| K-177 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by KDOT | ||||
| Length: | 102.871 mi[1] (165.555 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end: | US-54 east of El Dorado, Kansas | |||
| North end: | US-24, Manhattan | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties: | BU, CS, MR, WB, GE, RL | |||
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K-177 is a state highway in central Kansas. It runs from US-54 near El Dorado to Manhattan, passing through the Flint Hills. It is part of the Flint Hills Scenic Byway and the Prairie Parkway.[2]
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From its beginnings east of El Dorado, K-177 heads northward to provide access to El Dorado Lake. It then approaches the Kansas Turnpike and runs parallel to it before having a junction with it (exit 92). It then passes through Matfield Green and Bazaar before reaching Cottonwood Falls, Strong City, and US-50.
Flint Hills Scenic Byway is a portion of K-177 located in the Flint Hills region of the state, stretching from Interstate 35 at Cassoday in the south to US-56 at Council Grove in the north. Along the byway there are rolling hills and some of the only tallgrass prairie left in North America. It is a National Scenic Byway.
North of Strong City, K-177 passes through the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. In Council Grove, it meets US-56. It has a brief concurrency with K-4 near Alta Vista before having an interchange (exit 313) with Interstate 70. Nine miles north of I-70, it ends at US-24 in Manhattan.
From I-70 to US-24, K-177 is named the Coach Bill Snyder Highway, in honor of the long-time Kansas State University football coach who transformed the Wildcats from the worst team in major college football into consistent winners.
K-177 is two lanes from US-54 to I-70 and a four-lane expressway from I-70 to US-24.
K-177 was signed as K-13 until 1965.[3] It previously ended at US-77 before El Dorado Lake was completed.[3]
| County | Location | Mile[1] | Destinations | Notes |
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| Butler |
0.000 | US-54 | Southern terminus | |
| Cassoday | 18.753 | I-35/Kan. Tpk. | I-35/KTA exit 92 | |
| Chase |
Strong City | 46.423 | US-50 | |
| Morris |
Council Grove | 65.662 | US-56 | Western end of US-56 concurrency |
| 65.830 | US-56 | Eastern end of US-56 concurrency | ||
| Morris–Wabaunsee county line |
78.275 | K-4 | Southern end of K-4 concurrency | |
| 79.275 | K-4 | Northern end of K-4 concurrency | ||
| Geary |
94.249 | I-70 / US-40 | I-70 exit 313 | |
| Riley |
101.979 | K-18 | Eastern end of K-18 concurrency | |
| Manhattan | 102.559 | K-18 | Interchange, western end of K-18 concurrency | |
| 102.871 | US-24 | Interchange, northern terminus | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus • Closed/Former • Incomplete access • Unopened |
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