K-156 (Kansas highway)

K-156
K-156
Route information
	Maintained by KDOT
Length	176.4 mi (283.9 km)
Existed	1982–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
Country	United States
State	Kansas
Counties	Finney, Hodgeman, Pawnee, Barton, Ellsworth
Highway system
	Kansas State Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Spurs;

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	Destinations	Notes
Finney	Garden City	US 50 Bus. / US 83 Bus. – Lakin, Scott City, Liberal	Western terminus
	Garden City	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
	Great Bend	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
	Ellsworth	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