K-170 (Kansas highway)

K-170
Route information
Maintained by KDOT
Length: 21.759 mi (35.018 km)
Existed: 1932[1] – present
Major junctions
East end: K-31 in Osage City
West end: K-99 west of Reading
Location
Counties: OS, LY.
Highway system

Kansas numbered highways

← K-168 K-171 →

K-170 is a Kansas state highway originating at K-31 on the west side of Osage City, a mile south of the K-31 intersection with US-56. The road runs south for about eight miles (13 km) and then turns west, running through Reading before ending at K-99 about 12 miles (19 km) north of Emporia. K-170 is 22 miles (35 km) long.

K-170 provides access, via county roads, to Lyons County State Fishing Lake.

Contents

History

K-170 was commissioned as K-70 by 1932.[1] It appears on the 1932 state highway map starting from K-11 and K-22 (now K-99) and ending at Reading.[2] By 1950, the road was extended east and north to Osage City.[3]

By 1962, K-70 was renumbered as K-170 to avoid a route duplication with Interstate 70.[4]

Major intersections

County Location Mile Destination Notes
Lyon 0.000 K-99 Western terminus
Osage Osage City 21.759 K-31 Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ a b Kennedy, Richie. "Kansas Highways Routelog". Kansas Highways 7.0. http://www.route56.com/highways/highways.php?hwy=170&fulldesc=1&hist=1&jct=1&photos=1. Retrieved 2011-12-04. 
  2. ^ Kansas Department of Transportation. Official State Transportation Map (Map) (1932 ed.). http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1932Mapside.pdf. Retrieved 2008-05-05. 
  3. ^ Kansas Department of Transportation. Official State Transportation Map (Map) (1950-51 ed.). http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1950-51Mapside.pdf. Retrieved 2008-05-05. 
  4. ^ Kansas Department of Transportation. Official State Transportation Map (Map) (1962 ed.). http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/state-pdf/1962Mapside.pdf. Retrieved 2008-05-05. 

Kansas Department of Transportation. Official State Transportation Map (Map) (2007-2008 ed.). http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/state-pdf/kansas0506.pdf. Retrieved 2008-05-05. 

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