred is listed.

Exits are not numbered.

Westbound traffic

(from Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...

 terminus):

• Granada Avenue
• Roe Avenue/Johnson Drive
• US-69 north, Metcalf Avenue north
• Metcalf Avenue south
• Interstate 35 north
• Interstate 35/US-69/US-169 south/US-56 west
• Merriam Drive
• Lackman Road
• Maurer Road
• Interstate 435 north
• Interstate 435 south
• K-7 north
• K-7 south

Eastbound traffic

(from Shawnee, Kansas

Shawnee, Kansas

Shawnee is a city located in northwest Johnson County, Kansas, United States and is a western suburb of Kansas City, Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 62,209. Shawnee's fur trading and pioneering heritage blends histories of these Kansas Territory townships: Monticello and...

terminus):

• Interstate 435 south
• Interstate 435 north
• Maurer Road
• Lackman Road
• Merriam Drive
• Interstate 35/US-69/US-169 south/US-56 west
• Interstate 35 north
• Metcalf Avenue south
• US-69 north, Metcalf Avenue north
• Roe Avenue north/Johnson Drive (2003)