K-66 (Kansas highway)

K-66 marker

K-66
Route information
Maintained by KDOT
Length 5.527 mi[1] (8.895 km)
Existed 1985 – present
Major junctions
West end
US-69 Alt. / US-400 in Riverton
East end Route 66 near Galena
Location
Counties Cherokee
Highway system
  • Kansas State Highway System
← K-65K-67 →

K-66 is a five-and-a-half-mile-long (8.9 km) state highway in the southeastern corner of the state. Its eastern terminus is on the Missouri state line near Galena (where it continues as Route 66), while its western terminus is at Alternate U.S. Highway 69 and U.S. Route 400 at Riverton. This road is noteworthy in the fact that it used to be part of the famed U.S. Route 66. After 1961, the nearby Interstate 44 offered a more direct route between Missouri and Oklahoma. In 1985, US 66 was decommissioned nationally. Kansas replaced the US-66 designation with K-66 on that portion of historic highway not numbered as U.S. Route 69 Alternate.[2]

History

The easternmost section of K-66 was not US-66 until 1979. Prior to 1979, US-66 came in from Missouri as Front Street and turned south on Main Street before joining K-66. US-66 then followed K-66 to Riverton, where K-66 ends. Original US-66 through Kansas continues as a county road to the north and west of U.S. Route 69 Alternate to Baxter Springs, and joins US-69 Alternate to the Oklahoma state line. The 13 miles (21 km) of US-66 in Kansas retain much of the character of the Mother Road.

Thus the final (1985) alignment of US-66 perfectly matches present US-69 Alt. and K-66. US-69 Alt. was formed in 1985 when US-66 was decommissioned.[3]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Cherokee County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Riverton0.0000.000
US-69 Alt. / US-400 / Beasley Road – Baxter Springs, Pittsburg		Roundabout; western terminus
Galena4.2666.865 K-26 south (Main Street)
5.5278.895 Route 66 east (7th Street)Kansas–Missouri line; continuation beyond eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2016). "Pavement Management Information System". Kansas Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Overview of K-66". Google Maps. Google, Inc. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Kansas Highways - Kansas 66". Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-02.

Route map:

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U.S. Route 66
Previous state:
Oklahoma		 Kansas Next state:
Missouri
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