Six highways in Kansas will soon see their speed limits increased to 75-miles-per-hour.  The increases were approved by the 2011 Legislature.  The Kansas Department of Transportation says the increases with new signage should be ready to go in time for the Independence Day holiday weekend.

All of the routes are freeways, with controlled access and interchanges.   The new speed limits go into effect on July 1st, although you might see the new signs sooner than that.

The routes include:

·        I-70 from the Colorado state line to just west of Topeka in Shawnee County.

·        I-135 from a half-mile north of the 85th Street interchange in Harvey County to I-70 near Salina.

·        I-35 from U.S. 50 just east of Emporia to a mile east of the Sunflower/Edgerton Interchange in Johnson County.

·        U.S. 81 from I-70 near Salina north to K-106.

·        U.S. 69 from just six-tenths of a mile north of the north junction of U.S. 54 in Bourbon County to the 199th Street Interchange in Johnson County.

·        The Kansas Turnpike from the Oklahoma state line to K-7 in Wyandotte County.