K-2 (Kansas highway)

K-2
Route information
Maintained by KDOT
Length	61.516 mi[1] (99.000 km)
Major junctions
West end	US-281 east of Hardtner
	US-160 north of Anthony US-160 in Harper
East end	K-42 west of Suppesville
Location
Counties	Barber, Harper, Kingman, Sumner
Highway system
Kansas State Highway System Interstate U.S. State Spurs ← K-1 K-3 →

K-2 is a state highway in the south-central portion of the U.S. state of Kansas. Its southwestern terminus is at its intersection with U.S. Highway 281 east of Hardtner. Its northeastern terminus is at its intersection with K-42 west of the unincorporated town of Suppesville. It is 54.6 miles (87.9 km) long.^[2]

Route description

From its western terminus in Barber County, K-2 proceeds east for 5 miles (8.0 km) to the town of Kiowa, where it forms the northern terminus of the brief southern leg of K-8. In Kiowa, K-2 turns to the north and then to the northeast, running parallel to a BNSF Railway track for about 12 miles (19 km), skirting the town of Hazelton and crossing into Harper County. K-2 then runs eastward for about 17 miles (27 km) to Anthony, where it forms the western terminus of K-44 and turns northward. Six miles north of Anthony, K-2 intersects with US-160, which it overlaps for the next four miles (6 km). Three miles north of that intersection, K-2/US-160 turn to the east, through the town of Harper. On the eastern edge of Harper, US-160 continues east, while K-2 goes north and then northeast. It continues northeast for 18 miles (29 km), clipping the southeast corner of Kingman County and crossing briefly into Sumner County, where it ends at K-42 near Suppesville.^[3]

History

K-2 was originally designated in 1927 from Norton to Colorado.^[4] In 1932, this became part of US 36.^[5] The current K-2 was designated in 1937 from US 160 to K-42.^[6] In 1963, K-2 was extended in both directions, concurrent with K-14 to US-281 and K-42 to US-54. In 1994, the concurrency with K-42 became K-42 only, and the concurrency with K-14 became K-2 only.

Junction list

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Barber	​	0.000	0.000	US-281	Western terminus
	Kiowa	4.511	7.260	K-8 south	Northern terminus of K-8
Harper	Anthony	33.666	54.180	K-44	Western terminus of K-44
	​	39.700	63.891	US-160 west	Western terminus of US-160 concurrency
	Harper	42.715	68.743	K-14 north	Southern terminus of K-14
		43.827	70.533	US-160 east	Eastern terminus of US-160 concurrency
Kingman	No major junctions
Sumner	​	61.516	99.000	K-42	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

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