Kansas Highways Routelog

History

US 50A was the original designation of the northern bypass of Dodge City. It was completed by 1955. By 1985, the original US 50 through Dodge City, Wyatt Earp Blvd., was re-designated as US 50B, and the bypass was designated mainline US 50, its current designation.

History

Although the current US 50 Bypass of Dodge City was in place by 1955, it was initially given the designation of US 50 Alternate. By 1984, the bypass was re-designated as US 50, and the original US 50 through Dodge City, Wyatt Earp Boulevard, was designated as US 50B.

On October 22, 2009, Wyatt Earp Boulevard was removed from the State Highway System and turned over to Dodge City. Dodge City had agreed to accept the roadway in exchange for a new bypass on the southwest side of the city, which was designated as US 400

History

This Business Loop was an re-designation and extension of the US 50 Spur in Ottawa. From the junction of the spur with US 59, 50B followed US 59 north to K-68, then turned east on K-68 to join I-35 and mainline US 50 east of Ottawa.

US 50B was removed from the State Highway System in 2001 in conjunction with the rebuilding of the I-35 roadbed in Franklin County. During the rebuilding, the bridges over I-35 and southbound US 59 on old US 50 were demolished and the old road was partially abandoned. The remaining segments of old US 50 on the south side of Ottawa were turned back to Franklin County.

History

This Spur ran from US 50S/50 to US 50N/156 along Campus Drive in what was the east end of Garden City. By the 1970s, a new road half a mile to the east was extended to the south side of Garden City and became a spur of US 83. With the new route in place, this route was no longer needed and was removed from the State Highway System and turned back to Garden City.

History

By 1962, I-35 had been completed between Kansas City and Ottawa, and US 50's designation was moved from its previous routing to I-35. However, I-35 ended at what is now known as Eisenhower Road on the south side of Ottawa. Therefore, the portion of US 50 from Eisenhower Road to US 59 in Ottawa was designated as a spur of US 50.

By 1980, the spur had been re-designated as as a Buisness Loop and extended north along US 59 to K-68, then east on K-68 to its junction with I-35 and mainline US 50.

History

US 50N started at Garden City and proceeded east to Larned, and through McPherson, Herrington, Osage City, Burlingame, and Overbrook before rejoining with US 50S at Baldwin Junction.

By 1932, 50N remained dirt from east of Garden City to west of Jetmore, from Council Grove to the Morris-Lyon County Line, and from Overbrook to Baldwin Junction. 50N was hard surfaced from Ellinwood to Silica, from Wisdom to Herrington, from Allen to Admire, and from Osage City to US 75. By 1933, 50N was gravelled in Finney and Morris Counties, and hard surfaced between Great Bend and Lyons and between Allen and Overbrook. By 1936, the remaining dirt segment in Hodgeman County had been gravelled, a segment northeast out of Larned hard-surfaced, and hard surfaced in its entirety east of Great Bend. All of US 50N was hard surfaced by 1941.

By 1955, The US 50 N/S split was eliminated with the introduction of US 56 and 156. The Garden City-Larned stretch was re-designated as part of US 156 and the Great Bend-Baldwin Junction re-designated as part of US 56. The segment between Larned and Great Bend was re-designated as US 56-156.

History

US 50S ran from Garden City through Dodge City, Hutchinson, and Newton before arriving at Emporia and then to Ottawa, where it travelled north on US 59 to meet with US 50N at Baldwin Junction.

By 1932, US 50S was already hard-surfaced for a significant distance, with the only segments not hard surfaced being betweeen northeast of Newton to Cottonwood Falls, and between the Lyon/Coffey County Line and Ottawa. Also, at the junction with US 75, 50S followed US 75 to just south of Lyndon, then headed east through Quenemo and Pomona to Ottawa. By 1937, 50S was re-aligned on the hard-surfaced K-33 in Franklin and Coffey Counties and the older 50S became an extension of K-68. In addition, a new hard-surfaced alignment was built between Strong City and Elmdale, bypassing Cottonwood Falls, and 50S was hard-surfaced between Elmdale and Clements and from Newton to the Marion/Chase County line. US 50S was hard-surfaced in its entirety by 1941.

In 1953, 50S was rerouted along a new alignment east and west of Emporia, half a mile north of the old alignment.

By 1955, The US 50 N/S split was eliminated with the introduction of US 56 and 156. The southern branch of the US 50 split was re-designated as mainline US 50.