K-15 (Kansas highway)

K-15 marker

K-15

Eisenhower Memorial Highway

Route information

Maintained by KDOT

Length:

206 mi (332 km)

Major junctions

South end:

SH-18 southeast of Dexter

North end:

N-15 north of Morrowville

Location

Counties:

Cowley, Sumner, Sedgwick, Harvey, Marion, Dickinson, Clay, Washington

Highway system

Kansas numbered highways

←

K-14

K-16

→

K-15 is a Kansas state highway originating at the Oklahoma state line and continuing to the Nebraska state line where it is then signed as Nebraska Highway 15. It is signed as State Highway 18 once the highway enters Oklahoma. It is 206 miles^[1] (332 km) long. Throughout Kansas, it is signed as the Eisenhower Memorial Highway due to its route through Abilene, where the Eisenhower Memorial Museum and Library is located.^[2]

Route description

From the Oklahoma state line, K-15 runs north for 8 miles (13 km) before turning west for 4 miles (6.4 km) and overlapping US-166. It then returns to a due north course for 9 miles (14 km) to Dexter. Then, it heads west for 3 miles (4.8 km) where it again overlaps, this time with US-160.

At Winfield, K-15 follows US-77 west to Udall and then turns north then cuts through Mulvane. It then continues traveling north through Derby, finally joining I-135 and US-81 in Wichita. K-15 is a multilane divided highway beginning immediately southeast of Mulvane at its intersection with K-53. K-15 follows this four-lane alignment through both Mulvane and Derby until merging with I-135 in south Wichita.

K-15 follows the I-135 alignment to US-50, where it exits after less than a mile onto Kansas Avenue (old US-81) in Newton. It goes through Newton and North Newton then continues north to US-56 in Marion County. It overlaps US-56 east for 6 miles (9.7 km) then continues north through Durham before crossing K-4. It keeps heading towards Abilene, where it crosses I-70, and continues north to K-18.

K-15 overlaps K-18 another 4 miles (6.4 km) before returning north and crossing US-24 at Clay Center. K-9 joins K-15 for 12 miles (19 km), then departs. K-15 overlaps US-36 for 6 miles (9.7 km) before returning north to end at the Nebraska border, becoming N-15.

History

K-15 once split into two routes near Washington. The K-15W fork is the present-day routing of K-15, while K-15E was redesignated as part of K-148. K-15 was the only state route in Kansas to fork in this manner.^[1]

Junction list

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Cowley		0.00	0.00	SH-18 south	Continuation into Oklahoma
				US-166 east – Sedan	South end of US-166 concurrency
				US-166 west – Arkansas City, Winfield	North end of US-166 concurrency
				US-160 east – Burden	North end of US-160 concurrency
	Winfield			K-360 west
	Winfield			US-77 south (Main Street) / US-160 west (9th Avenue) – Wellington, Arkansas City	North end of US-160 concurrency; south end of US-77 concurrency
				US-77 north – El Dorado	North end of US-77 concurrency
	Udall			K-55 west (Clark Street) – Belle Plaine
Sumner	Mulvane			K-53 west (119th Street South)	Interchange
Sedgwick				I-35 / Kansas Turnpike	Exit 45 on I-35/Kansas Tpk.
Sedgwick	Wichita			I-135 / US-81	South end of I-135/US-81 concurrency; exit 3A on I-135
Overlap with I-135/US-81
Harvey	Newton			I-135 / US-81 north / US-50 east – Salina, Emporia	North end of I-135/US-81 concurrency; south end of US-50 concurrency; exit 30 on I-135
				US-50 – Hutchinson	Interchange; north end of US-50 concurrency
				I-135 / US-81 – Salina, Wichita	Exit 34 on I-135
Marion				US-56 west – McPherson	South end of US-56 concurrency
				K-168 north – Lehigh
	Hillsboro			US-56 east (200th Street) – Marion	North end of US-56 concurrency
Dickinson	Elmo			K-4 (600 Avenue) – Gypsum, Hope
	Abilene			I-70 / US-40 – Topeka, Salina	Exit 275 on I-70
				K-18 west (3000 Avenue) – Bennington	South end of K-18 concurrency
				K-18 east (3000 Avenue) – Junction City	North end of K-18 concurrency
Clay				K-197 west – Industry
				K-82 east (7th Road) – Wakefield
	Clay Center			US-24 (Crawford Street) – Beloit, Manhattan
				K-80 west – Morganville
Clay–Washington county line				K-9 west (Parallel Road) – Concordia	South end of K-9 concurrency
Washington				K-115 west (Palmer Avenue) – Palmer
				K-9 east / K-148 (10th Road) – Blue Rapids, Agenda	North end of K-9 concurrency; K-148 east is former K-15E; K-15 north of this point is former K-15W
	Washington			US-36 east (7th Street) – Marysville	South end of US-36 concurrency
				US-36 west (17th Road) – Belleville	North end of US-36 concurrency
		206.0	331.5	N-15 north	Continuation into Nebraska
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Tolled

Spur routes

These highways are short spurs from K-15.

K-80
K-115
K-168
K-197

References

Route map: Bing / Google

1 2 Kennedy, Richie. "Routelog". Kansas Highways 7.0. Archived from the original on 2007-02-18. Retrieved 2007-04-10.
↑ K.S.A. 68-1023

External links

Kansas Highway Maps: Current, Historic, KDOT

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