Kansas Highways: Numbers 140-159

K-141

Length: 13.470 miles

South Endpoint: K-4 south of Kannapolis Lake

North Endpoint:

US 40 west of Brookville (1954-1967)
US 81 in Salina (1967-1968)
K-140 west of Brookville (1968-present)

County Served: Ellsworth
Historic County Served: Saline (1967-1968)

History

K-141 was established in an October 6, 1954 resolution connecting Kannapolis Lake with K-4 and US 40. The number was assigned in sequence. The route was initially designated over the existing gravel county roads. An August 10, 1960 Highway Commission resolution designated a new alignment over the Kannapolis Dam. The new route was constructed as a blacktop road in 1961.

An April 25, 1962 highway resolution designated a new alignment at the US 40 junction to allow for an overpass over the Union Pacific railroad. The alignment was completed by the end of 1962.

In 1967, US 40 had been moved onto the new I-70 to the north, and the old route west of K-141 was turned back. The old US 40 east of K-141 became an extension of K-141. Less than a year later, the Commission reconsidered its decision and restored old US 40 between Ellsworth and K-141. The entire length of old US 40 between Ellsworth and Salina became K-140 and K-141 was truncated back to its original north end west of Brookville

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K-144

Length: 16.677 miles

West Endpoint: Junction US 83–160 6 miles north of Sublette

East Endpoint: Junction US 56 northwest of Copeland

Counties Served: Haskell, Gray

History

K-144 was established in a May 9, 1956 Highway Commission resolution connecting US 83 and US 160 with US 56 near Copeland. The number was assigned in sequence. The Highway Commission accepted the route on September 25, 1957.

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K-146

Length: 15.564 miles

West Endpoint: Junction US 59 2 miles north of Erie

East Endpoint: Junction K-3 5 miles east of Walnut

Counties Served: Neosho, Crawford

History

K-146 was established in a October 19, 1954 Highway Commission resolution from a locally constructed and blacktopped route between US 59 and K-3 via Walnut. The number was assigned in sequence. The Highway Commission accepted the route into the highway system on April 11, 1956

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K-148

Length: 47.465 miles

Southwest Endpoint: Junction K-28 east of Jewell

Northeast Endpoint:

K-9/K-15/K-15W/K-15E north of Linn (1955-1988)
NE 112 at the Nebraska State Line near Hanover (1988-present)

Counties Served: Jewell, Republic, Washington

K-148 was established in a series of Highway Commission resolutions on July 26, 1955 along a new route from K-28 near Jewell to K-9/K-15 near Linn via Agenda. The number was assigned in sequence. The route was constructed as a blacktop road and accepted by the Highway Commission on March 27, 1956.

In an May 2, 1988 KDOT resolution, K-15E was re-designated as an extension of K-148

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K-150

Length: 16.645 miles

West Endpoint: Junction US 56/77 northeast of Marion

East Endpoint: Junction US 50 near Elmdale

Counties Served: Marion, Chase

History

K-150 in Marion and Chase counties was established in a January 7, 1937 Highway Commission resolution connecting US 50N/US 77 near Marion and US 50S near Elmdale. The number was derived from the two US 50 branches that it connected. It was constructed as a gravel route in 1937 and blacktopped in 1940. K-150 was reconstructed with a new concrete base surface in 2003.

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K-152

Length: 12.919 miles

West Endpoint: Junction K-7 west of La Cygne

East Endpoint: Junction US 69 east of La Cygne

County Served: Linn

History

The highway now designated as K-152 has been a state highway since the creation of the state highway system. It has, however, been renumbered, twice, due to the introduction of the interstate highway system.

The highway began as K-35 in 1927. It was re-designated as K-135 on October 31, 1957. In 1976, AASHTO re-designated I-35W as I-135 in order to remove “split” interstate designations from the interstate system. Subsequently, K-135 was re-designated with its current designation of K-152 on March 29, 1977. The final number was derived from nearby K-52

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Spur K-153

Length: 1.067 miles

South Endpoint: Junction K-61 southwest of McPherson

North Endpoint: Junction K-153 southwest of McPherson

County Served: McPherson

AADT (2019): 4,410 (7.0% truck)

History

As part of the construction of I-35W near McPherson, K-61 was relocated onto a new bypass south of McPherson. The former US 81 bypass from the old K-61 to the new K-61 was retained and designated as a spur of K-153 on August 28, 1968.

K-156

Previously designated: US 156 (1956-1981)

Length: 176.4 miles

Southwest Endpoint: Junction US 50B/83B in Garden City

Northeast Endpoint:
Junction US 56 in Larned (1956-1966)
I-70 exit 225 northeast of Ellsworth (1966-present)

Counties Served: Finney, Hodgeman, Pawnee, Barton, Ellsworth

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US 159 Alternate (1960-1981)

Length: 0.476 mile.

Historic West Endpont: US 159 in Nortonville

Historic East Endpoint: US 59/K-4 east of Nortonville

Historic County Served: Jefferson

History

In the process of building a new US 59/K-4 Nortonville’s south and east sides, a spur was created to link the bypass with the original US 59 at Walnut Street. This spur was initially designated as an Alternate Route of US 159, and US 159 was extended southward from its former junction with US 59 at the Jefferson-Atchison county line to the bypass’s southern end.

The State Highway Commission never sought the inclusion of this route, among others, as part of the US Highway system. After the Highway Commission was reformed into the Kansas Department of Transportation, the decision was made to reclassify the Walnut Street spur from an Alternate Route to the mainline of US 159. Consequently, the section of US 159 south of Walnut Street was redesignated as ana Alternate Route of K-4, which was also applied the the Walnut Street segment.