Kansas Highways: Numbers 120-139

K-120

Length: 8.933 miles

South Endpoint: Junction K-20 south of Severance

North Endpoint:

South City Limits of Severence (1945-1951)
Junction US 36 in Highland (1951-1989)
South City Limits of Highland (1989-present)

County Served: Doniphan

History

K-120 was established via a June 5, 1945 State Highway commission resolution as a spur from K-20 to Severance. The number was assigned as a derivative of K-20. It was constructed as a blacktop road by 1947.

K-120 was extended to US 36 in Highland via a May 9, 1951 resolution. The extension was blacktopped by 1953.

When a new US 36 alignment between Highland and Troy was opened in 1989, K-120 was pulled back to the south city limits of Highland.

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AADT (2019)

K-127 (1956-1662)

Northwest Endpoint: Junction K-27 in Elkhart

Southeast Endpoint: Junction US 56 southeast of Elkhart.

County Served: Morton

History

K-127 was created in conjunction with moving the former K-45 alignment along Morton Street and Border Avenue in Elkhart onto the new US 56 alignment. The new highway followed the old K-45 alignment on Morton Street from K-27 to Border Avenue, then along an newly-constructed extension of Morton Avenue to US 56. The number was derived from K-27

K-127 was not show on state highway maps after 1962. The 1966 Morton County map shows that Elkhart had annexed a portion of US 56. Presumably, the Highway Commission elected to turn back Morton Street to the city.

K-129 (1980-1994)

Length: 0.446 miles

South Endpoint: Junction K-154 in Dodge City

North Endpoint: Junction US 56–283 in Dodge City

County Served: Ford

History

In August of 1980, the US 154 Spur was re-designated as K-129. The stated reason was that AASHTO regulations “do not recognized the definition ‘spur’” The change was part of several changes to Kansas’s US numbered network to bring the designations into AASHTO compliance.

In 1991, a new bypass around the southeastern part of Dodge City was authorized, connecting K-129 on the northeast end to US 56–283. The new bypass was given the US 56-283 designation, with US 56-283 also supplanting K-129 once the bypass was complete.

In December of 1994, a new US highway, US 400, was established and added to what was still signed as K-129, as the bypass had not yet been completed. The new resolution re-designated K-129 as US 56-283-400, but I will presume that it carried only the US 400 designation until the bypass was completed in February of 1997.

K-130

Length: 7.818 miles

South Endpoint: North city limits of Hartford

North Endpoint: Junction I-35/US 50 north of Neosho Rapids

County Served: Lyon, Coffey

History

K-130 was established in an February 14, 1951 resolution from a portion of K-57 between Hartford and US 50 north of Neosho Rapids. The number was assigned in sequence. It was reconstructed on a new alignment in 1962 as a consequence of the construction of John Redmond Reservoir.

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AADT (2019)

K-132 (1937-1992)

Length: 5.3 miles

West Endpoint:

K-32 west of Kansas City (1937-1957)
I-70/US 40 at Turner Diagonal, Kansas City (1957-1992)

East Endpoint:

West city limits of Kansas City (1937-1949)
US 69 at 7th Street Trafficway and Kansas Ave., Kansas City (1949-1961)
US 69 at 18th Street Expy. and Kansas Ave., Kansas City (1962-1992)

County Served: Wyandotte

History

K-132 was established in a July 1, 1937 Highway Commission resolution connecting K-32 with Kansas Avenue in Kansas City via Turner. Its number was derived from K-32.

Originally, the east end of K-132 was at the west city limits of Kansas City. In 1937, the city limits was at Carisle Road; however, by 1943, Kansas City had de-annexed the section of Kansas City east of Carisle Road and between the Kansas River and the Santa Fe Railroad. K-132 was extended east to the Kansas River.

In 1949, presumably to make way for an expansion of the Santa Fe Railroad’s Argentine Yard, K-132 was moved 1/4 of a mile north between Key Road (55th Street) and Carisle Road (42th Street). The new alignment also included a spur that turned northwest towards a proposed new Kansas River bridge.

By 1950, K-132 had been extended east to US 69 at 7th Street.

The original Kansas Avenue bridge over the Kansas River west of Turner was damaged or destroyed in the flood of 1951, and was removed in 1952. The contemplated new bridge was built in 1954.

By 1962, 7th Street was temporarily turned back to Kansas City, and K-132’s east end was shifted from 7th Street to 18th Street.

In 1957, the Turner Diagonal was opened to traffic, connecting directly with K-132. The Diagonal was designated US 40 from 1957 to 1969, when US 40 moved to I-70 east of the Turner Diagonal and the bypassed section of the diagonal re-designated as an extension of K-132.

By 1967, Kansas City had annexed Turner, along with the entire length of K-132. The enactment of Proposal 61 in 1978 should have resulted in the turnback of the route; however, K-132 was not affected. In 1992, K-132 east of K-32 was re-designated K-32 and the Turner Diagonal between I-70 and K-32, along with K-32’s previous route along Park Drive and Central Avenue, was turned back.

K-136 (1945-1991)

Length: 0.280 miles

Historic South Endpoint: Junction US 36 east of Highland

Historic North Endpoint: Iowa Sac and Fox Indian Mission

Historic County Served: Doniphan

History

The first K-136 was established in a October 9, 1945 Highway Commission resolution connecting US 36 with the Iowa Sac and Fox Indian Mission east of Highland in Doniphan County. The number was derived from US 36. It was not hard-surfaced until 1965, and was one of the last Kansas Highways to be paved.

In October, 1985, a resolution was issued removing K-136 from the state highway system upon the conclusion of a project that re-aligned US 36 between Highland and Troy. The US 36 re-alignment was completed in April 1991.

Interestingly, a portion of roadway that was constructed as part of the US 36 re-alignment would become the second K-136