Working the roads in Wyandotte County
Wyandotte is the smallest county in Kansas by area. The Kansas River forms part of its southern edge and meets the Missouri at Kaw Point in Kansas City. I-70 crosses the county east to west and carries the Kansas Turnpike out past Bonner Springs, where exits 224 and 224A connect with US-73 and K-7. I-635 links the Kansas suburbs with Riverside, Missouri, I-435 runs through the western half, and K-5 bypasses the north side of Kansas City as a freeway, connecting the GM Fairfax plant to I-635. K-7 ties the county to Johnson and Leavenworth counties, and K-32 follows the Kansas River through Bonner Springs and on east into Edwardsville.
Traffic here splits between river industry and big crowds. The Fairfax District along the Missouri River holds General Motors' Fairfax Assembly Plant, and Associated Wholesale Grocers is headquartered in the city. Out west, Village West at I-70 and I-435 puts the Kansas Speedway, Legends Outlets, Cabela's and Nebraska Furniture Mart in one district, and Bonner Springs adds the Azura Amphitheater and the Kansas City Renaissance Festival. Turkey Creek has a long record of flooding, and the Army Corps of Engineers' flood-control plans include major drainage at Rosedale. Near the state line, tell dispatch which state you are in, because I-70's mile markers start over at the line; inside a busy district, name the lot or the store rather than the highway.