K-15 (Kansas highway)
K-15 is a 257.141-mile-long (413.828 km) north–south state highway in the U.S. State of Kansas. Originating at the Oklahoma state line as a continuation of State Highway 18 and continuing to the Nebraska state line where it continues as Nebraska Highway 15. 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][3]
Eisenhower Memorial Highway | ||||
K-15 highlighted in red | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by KDOT | ||||
Length | 257.141 mi[1] (413.828 km) | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | ||||
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North end | ||||
Location | ||||
Counties | Cowley, Sumner, Sedgwick, Harvey, Marion, Dickinson, Clay, Washington | |||
Highway system | ||||
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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.[3]
Junction list
County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
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Cowley | | 0.000 | 0.000 | Continuation into Oklahoma | |||
| 7.870 | 12.666 | South end of US-166 concurrency | ||||
| 11.820 | 19.022 | North end of US-166 concurrency | ||||
| 24.039 | 38.687 | North end of US-160 concurrency | ||||
Winfield | 33.893 | 54.545 | Eastern terminus of K-360 | ||||
36.592 | 58.889 | North end of US-160 concurrency; south end of US-77 concurrency | |||||
| 47.050 | 75.720 | North end of US-77 concurrency | ||||
Udall | 53.009 | 85.310 | |||||
Sumner | Mulvane | 61.711 | 99.314 | Eastern terminus of K-53; interchange | |||
Sedgwick | | 73.093 | 117.632 | Exit 45 on I-35/Kansas Tpke. | |||
Wichita | 74.297 | 119.569 | Southeast Boulevard north | Interchange; northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
Interchange; south end of I-135/US-81 concurrency; southbound exit and northbound entrance; exit 3A on I-135 | |||||||
Overlap with I-135/US-81 | |||||||
Harvey | Newton | 101.083 | 162.677 | North end of I-135/US-81 concurrency; south end of US-50 concurrency; exit 30 on I-135 | |||
101.841 | 163.897 | Interchange; north end of US-50 concurrency | |||||
105.793 | 170.257 | Exit 34 on I-135 | |||||
Marion | Goessel | 117.064 | 188.396 | Eastern terminus of K-215 | |||
| 125.042 | 201.236 | South end of US-56 concurrency | ||||
| 126.526 | 203.624 | Southern terminus of K-168 | ||||
Hillsboro | 131.040 | 210.888 | North end of US-56 concurrency | ||||
Dickinson | Elmo | 153.095 | 246.383 | ||||
Abilene | 171.143 | 275.428 | Exit 275 on I-70 | ||||
| 177.539 | 285.721 | South end of K-18 concurrency | ||||
| 181.505 | 292.104 | North end of K-18 concurrency | ||||
Clay | | 188.561 | 303.460 | Eastern terminus of K-197 | |||
| 194.524 | 313.056 | Western terminus of K-82 | ||||
Clay Center | 205.578 | 330.846 | |||||
| 211.564 | 340.479 | Eastern terminus of K-80 | ||||
Clay–Washington county line | | 218.491 | 351.627 | South end of K-9 concurrency | |||
Washington | | 223.011 | 358.901 | Eastern terminus of K-115 | |||
| 230.585 | 371.091 | North end of K-9 concurrency; K-148 east is former K-15E; K-15 north of this point is former K-15W | ||||
Washington | 237.619 | 382.411 | South end of US-36 concurrency | ||||
| 243.966 | 392.625 | North end of US-36 concurrency | ||||
| 257.141 | 413.828 | Continuation into Nebraska | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- Staff (2016). "Pavement Management Information System". Kansas Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 21, 2017.
- K.S.A. 68-1023
- Kennedy, Richie. "Routelog". Kansas Highways 7.0. Archived from the original on 2007-02-18. Retrieved 2007-04-10.