Rainbow Boulevard is a main roadway located in southeastern Wyandotte County and northeastern Johnson County, Kansas. It runs north–south. Its northern terminus is just south of Interstate 35 at Southwest Boulevard in

Kansas City, Kansas Kansas City, abbreviated as "KCK", is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas, and the county seat of Wyandotte County. It is an inner suburb of the older and more populous Kansas City, Missouri, after which it is named. As of the ...

. Its southern terminus at Shawnee Mission Parkway in Mission Woods, Kansas.

Highway route

Current Highways

* U.S. Route 169 - US 169 has always existed along Rainbow Boulevard since its commissioning. It continues south from the

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, the name of Rainbow north of Southwest Blvd., and follows the entire length of Rainbow to Shawnee Mission Parkway, where it duplexes with

U.S. Route 56 U.S. Route 56 (US 56) is an east–west United States highway that runs for approximately in the Midwestern United States. US 56's western terminus is at Interstate 25 Business (I-25 Bus.), US 412 and New Mexico State Road 21 (NM 21) in Springe ...

and heads west.

Cities traversed

Westwood, Kansas Westwood is a city in northeast Johnson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 1,750. It is the second most densely populated city in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. History The land where We ...

* Westwood Hills, Kansas * Mission Woods, Kansas

References

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