While Lawrence Kansas is not the Big Apple nor do we have traffic problems such as non-stop bumper to bumper or stop and go traffic, if you are new to the area, you might want to learn some of these shortcuts to avoid lots of traffic lights and excess traffic. One should know that 23rd St. west of Iowa is called Clinton Parkway and 15th St. west of Iowa is called Bob Billings Parkway.
1) Unless attending the games, on KU game days one should avoid the campus area for one hour prior to the game through one hour after the game is over. Also avoid 23rd St from Iowa St eastbound to K-10 after the game. http://kuathletics.cstv.com/ will provide a countdown to game day to the second.
2) Iowa St., 23rd St. (K-10 to Iowa St.), and 6th St. (downtown to Iowa St.) should be avoided 8-9am and 4-6pm on weekdays. Suggested alternatives would be 9th St. for 6th St. and Kentucky St. (northbound) and Tennessee St. (southbound) for Iowa St. Also 31st St. should be used instead of 23rd St. between Haskell St. and Iowa St..
3) If you are heading northbound into Lawrence on Hwy 59 and are needing to go to the east side of Lawrence, one should take N 1250 Rd east to either E. 1400 Rd (becomes Louisiana St.) or E. 1500 Rd (becomes Haskell St.).
4) If going to Eudora from Lawrence one can take the back roads by getting on 15th St east of Massachusetts and continue east as it becomes N 1500 Rd. to south on E. 1750 Rd. Then turn east on N 1400 Rd which becomes 10th St (Old K-10) in Eudora. (One of my five offices is just east of Main St. at 112 E. 10th St.)
5) The one ways Kentucky St. (northbound) and Tennessee St. (southbound) should be used to avoid downtown traffic until one gets to the numbered street (6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th) they are heading to on Massachusetts.
6) Two ways to catch the K-10 bypass on the southwest side of Lawrence is to take Wakarusa south at Clinton Parkway and then jog west on W. 27th St. or to go south on Kasold St. to E. 1200 Rd.
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