K-156 (Kansas highway)
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Maintained by KDOT | ||||
Length | 175.663 mi[1] (282.702 km) | |||
Existed | 1982 – present | |||
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Counties | Finney, Hodgeman, Pawnee, Barton, Ellsworth | |||
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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 |
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Finney | Garden City | 0.000 | 0.000 | ||
1.936 | 3.116 | Interchange | |||
| 24.210 | 38.962 | Western end of K-23 overlap | ||
| 30.190 | 48.586 | Eastern end of K-23 overlap | ||
Hodgeman | Jetmore | 56.069 | 90.234 | ||
Pawnee | | 89.939 | 144.743 | ||
| 98.908 | 159.177 | |||
Larned | 101.734 | 163.725 | Western end of US-56 overlap | ||
Barton | Great Bend | 122.153 | 196.586 | Western end of K-96 overlap | |
123.930 | 199.446 | ||||
| 127.725 | 205.553 | Western end of US-56/K-96 overlap | ||
| 142.989 | 230.118 | Interchange | ||
Ellsworth | | 162.671 | 261.794 | 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 | East end of K-14 Truck overlap | |||
| 170.417 | 274.260 | |||
| 175.663 | 282.702 | I-70 exit 225 | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- 1 2 Staff (2016). "Pavement Management Information System". Kansas Department of Transportation. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
- ↑ Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Chronological History Documentation: US 56 (correspondence between ODOT, AASHO, and other DOTs)
- ↑ 1965 Kansas State Highway Map