Kansas Highways: Numbers 14-25

K-14

Length: 219.276 miles

South Endpoint:
Junction K-44 at Anthony (1926-1932)
OK 14 at the Oklahoma State Line south of Hardtner (1932-1940)
Junction US 281 west of Kiowa (1940-1962)
Junction US 281 west of Kiowa, concurrent with K-2 (1962-1995)
Junction US 160 West of Harper (1995-present)

North Endpoint:
NE 14 at the Nebraska State Line southwest of Superior, NE

Counties Served:
Harper, Kingman, Reno, Rice, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Mitchell, Jewell

Historic Counties Served:
Barber (1932-1995)

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K-14 Truck Route (Ellsworth)

Length: 2.790 miles

South Endpoint:
Junction K-14 south of Ellsworth, concurrent with K-156

North Endpoint:
Junction K-14 North of Ellsworth, concurrent with K-140

County Served: Ellsworth

Junction Guide

AADT (2019)

K-15

Length: 257.133 miles

South Endpoint:
OK 18 at the Oklahoma State Line

North Endpoint:
Junction K-9/K-15E/K-15W North of Linn (1935-1988)
NE 15 at the Nebraska State Line south of Fairbury, NE (1926-1935; 1988-present)

Counties Served:
Cowley, Sumner, Sedgwick, Harvey, Marion, Dickinson, Clay, Washington

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K-15E

Length: 30.150 miles

Historic South Endpoint: Junction K-9/K-15/K-15W North of Linn

Historic North Endpoint: Nebraska State Line south of Lanham, NE

Historic County Served: Washington

History

Sometime between 1933 and 1937, a new highway was added into the state highway system from K-9 near Barnes north to the Nebraska line via Hanover. Rather than create a new highway designation, the new route was considered a second branch of K-15 and was designated K-15E. This was the only “split” Kansas numbered route. It was also the last to be eliminated. K-15E was re-designated as an extension of K-148 in a resolution dated May 2, 1988.

K-15W

Length: 25.489 miles

Historic South Endpoint: Junction K-9/K-15/K-15E North of Linn

Historic North Endpoint:
NE 15 at the Nebraska State Line south of Fairbury, Neb.

Historic County Served: Washington

History

Sometime between 1933 and 1937, a second branch of K-15 was established. The original segment of K-15 north of the “split” at the junction of K-9 near Linn was designated as K-15W. This was the only “split” Kansas numbered route. It was also the last to be eliminated. K-15W was restored to its original designation of K-15 in a resolution dated May 2, 1988.

K-16

Length: 114.460 miles

West Endpoint: Junction US 77 near Randolph

East Endpoint: Junction US 24–40 in Tonganoxie

Counties Served:
Riley, Pottawatomie, Jackson, Jefferson, Leavenworth

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K-16 (1926-1936)

Historic South Endpoint:
OK 16 at the Oklahoma State Line in Coffeyville

Historic North Endpoint:
Junction US 36 west of Troy (1926-1935)
Junction K-7 near Osawatomie (1935-1936)

Historic Counties Served:
Montgomery, Neosho, Allen, Anderson (1926-1936)
Miami (1935-1936)
Franklin, Douglas, Jefferson, Atchison, Doniphan (1926-1935)

K-17

Length: 21.138 miles

Historic South Endpoint: Junction US 54/400 near Midway (1926-2013)

Historic North Endpoint:
Junction US 81 west of Moundridge (1926-1937)
Junction US 81 south of McPherson (1937-1957)
Junction K-96 south of Hutchinson (1957-2013)

Historic Counties Served:
Kingman, Reno (1926-2013)
McPherson (1926-1957)

K-18

Length: 205.733 miles

West Endpoint: Junction US 24 north of Bogue

East Endpoint: Junction K-99 east of Wabaunsee

Counties Served:
Graham, Rooks, Osborne, Russell, Lincoln, Ottawa, Dickinson, Geary, Riley, Wabaunsee

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K-19

Length: 34.275 miles

Southwest Endpoint: Junction US 50 near Belpre

Northeast Endpoint: Junction US 281 east of Seward

Counties Served: Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford

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K-19 Spur

Length: 0.799 miles

South Endpoint: Junction K-19 south of Larned

North Endpoint: Junction US 56 in Larned

County Served: Pawnee

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K-20

Length: 37.210 miles

West Endpoint: Junction US 75 near the Kickapoo Reservation

East Endpoint: Junction K-7 east of Bendena

Counties Served: Brown, Doniphan

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K-21 (1926-1941)

South Endpoint:
Oklahoma State Line south of Englewood (1926-1931)
US 160 near Englewood (1931-1933)
US 50S in Dodge City (1933-1938)
US 36 in Norton (1938-1941)

North Endpoint:
US 36 in Norton (1926-1936)
Nebraska State line north of Norton (1936-1941)

Counties Served: Clark, Ford, Hodgeman, Lane, Trego, Graham, Norton

History

K-21 was one of the original cross-state north-south highways in western Kansas.

Around 1932, AASHO had approved a new US highway designation, US 283, to replace K-21. However, this approval was conditioned upon improving the routed to standards. In 1933, US 281 had been designated from the Oklahoma State line to Dodge City. By 1936, K-21 had been exte

K-22

Length: 3.087 miles

South Endpoint: Junction US 36 south of Haddam

North Endpoint: South city limits of Haddam

County Served: Washington

AADT (2019): 195 (23.1% truck)

History

This spur highway was established in a July 8, 1940 resolution after completion of a new alignment of US 36 south of Haddam. The number was backfilled, as the number 22 had previously been withdrawn.

