Kansas Highways Routelog

Kansas Highway 56 (1937-1954)

West Endpoint:
Junction K-23 west of Fowler

East Endpoint:
Junction US 54 south of Fowler

Counties Passed through: Meade

History

The Second K-56 was created along a new alignment by 1937. It was gravel at the outset, and was not paved until 1957. At the same time the road was hard-surfaced, K-56 was re-designated as an extension of K-98 to allow the 56 number for the new US route.