K-156 (Kansas highway)

K-156
Route information
Maintained by KDOT
Length:	176.4 mi[1] (283.9 km)
Existed:	1982[2] – present
Major junctions
West end:	US-50 Bus. / US-83 Bus. in Garden City
	US-50 / US-83 / US-400 in Garden City US-283 in Jetmore US-183 near Rozel US-56 from Larned to east of Great Bend
East end:	I-70 / US-40 in Ellsworth
Location
Counties:	Finney, Hodgeman, Pawnee, Barton, Ellsworth
Highway system
Kansas numbered highways ← K-154 K-157 →

K-156 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Kansas. It begins in Garden City and travels east/northeast to Ellsworth County. It was originally an intrastate U.S. Highway that existed from 1957 to 1982.^[2]

Route description

The route begins in Garden City, on Kansas Avenue at the junction with US-50 Business and US-83 Business (Main Street). It then follows Kansas Ave. eastbound out of town, where it meets K-23 for a three-mile (4.8 km) concurrency west of Kalvesta. After crossing US-283 in Jetmore, and US-183 east of Rozel, K-156 becomes concurrent with its implied parent, US-56, in Larned, at the intersection of 14th and Broadway Streets. Together, US-56 and K-156 head northeast toward Great Bend, where K-96 joins the concurrency. After the three highways cross US-281, they leave Great Bend and K-156 splits from US-56 and K-96, heading northeast from there. After an interchange with K-4 east of Claflin, K-156 meets K-14 south of Ellsworth. At that junction, K-156 begins carrying a concurrency with K-14 Truck route. Inside Ellsworth, K-14 Truck splits from K-156 at the junction with K-140. K-156 ends at exit 225 of I-70 and US-40, in northeast Ellsworth County.

History

From 1957 to 1982, the route existed as U.S. Route 156, a spur highway of U.S. Route 56 that ran from Garden City to Great Bend. US-156 had originally been planned as U.S. Route 155.^[3] Until 1965, the section of the highway from Great Bend to Ellsworth County was designated K-45.^[4] The entirety of US-156, from Garden City to Ellsworth County, was decommissioned in 1982 and turned over to the state.^[2]

Junction list

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Finney	Garden City			US-50 Bus. / US-83 Bus. – Lakin, Scott City, Liberal	Western terminus
				US-50 / US-83 / US-400 – Scott City, Liberal	Interchange
	​			K-23 north – Dighton	Western end of K-23 concurrency
	​			K-23 south – Cimarron	Eastern end of K-23 concurrency
Hodgeman	Jetmore			US-283 (Main Street) – Ness City, Jetmore
Pawnee	​			US-183 – Lacrosse, Kinsley
	​			K-264 south – Larned State Hospital	Northern terminus of K-264
	Larned			US-56 west (Broadway Street) – Belpre, Kinsley	Western end of US-56 concurrency
Barton	Great Bend			K-96 west – Ness City	Western end of K-96 concurrency
				US-281 (Main Street) – Russell, St. John
	​			US-56 / K-96 east – Lyons	Western end of US-56/K-96 concurrency
	​			K-4 – Lindsborg, Hoisington	Interchange
Ellsworth	​			K-14 (Grand Avenue) / K-14 Truck begins – Ellsworth, Lyons	West end of K-14 Truck concurrency; southern terminus of K-14 Truck
	Ellsworth			Kanopolis	Partial interchange; access via westbound exit ramp and connector road
				K-14 Truck north (15th Street) / K-140	East end of K-14 Truck concurrency
	​			K-111 south – Kanopolis	Northern terminus of K-111
	​			I-70 / US-40 – Salina, Hays	Eastern terminus; I-70 exit 225
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

1. Kennedy, Richie Kansas Highways Routelog. URL accessed 13:12, 23 October 2006 (UTC).
2. Droz, Robert V. U.S. Highways : From US 1 to (US 830). URL accessed 13:10, 23 October 2006 (UTC).
3. Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Chronological History Documentation: US 56 (correspondence between ODOT, AASHO, and other DOTs)
4. 1965 Kansas State Highway Map