K-22 (1926)

Historic South Endpoint: Oklahoma State Line south of Liberal

Historic North Endpoint:
NE 22 at the Nebraska State Line northeast of Woodruff

Historic Counties Served:
Seward, Haskell, Finney, Scott, Logan, Thomas, Sheridan, Decatur, Norton, Phillips (1926-1932)

History

The original K-22 was one of the original cross-state north-south highways in western Kansas. The highway was numbered in deference to the connecting Nebraska highway, hence the fact that this was a north-south route despite the route number being even.

By 1932, K-22 had been designated as an extension of US 83.

K-22 (1930)

Length: 178.6 miles

South Endpoint: Lawrence Avenue and Douglas Avenue, Wichita

North Endpoint: 6th Avenue and Topeka Avenue, Topeka

Historic Counties Served:
Sedgwick, Butler, Greenwood, Lyon, Osage, Shawnee (1930-1938)

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History

When the original K-22 was supplanted by US 83, the highway commission decided to re-use the number to mark a route between Downtown Wichita and Downtown Topeka with a common number. The entire route utilized existing routes: US 81 north to Newton, east on US 50S to Emporia, north on K-11 to Eskridge, then northeast on K-4 into the capital city.^[1]

By 1933, K-22’s route had changed. The new routing followed US 54 east to K-11 near Eureka, then north on K-11 from US 54 north to US 50N near Admire, then east on US 50N from K-11 east to US 75 near Carbondale; then north along US 75 into Topeka.^[2]

When initially signed, the Highway Commission suggested that more such links would be signed with a common number.^[1] However, the experiment apparently turned out to be a failure, and the K-22 designation was taken off of state highway maps in mid-1938.^[3]

History Notes

¹ “Distinctive Sign, K-22, Now Marks Route between Topeka and Wichita,” Topeka Daily Capital 13 Apr. 1930.

² State Highway Commission of Kansas. Kansas State Highway System [map]. Topeka: Kansas State Printing Plant, 1 June 1933. Accessed 11 Aug. 2013

³ Kansas State Highway Commission. Kansas Highway Map [map]. Topeka: Kansas State Printing Plant, July 1938. Accessed 6 Sept. 2013

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K-23

Length: 199.117 miles

South Endpoint:
US 54/US 160 in Meade (1926-1937)
SE corner Sec. 22, T 34 S, R 28 W, 15 miles south of Meade (1937-1960)
OK 23 at the Oklahoma State Line South of Meade (1960-present)

North Endpoint:
Nebraska State Line north of Cedar Bluffs (1926-1930)
US 83/US 183 in Dresden (1930-1938)
US 36/US 183 in Oberlin (1938-1941)
US 83/K-383 northeast of Selden (1941-present)

Counties Served: Meade, Gray, Finney, Lane, Gove, Sheridan

Historic County Served: Decatur (1926-1941)

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K-23 Alternate

Length: 1.828 miles

Southwest Endpoint:
Junction Main Street and K-23/Old 40 Road in Grainfield

Northeast Endpoint: Junction K-23 east of Grainfield

County Served: Gove

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K-23 Spur

Length: 0.301 miles

South Endpoint: I-70 exit 95

North Endpoint: Junction K-23

County Served: Gove

AADT (2019): 985 (40.1% truck)

US 24

Length: 433.7 miles

West Endpoint: Colorado State Line at Kanorado

East Endpoint: Missouri State Line in Kansas City

Counties Served:
Sherman, Thomas, Sheridan, Graham, Rooks, Osborne, Mitchell, Cloud, Clay, Riley, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Jefferson, Douglas, Leavenworth, Wyandotte

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US 24 Business

Length: 2.903 miles

West Endpoint: I-70/US 24 Exit 17

East Endpoint: I-70/US 24 Exit 19

County Served: Sherman

K-24 (1926-1936)

Historic West Endpoint: US 77 near Randolph

Historic East Endpoint:
Junction K-4 in Valley Falls (1926-1933)
Junction US 40 in Tonganoxie (1933-1936)

Historic Counties Served: Pottawatomie, Jackson, Jefferson

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History:

In the first draft of the Kansas highway numbering plan, the highway from Leonardville to Valley Falls via Onaga and Holton was to have been designated as highway 12. This designation would have designated as part of a rough grid of east-west highways.

Changes in the US highway system proposal affected this highway’s final designation. The addition of US 24 and US 36 in Missouri resulted in changes to the Missouri Highway system. Missouri Highway 24 was re-numbered MO 52 and the connecting Kansas Highway was changed from 24 to 56. MO 36 was renumbered MO 12, and the K-12 designation was moved there. The number 24 was backfilled to become the designation of this highway when the Kansas Highway numbering plan was finalized.

By 1932, K-24 was extended to Tonganoxie via K-4 and US 73W to Oskaloosa and replacing K-30 from Oskaloosa to Tonganoxie.

The extension of US 24 from Missouri into Kansas in 1936 necessitated the re-designation of this highway to K-16. The original K-16 had been re-designated as US 169, freeing the number for reassignment to this route.

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K-25

Length: 238.259 miles

South Endpoint:
OK 136 at the Oklahoma State Line Southwest of Hugoton

North Endpoint:
NE 25 at the Nebraska State Line north of Atwood

Counties Served:
Stevens, Grant, Kearny, Wichita, Logan, Thomas, Rawlins

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