Franklin County (Ottawa), Kansas DMV Driving Test Routes

Practice your Franklin County (Ottawa) driving test route

Real routes used for the Franklin County (Ottawa) Kansas driver license exam station at 225 S Walnut St, Ste 101, delivered as a Google Maps GPS navigation file with turn-by-turn instructions included. No app, no account, no subscription.

Franklin County (Ottawa) driver license exam station details

Location: 225 S. Walnut St., Ste. 101, Ottawa, KS 66067
Phone: (785) 242-1276
Hours: Tuesday to Friday, 7 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. Testing must be completed by 4 p.m.
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This is a Kansas Division of Vehicles driver license exam station serving Franklin County. Kansas separates driver licensing (state-run exam stations like this one, handling written and road tests, license issuance, and ID cards) from vehicle registration and titling (handled separately by the county treasurer).

Other Kansas driver license exam stations near Franklin County (Ottawa)

If your appointment ends up at a different nearby office, here's how far each one actually is to drive from this location:

• Douglas County (Lawrence) driver license exam station: 28.10 miles, about 41 minutes
• Johnson County (Olathe) driver license exam station: 34.02 miles, about 37 minutes
• Johnson County (Overland Park) driver license exam station: 42.93 miles, about 49 minutes

This road test route runs 11.74 miles and takes about 18 minutes:

1. Drive west, 0.01 miles.
2. Turn right onto South Walnut Street, 0.16 miles.
3. Turn right onto West 1st Street, 0.07 miles.
4. Turn left onto North Main Street, 0.31 miles.
5. Turn right onto East Keokuk Street/KS 68. Continue on KS 68, 1.88 miles.
6. Turn right to take the I 35 South/US 59 South/US 50 West ramp toward Wichita, 0.67 miles.
7. Drive south on I 35/US 50, 4.41 miles.
8. Take exit 182 toward Eisenhower Road, 0.30 miles.
9. Turn right onto Eisenhower Avenue, 1.93 miles.
10. Drive north on South Eisenhower Avenue, 1.44 miles.
11. Turn right, 0.06 miles.
12. Bear left onto West 2nd Street, 0.42 miles.
13. Turn right onto South Walnut Street, 0.06 miles.
14. Turn left, 0.01 miles.
15. Your destination is on the right.

This is a sample route only. The full, current set of Franklin County (Ottawa) driving test routes is included in the download.

Route breakdown

• Distance: 11.74 miles
• Duration: about 18 minutes
• Turns: 10 total, 2 left and 7 right, plus a bear left
• Longest stretch: I 35/US 50, 4.41 miles

What to expect on the roads this route covers

I 35/US 50 dominates this driving test route at 4.41 miles, over a third of the entire route. This route also includes real additional interstate driving that a simple road tally misses: "turn right to take the I 35 South/US 59 South/US 50 West ramp toward Wichita" (0.67 miles) and "take exit 182 toward Eisenhower Road" (0.30 miles) together add almost a mile of genuine highway driving.

Tips for this specific route

• Get comfortable holding speed on I 35/US 50. At 4.41 miles, it carries over a third of this route's total distance.
• Expect a strongly right-leaning turn pattern, plus a bear-left. 7 of the 9 standard turns are rights.