K-156 | ||||
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by KDOT | ||||
Length: | 176.4 mi[2] (283.9 km) | |||
Existed: | 1957 as US 156, 1982 as K-156[1] – present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
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Location | ||||
Counties: | Finney, Hodgeman, Pawnee, Barton, Ellsworth | |||
Highway system | ||||
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K-156 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Kansas. It begins in Ellsworth and travels west/southwest to Garden City.
History
Until 1965, the section of the highway from Ellsworth to Great Bend was designated Kansas Route 45.[3] From 1957 to 1982, the route existed as U.S. Route 156, a spur highway of U.S. Route 56.
U.S. 156 was planned as U.S. 155.[4]
Junction list
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Finney | Garden City | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Western terminus | ||
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Interchange | ||||
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Western end of K-23 concurrency | ||||
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Eastern end of K-23 concurrency | ||||
Hodgeman | Jetmore | ![]() |
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Pawnee | ![]() |
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Larned | ![]() |
Western end of US 56 concurrency | |||
Barton | Great Bend | ![]() |
Western end of K-96 concurrency | ||
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Western end of US 56/K-96 concurrency | ||||
Claflin | ![]() |
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Ellsworth | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
West end of K-14 Truck concurrency; southern terminus of K-14 Truck | |||
Ellsworth | Kanopolis | Partial interchange; access via connector road and southbound exit ramp | |||
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East end of K-14 Truck concurrency | ||||
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Northern terminus of K-111 | ||||
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Eastern terminus; I-70 exit 225 | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
KML file ( • help) |
- ^ Droz, Robert V. U.S. Highways : From US 1 to (US 830). URL accessed 13:10, 23 October 2006 (UTC).[self-published source]
- ^ Kennedy, Richie Kansas Highways Routelog. URL accessed 13:12, 23 October 2006 (UTC).[self-published source]
- ^ 1965 Kansas State Highway Map
- ^ Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Chronological History Documentation: US 56 (correspondence between ODOT, AASHO, and other DOTs)