K-52 (Kansas highway)

K-52 is a 23.045-mile-long (37.087 km) east–west state highway in eastern Kansas. K-52's western terminus is at an intersection with K-31 southeast of Mound City. K-52 then overlaps U.S. Route 69 for 8 miles (13 km) through Pleasanton and Trading Post, where it splits off to the east. Three miles later, it crosses into Missouri, becoming Route 52.

K-52
K-52 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by KDOT
Length23.045 mi[1] (37.087 km)
ExistedJanuary 7, 1937[2]–present
Major junctions
West end K-31 near Mound City
 
East end Route 52 at Missouri state line
Location
CountiesLinn
Highway system
  • Kansas State Highway System
← K-51K-53 →

Route description

The only section of K-52 that is included in the National Highway System is its concurrency with US-69.[3] The National Highway System is a system of highways important to the nation's defense, economy, and mobility.[4] 2017 Annual average daily traffic (AADT) on K-52 ranged from 650 near the western terminus to 6530 between the East 1100 Road and East 1350 Road interchanges. Other AADT on the highway was 1230 east of US-69, 1420 slightly west of Mound City, 1870 west of US-69, 2220 slightly east of Mound City, 5690 between the south end of the K-52/US-69 overlap and the East 1100 Road interchange and 6500 between the East 1350 Road interchange and the north end of the K-52/US-69 overlap.[5]

History

K-52 was first established as a state highway on January 7, 1937 and went from K-38 in Blue Mound northeastward to K-7 in Mound City.[2] K-38 was then soon decommissioned and became an extension of K-31 sometime before the end of 1937.[6] K-52 was then soon extended further west and south to end at US-54 in Moran. On March 30, 1950 a resolution was passed to slightly realign K-52/US-69 near Trading Post.[7] K-31 originally left K-52 in Blue Mound and went south.[8] Then in an October 9, 1957 resolution it was extended further east along K-52 and turned south at K-52's current western terminus.[8] Sometime between 1960 and 1962 US-59 was realigned along K-52 from Kincaid to Moran.[9][10] Originally K-52 stairsteped from K-31 northeastward to K-7 in Mound City, but was realigned in a February 11, 1964 resolution to a straight alignment.[11] In a May 7, 1987 resolution K-52/US-69 was realigned from going through Pleasanton to travel to the east of the city.[12] In a January 26, 1995 resolution K-52 was truncated from Moran to end at K-31, its current western terminus.[13] This was done due to the concurrency having no purpose and was confusing to some travelers.[13] In an April 29, 2008 resolution K-52/US 69 was realigned by Pleasanton, and a 0.381 miles (0.613 km) was created to link the southern end of the old K-52/US-69 overlap to the new one.[14] In another April 29, 2008 resolution K-52/US-69 was realigned by Trading Post, and the north end of the K-52/US-69 overlap was moved slightly north to the new interchange.[15]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Linn County. All exits are unnumbered.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Mound City Township0.0000.000 K-31 – Blue Mound, Garnett, MapletonWestern terminus; highway continues west as K-31
Mound City4.3927.068 K-7 south – Fort ScottWestern end of K-7 overlap
4.6267.445 K-7 north – OsawatomieEastern end of K-7 overlap
Potosi Township10.91717.569 US-69 south – Fort ScottWestern end of US 69 overlap; diamond interchange; west end of freeway section
13.61721.914E. 1100 Road – PleasantonDiamond interchange
16.18026.039E. 1350 RoadDiamond interchange
Valley Township19.68031.672 US-69 north – LouisburgEastern end of US 69 overlap; diamond interchange; east end of freeway section
23.04537.087 Route 52 east / State Line RoadContinuation into Missouri
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
  1. Staff (2016). "Pavement Management Information System". Kansas Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
  2. State Highway Commission of Kansas (January 7, 1937). "January 7, 1937 Resolution". Topeka: State Highway Commission of Kansas. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  3. National Highway System: Kansas (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  4. Natzke, Stefan; Neathery, Mike; Adderly, Kevin (September 26, 2012). "What is the National Highway System?". National Highway System. Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  5. Bureau of Transportation Planning (2018). Traffic Flow Map Kansas State Highway System (PDF) (Map). [c. 1:1,584,000]. Topeka: Kansas Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  6. State Highway Commission of Kansas (1937). 1937 Kansas State Map (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Topeka: State Highway Commission of Kansas. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  7. State Highway Commission of Kansas (March 30, 1950). "Resolution for Relocation and Redesignation of Road in Linn County". Topeka: State Highway Commission of Kansas. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  8. State Highway Commission of Kansas (October 9, 1957). "Resolution for Relocation and Redesignation of Road in Bourbon and Linn Counties K-31 and K-65". Topeka: State Highway Commission of Kansas. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  9. State Highway Commission of Kansas (1960). 1960 Kansas State Map (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Topeka: State Highway Commission of Kansas. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  10. State Highway Commission of Kansas (1962). 1962 Kansas State Map (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Topeka: State Highway Commission of Kansas. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  11. State Highway Commission of Kansas (February 11, 1964). "Resolution for Relocation and Redesignation of Road in Linn County". Topeka: State Highway Commission of Kansas. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  12. State Highway Commission of Kansas (May 7, 1987). "Resolution to Relocate a segment of highway in Linn County". Topeka: State Highway Commission of Kansas. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  13. State Highway Commission of Kansas (January 26, 1995). "Resolution to withdraw the K-52 designation from segments of highway Allen, Anderson and Linn Counties". Topeka: State Highway Commission of Kansas. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  14. KDOT (April 29, 2008). "Rural Resolution to Realign a portion of US-69 on the State Highway System in Linn County". Topeka: KDOT. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  15. KDOT (April 29, 2008). "Rural Resolution to Realign a portion of US-69 on the State Highway System in Linn County". Topeka: KDOT. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
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