K-156 (Kansas highway)

K-156
Route information
Maintained by KDOT
Length	175.663 mi[1] (282.702 km)
Existed	1982 – present
Major junctions
West end	US-50 Bus. / US-83 Bus. in Garden City
	US-50 / US-83 / US-400 in Garden City US-283 in Jetmore US-183 near Rozel US-56 from Larned to east of Great Bend
East end	I-70 / US-40 in Ellsworth
Location
Counties	Finney, Hodgeman, Pawnee, Barton, Ellsworth
Highway system
Kansas State Highway System Interstate U.S. State Spurs ← K-154 K-157 →

K-156 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Kansas. It begins in Garden City and travels east/northeast to Ellsworth County. It was originally an intrastate U.S. Highway that existed from 1957 to 1982.

Route description

The route begins in Garden City, on Kansas Avenue at the junction with US-50 Business and US-83 Business (Main Street). It then follows Kansas Ave. eastbound out of town, where it meets K-23 for a three-mile (4.8 km) concurrency west of Kalvesta. After crossing US-283 in Jetmore, and US-183 east of Rozel, K-156 becomes concurrent with its implied parent, US-56, in Larned, at the intersection of 14th and Broadway Streets. Together, US-56 and K-156 head northeast toward Great Bend, where K-96 joins the concurrency. After the three highways cross US-281, they leave Great Bend and K-156 splits from US-56 and K-96, heading northeast from there. After an interchange with K-4 east of Claflin, K-156 meets K-14 south of Ellsworth. At that junction, K-156 begins carrying a concurrency with K-14 Truck route. Inside Ellsworth, K-14 Truck splits from K-156 at the junction with K-140. K-156 ends at exit 225 of I-70 and US-40, in northeast Ellsworth County.

History

From 1957 to 1982, the route existed as U.S. Route 156, a spur highway of U.S. Route 56 that ran from Garden City to Great Bend. US-156 had originally been planned as U.S. Route 155.^[2] Until 1965, the section of the highway from Great Bend to Ellsworth County was designated K-45.^[3] The entirety of US-156, from Garden City to Ellsworth County, was decommissioned in 1982 and turned over to the state.

Junction list

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Finney	Garden City	0.000	0.000	US-50 Bus. / US-83 Bus. – Lakin, Scott City, Liberal
		1.936	3.116	US-50 / US-83 / US-400 – Scott City, Liberal	Interchange
	​	24.210	38.962	K-23 north – Dighton	Western end of K-23 overlap
	​	30.190	48.586	K-23 south – Cimarron	Eastern end of K-23 overlap
Hodgeman	Jetmore	56.069	90.234	US-283 (Main Street) – Ness City, Jetmore
Pawnee	​	89.939	144.743	US-183 – Lacrosse, Kinsley
	​	98.908	159.177	K-264 south – Larned State Hospital
	Larned	101.734	163.725	US-56 west (Broadway Street) – Belpre, Kinsley	Western end of US-56 overlap
Barton	Great Bend	122.153	196.586	K-96 west – Ness City	Western end of K-96 overlap
		123.930	199.446	US-281 (Main Street) – Russell, St. John
	​	127.725	205.553	US-56 / K-96 east – Lyons	Western end of US-56/K-96 overlap
	​	142.989	230.118	K-4 – Lindsborg, Hoisington	Interchange
Ellsworth	​	162.671	261.794	K-14 (Grand Avenue) / K-14 Truck begins – Ellsworth, Lyons	West end of K-14 Truck overlap
	Ellsworth	163.747	263.525	Kanopolis	Partial interchange; access via westbound exit ramp and connector road
		164.966	265.487	K-14 Truck north (15th Street) / K-140	East end of K-14 Truck overlap
	​	170.417	274.260	K-111 south – Kanopolis
	​	175.663	282.702	I-70 / US-40 – Salina, Hays	I-70 exit 225
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

External links

• Historic endpoints of U.S. Highway 156