K-7 (Kansas highway)

K-7
Route information
Maintained by KDOT
Length:	240.606 mi[1] (387.218 km)
Major junctions
South end:	US-69 at Picher, Oklahoma
	US-166 near Cravensville US-69 / US-160 in Columbus US-400 in Cherokee US-69 / US-54 in Fort Scott US-169 from Osawatomie to Olathe I-35 / US-50 / US-56 in Olathe I-70 / Kansas Turnpike / US-24 / US-40 in Bonner Springs US-73 from Bonner Springs to Atchison US-59 in Atchison US-36 west of Troy
North end:	Nebraska border north of White Cloud
Location
Counties:	Cherokee, Crawford, Bourbon, Linn, Miami, Johnson, Wyandotte, Leavenworth, Atchison, Doniphan
Highway system
Kansas State Highway System Interstate U.S. State Spurs ← K-5 K-8 →

K-7 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Kansas. It is mostly a small country highway winding its way through the Osage Questas and Glaciated Regions of eastern Kansas, although a portion of the highway passes through the Kansas City metropolitan area. Significant portions of the highway overlap with U.S. Route 169 and U.S. Route 73. The portion of K-7 between Leavenworth and the Nebraska state line has been designated the "Glacial Hills Scenic Byway."

Route description

K-7 begins at the Oklahoma–Kansas state line. concurrent with U.S. Route 69. K-7 and US-69 split at an intersection with U.S. Route 160 in Columbus. K-7 then goes north to Scammon, where it meets K-102. It then intersects K-103 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Scammon before intersecting U.S. Route 400 at Cherokee. Five miles north of Cherokee, it intersects K-126 and then intersects K-47 at Girard. It then continues north from Girard, passing through Farlington before intersecting K-277. Near Hiattville, it intersects K-39 and turns east, then northeast. Five miles south of Fort Scott, K-7 intersects US-69 at a freeway interchange, and K-7 overlaps with US-69 into Fort Scott.

While in Fort Scott, K-7 and US-69 intersect U.S. Route 54 and K-7 overlaps with US-54 west for four miles (6 km). It then turns north again, and alternates between going north and going west before entering Devon. It continues north to K-31, with which it overlaps for a mile going east. It then turns north and goes through Mound City, intersecting K-52 there. It goes north-northwesterly for 16 miles (26 km) and intersects K-152 east of Parker. It goes north, then west for 9 miles (14 km), then at Beagle, turns north and intersects U.S. Route 169 south of Osawatomie. While overlapping US-169, it follows a freeway alignment that bypasses Osawatomie and Paola before meeting K-68. After K-68, the freeway bypasses Hillsdale and Spring Hill before turning into expressway. The overlap with US-169 ends at its intersection with Interstate 35, U.S. Route 50 and U.S. Route 56 at Olathe.

In Olathe, K-7 alternates between northbound and westbound routings before turning north and becoming freeway. On the border between Olathe and Lenexa, K-7 intersects the K-10 freeway. It continues north, then turns northwest to cross the Kansas River and enter Bonner Springs, where it immediately intersects K-32. It turns north to intersect Interstate 70, the Kansas Turnpike, then turns northwest to intersect U.S. Route 24, U.S. Route 40, and U.S. Route 73. At this point, which is on the border between Bonner Springs and Kansas City, an overlap with US-73 begins. K-7 and US-73 then go north along the western city limits of Kansas City before entering Lansing. They continue north through Lansing and upon entering Leavenworth, intersect K-5. Also in Leavenworth, they intersect K-92 and they briefly run concurrent with K-92 before separating and turning west to leave Leavenworth.

K-7 and US-73 leave Leavenworth going west until intersecting K-192, then turn north, intersecting K-74 near Potter. At Atchison, K-7's overlap with US-73 ends at its intersection with U.S. Route 59. After winding its way through Atchison, K-7 continues north and intersects K-20 near Bendena and U.S. Route 36 west of Troy. The highway turns northwest along an alignment closely parallelling the Missouri River and after passing through White Cloud, ends at the Nebraska border northwest of White Cloud. No corresponding state highway in Nebraska continues from K-7, although a county road continues northwest to Rulo, Nebraska.

Major intersections

All exits are unnumbered.

