Wichita highway off-ramp is most stressful in Kansas, survey says. See where
If you’ve ever broken out into a cold sweat while trying to exit I-135 to Kellogg, you have company.
A recent survey of 3,011 Kansas drivers by Washington, D.C. personal injury lawyers Regan Zambri Long found that the most stressful off-ramp in the state is in Wichita. It is Exit 5B from northbound I-135 to eastbound Kellogg.
“Vehicles exiting I-135 must merge while preparing for nearby connections along Kellogg Avenue. Speeds fluctuate quickly, and hesitation can ripple backward through the flow,” the survey results said. “Drivers often adjust more than once before clearing the exit, and the movement rarely settles into a predictable pattern.”
Off-ramps in Topeka and Overland Park were named the next most stressful.
Topeka’s I-170 exit to Wanamaker, one of the capital’s busiest commercial corridors, was survey respondents’ second most popular answer. Meanwhile, the study attributed suburban growth in Johnson County to the increased pressure drivers taking the I-35 exit to 119th Street in Overland Park experience, earning it the third spot on the list.
Part of Wichita’s I-135 exit to Kellogg, the northbound I-135 ramp to westbound Kellogg, is closed for bridge construction. That work is set to conclude in September 2027; the eastbound ramp and southbound ramps on I-135, meanwhile, remain open.
