K-27 (Kansas highway)
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by KDOT | ||||
Length | 226.241 mi[1] (364.100 km) | |||
Major junctions | ||||
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Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Kansas | |||
Counties | Morton, Stanton, Hamilton, Greeley, Wallace, Sherman, Cheyenne | |||
Highway system | ||||
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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[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Morton | Elkhart | 0.000 | 0.000 | ![]() | Southern terminus |
| 9.413 | 15.149 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of K-51 conccurrency | |
Richfield | 23.708 | 38.154 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of K-51 overlap | |
Stanton | Johnson City | 45.207 | 72.754 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of US 160 overlap |
46.214 | 74.374 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of US 160 overlap | ||
Hamilton | Syracuse | 74.087 | 119.231 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern end of US 50/US 400 overlap |
74.617 | 120.084 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of US 50/US 400 overlap | ||
Greeley | Tribune | 108.181 | 174.100 | ![]() | |
Wallace | Sharon Springs | 138.426 | 222.775 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of US 40 overlap |
138.526 | 222.936 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of US 40 overlap | ||
Sherman | Goodland | 168.300 | 270.853 | ![]() | |
168.883 | 271.791 | ![]() ![]() | |||
Cheyenne | Wheeler | 198.454 | 319.381 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of US-36 overlap |
St Francis | 205.135 | 330.133 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of US-36 overlap | |
Haigler | 226.241 | 364.100 | ![]() | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
References
- ^ a b Staff (2016). "Pavement Management Information System". Kansas Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 21, 2017.
- State highways in Kansas
- Transportation in Morton County, Kansas
- Transportation in Stanton County, Kansas
- Transportation in Hamilton County, Kansas
- Transportation in Greeley County, Kansas
- Transportation in Wallace County, Kansas
- Transportation in Sherman County, Kansas
- Transportation in Cheyenne County, Kansas