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Cherokee	​	0.000	0.000	US-69 south / Treece Road east / 10 Road west	South end of concurrency with US-69; Oklahoma state line
	​	2.234	3.595	US-166 – Baxter Springs, Chetopa
	Columbus	12.381	19.925	US-69 north / US-160 – Oswego, Pittsburg	North end of concurrency with US-69
	Roseland–Scammon line	19.431	31.271	K-102 west (Roseland Boulevard) – West Mineral
	​	21.451	34.522	K-103 east – Weir
Cherokee–Crawford county line	Cherokee	23.445	37.731	US-400 to US-69 – Parsons
Crawford	​	28.429	45.752	K-126 – Pittsburg, McCune
	Girard	35.600	57.293	K-47 (St. John Street) – Pittsburg, Chanute
Bourbon	​	50.271	80.903	K-39 west – Chanute
	​	58.220	93.696	US-69 south – Pittsburg	Modified trumpet interchange; south end of concurrency with US-69
	Fort Scott	63.043	101.458	US-54 east (Wall Street) – Fort Scott, Nevada Mo.	South end of freeway section; south end of concurrency with US-54
		63.943	102.906	US-69 north – Kansas City	North end of freeway section; north end of concurrency with US-69
	​	67.640	108.856	US-54 west – Iola	North end of concurrency with US-54
	​	81.496	131.155	K-31 west – Mapleton	South end of concurrency with K-31
	​	82.420	132.642	K-31 east – Fulton	North end of concurrency with K-31
Linn	Mound City	91.158	146.705	K-52 west – Kincaid	South end of concurrency with K-52
		91.392	147.081	K-52 east (Main Street) – Pleasanton	North end of concurrency with K-52
	​	106.851	171.960	K-152 east (2100th Road) – La Cygne
Miami	​	118.717	191.056	US-169 south – Garnett	South end of expressway section; south end of concurrency with US-169
	Osawatomie	121.700	195.857	Main Street
		122.529	197.191	K-279 west (343rd Street)
	​	125.305	201.659	327th Street, Old KC Road	Partial cloverleaf interchange
	Paola	127.892	205.822	Baptiste Drive
	​	132.343	212.985	K-68 – Ottawa, Louisburg
	Hillsdale	135.358	217.838	255th Street
	Spring Hill	139.420	224.375	223rd Street – Spring Hill, Bucyrus	North end of expressway section
Johnson	Olathe	148.927	239.675	US-169 north / I-35 / US-50 / US-56 / 151st Street – Wichita, Kansas City, Executive Airport	I-35 exit 215; three-level interchange with two-way ramps between K-7 and 151st St.; north end of concurrency with US-169; 151st St. serves Olathe Medical Center
		154.100	248.000	119th Street	South end of freeway section
		155.158	249.703	College Boulevard
		156.161	251.317	K-10 – Lawrence, Lenexa	Cloverleaf interchange
	Lenexa	157.132	252.879	Prairie Star Boulevard
	Shawnee	158.697	255.398	83rd Street
		160.915	258.968	Shawnee Mission Parkway / 67th Street	Cloverleaf interchange
		162.253	261.121	Johnson Drive / 55th Street	Roundabout interchange; north end of freeway section
Kansas River		164.407– 164.831	264.587– 265.270	K-7 Bridge
Wyandotte	Bonner Springs	164.773	265.176	K-32 (Kaw Drive) / Front Street	South end of freeway section
		165.798	266.826	Nettleton Avenue	North end of freeway section
		166.637– 167.322	268.176– 269.279	US-73 begin / US-24 / US-40 east / I-70 / Kansas Turnpike – St. Louis, Topeka	Kansas Tpke. exit 224A; southern terminus of US-73; south end of concurrencies with US-24, US-40, and US-73
	Kansas City	168.906	271.828	US-24 / US-40 west (State Avenue)	Partial cloverleaf interchange; north end of concurrencies with US-24 and US-40
Leavenworth	Leavenworth			K-5 south – Leavenworth National Cemetery
				K-92 west (Spruce Street) – McLouth	Southern end of K-92 overlap
				K-92 east – Platte City Mo.	Northern end of K-92 overlap
				CR-14 (Santa Fe Trail) / N. 20th Street	Interchange
	Kickapoo Township			K-192 west – Easton
Atchison	Walnut Township			K-74 west – Potter
	Atchison	205.372	330.514	US-73 north / US-59 – Hiawatha, St. Joseph Mo., Jackson Park	North end of concurrency with US-73
Doniphan	​	218.324	351.358	K-20 west – Denton
	​	222.346	357.831	US-36 – Troy, Wathena, Hiawatha	Diamond interchange
	Iowa Reservation	240.606	387.218	666th Avenue north – Rulo	Nebraska state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

External links

• Kansas Highways Routelog (Richie Kennedy)
• K-7 Corridor Management Plan