US Highway 40

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Length: 428.1 miles
West Endpoint: Colorado State Line west of Weskan
East Endpoint: Missouri State Line in Kansas City
Counties Passed through: Wallace, Logan, Gove, Trego, Ellis, Russell, Lincoln, Ellsworth, Saline, Dickinson, Geary, Riley, Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee, Shawnee, Douglas, Leavenworth, Wyandotte

Highway 40 begins at the Colorado border near the town of Weskan, and followed the old Kansas Pacific Mainline, meeting K-27 at Sharon Springs and coinciding with K-25 for 7 miles in Logan County to a href="highways.php?entry=70">I-70 and US 83 at Oakley. From Oakley, 40 joins I-70 across Kansas, meeting US 283 at WaKeeney, US 183 at Hays, US 281 at Russell, I-135/US 81 at Salina, US 77 at Junction City, and US 75 at Topeka before turning north off and running parallel to I-70 into Lawrence, meeting US 59 in Lawrence. 40 and 59 turn North in the downtown area, crossing the Kansas River and venturing north to I-70. After intersecting with I-70, 40 and 59 journey north a half mile before meeting with US 24 at what is known locally as Teepee Junction. 40 leaves 59 and Joins 24 east to K-32 before venturing northeast to Tonganoxie, where 24-40 turns east to Kansas City. At the junction with US 73 and K-7, 24-40 follows K-7 south to the junction with I-70 at Bonner Springs, where US 24 and US 40 rejoin I-70 all the way to the state line.

K.S.A. 68-1009 designates US 40 as the east-west Blue Star Highway

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Alternate US Highway 40 (Russell County)

West Endpoint: I-70/US 40 Exit 184
East Endpoint: I-70/US 40 Exit 189
Counties Passed through: Russell
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Alternate US Highway 40 (Geary County)

West Endpoint: I-70/US 40 Exit 296
East Endpoint: I-70/US 40 Exit 300
Counties Passed through: Geary
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Business US Highway 40 (Trego County)

Length: 2.2 miles
West Endpoint: I-70/US 40 Exit 127
East Endpoint: I-70/US 40 Exit 128
Counties Passed through: Trego
WaKeeney Buisness Loop

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Business US Highway 40 (Russell County)

Length: 6.4 miles
West Endpoint: I-70/US 40 Exit 184
East Endpoint: I-70/US 40 Exit 189
Counties Passed through: Russell
Russell Buisness Loop

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Business US Highway 40 (Geary County)

Length: 4 miles
West Endpoint: I-70/US 40 Exit 296
East Endpoint: I-70/US 40 Exit 300
Counties Passed through: Sheridan
Junction City Business Loop

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Spur US Highway 40

Southeast Endpoint: Kansas Turnpike East Topeka Interchange (Exit 9/183)
Northwest Endpoint: Junction US 40 (6th Ave and Deer Creek Trafficway)
Counties Passed through: Shawnee
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US Highway 40N

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West Endpoint: Colorado State Line near Kanorado
East Endpoint: Junction US 40/US 40S in Manhattan
Counties Passed through: Sherman, Thomas, Sheridan, Graham, Rooks, Osbourn, Mitchell, Cloud, Clay, Riley

History

From the border, 40N travelled along the Midland Trail through Goodland, Colby, Hill City, Osborne, and Clay Center before hooking with US 40S at Manhattan. The Original 1925 plans called for the Midland Trail to be US 40, but the towns along the Victory Highway protested, claiming that the Midland trail got the US 40 designation because it passed through the hometown of the Highway Commissioner. A meeting was held with the Victory Highway cities on December 18, 1925, leading to a compromise where the Victory Highway became US 40S and the Midland Trail became US 40N.

US 40N was re-designated as an extension of US 24 in 1936.

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US Highway 40S

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West Endpoint: Colorado state line west of Weskan
East Endpoint: Junction US 40/US 40N in Manhattan
Counties Passed through: Wallace, Logan, Gove, Trego, Ellis, Russell, Ellsworth, Saline, Dickinson, Geary, Riley

History

From the border, 40S travelled along the Victory Highway through Oakley, WaKeeny, Hays, Elssworth, Salina, and Abiline before hooking with US 40N at Manhattan. The original planed called for the Victory Highway to be US 340 and the Midland Trail to be US 40. The towns along the Victory Highway protested, claiming that the Midland Trail got the US 40 designation because it passed through the hometown of the Highway Commissioner. A meeting was held with the Victory Highway cities on December 18, 1925, leading to a compromise where the Midland Trail became US 40N, while the Victory became US 40S

US 40S was re-designated as US 40 in 1936 when US 40N was re-designated as an extension of US 24.

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