K-27 (Kansas highway)

K-27
Route information
Maintained by KDOT
Length	226.241 mi (364.100 km)
Major junctions
South end	US-56, Oklahoma state line, near Elkhart
Major intersections	US-50 / US-400 in Syracuse K-96 in Tribune I-70 / US-24 in Goodland
North end	N-27, Nebraska state line, south of Haigler
Location
Country	United States
State	Kansas
Counties	Morton, Stanton, Hamilton, Greeley, Wallace, Sherman, Cheyenne
Highway system
Kansas State Highway System Interstate US State Spurs
← K-26 → K-28

K-27 is a long north–south state highway that parallels Kansas' western border with Colorado. It begins in Elkhart at the Oklahoma state line and travels through the seven counties that border Colorado until reaching its northern terminus in Cheyenne County north of St. Francis, where it ends at the Nebraska state line (effectively becoming like-numbered Nebraska Highway 27).

Time zones

The highway changes time zones not once, but twice, during its trek through Kansas, the only highway in the state to do so. Central Standard Time is observed in Morton and Stanton Counties after entering Oklahoma, but the time zone changes to Mountain Standard Time when the highway crosses from Stanton into Hamilton County. Hamilton and the next three counties to the north (Greeley, Wallace, and Sherman) observe Mountain time, but clocks revert to Central Time at the Sherman County-Cheyenne County line.

Concurrencies

The highway has a seven-mile (11 km) overlap with US-36, the major east–west route through the northernmost counties of Kansas. The overlap runs through the town of St. Francis before K-27 continues north towards Nebraska and US-36 heads west to Colorado. In Goodland, the highway briefly shares a route with U.S. Business 24, spur of US-24 which runs through downtown Goodland.

K-27 also makes a brief jog along a half-mile overlap with US-50 and US-400 in Syracuse. US-160 and K-27 also meet briefly in Johnson City; however, K-27 remains along its alignment during this overlap.

The only overlap with another state highway is with K-51, an east–west route, in Morton County in Richfield.

Junction list

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Morton	Elkhart	0.000	0.000	US-56	Southern terminus
	​	9.413	15.149	K-51 west	Southern end of K-51 conccurrency
	Richfield	23.708	38.154	K-51 east	Northern end of K-51 overlap
Stanton	Johnson City	45.207	72.754	US-160 west	Southern end of US 160 overlap
		46.214	74.374	US-160 east	Northern end of US 160 overlap
Hamilton	Syracuse	74.087	119.231	US-50 east / US-400	Southern end of US 50/US 400 overlap
		74.617	120.084	US-50 west / US-400	Northern end of US 50/US 400 overlap
Greeley	Tribune	108.181	174.100	K-96
Wallace	Sharon Springs	138.426	222.775	US-40 west	Southern end of US 40 overlap
		138.526	222.936	US-40 east	Northern end of US 40 overlap
Sherman	Goodland	168.300	270.853	I-70
		168.883	271.791	US 24 Bus.
Cheyenne	Wheeler	198.454	319.381	US-36 east	Southern end of US-36 overlap
	St Francis	205.135	330.133	US-36 west	Northern end of US-36 overlap
	Haigler	226.241	364.100	N-27
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi