U.S. Route 283 in Kansas
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North end | US 283 at Nebraska state line | |||
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Country | United States | |||
State | Kansas | |||
Counties | Clark, Ford, Hodgeman, Ness, Trego, Graham, Norton | |||
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U.S. Route 283 (US-283) is a part of the
In 1927, the highway that would become US-283 was established as
Route description
US-283 enters from Oklahoma south of
At Dodge City, US-283 jogs east. It meets with
US-50 and US-56 split east towards Kinsley, and US-283 resumes a due northerly course through open fields before reaching Jetmore, where K-156 crosses in an east–west direction. K-156 heads to Garden City westbound and Great Bend eastbound. The highway continues on another stretch through sparsely populated farmland before reaching Ness City and K-96, the first of two junctions in Ness County. The other junction in the county is at K-4 near Ransom. The highway reaches Interstate 70 in WaKeeney, and makes a brief jog east through downtown WaKeeney before turning back to the north. US-283 between Ransom and I-70 was closed for much of 2006 as part of a major reconstruction program.
The highway continues north to
With the exception of small sections in Dodge City, all portions of US-283 in Kansas are two-laned.
History
Existed | 1927[2]–c. 1941[3][4] |
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In 1927, the highway that would become US-283 was established as
Realignments
In an August 20, 1935 resolution, US-283 was slightly realigned along its overlap with US-160 to eliminate a few sharp curves.[11] In a February 26, 1958 resolution, a section of I-70 was approved from Collyer east to Ogallah, which included a new diamond interchange to be built at US-283 to serve WaKeeney.[12] K-383 was assigned to the portions of former US-383 in Kansas from US-83 near Selden to a concurrency with US-183 at the Nebraska state line in 1981.[13] In an April 1, 1981 resolution, US-283 Spur was redesignated as US-40 Business in WaKeeney.[14] In another April 1, 1981 resolution, US-156 was redesignated as K-156 in Jetmore.[15] In an August 24, 1981 resolution, US-50 Alternate along the north side of Dodge City became a new alignment of US-50, and the former US-50 that overlapped US-283 and US-56 through Dodge City became US-50 Business.[16] In a December 1, 1994 resolution, US-400 was established in Kansas, which created an overlap with US-283, US-56 and US-50 Business from the south end of the overlap with US-50 Business to the former K-129.[17] In an April 25, 2008 resolution, the overlap with US-50 Business in Dodge City was removed as it was decommissioned. Also the overlap with US-400 was changed to run from the southern end of US-283's overlap with US-56 north to where US-400 originally turned east off US-283 and US-56.[18]
Major intersections
County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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US 283 south | Continuation into Oklahoma | ||||
| 13.590 | 21.871 | US-160 east – Ashland | Southern end of US-160 overlap | |
| 20.160 | 32.444 | US-160 west – Meade | Northern end of US-160 overlap | |
Minneola | 31.672 | 50.971 | US-54 (Front Street) – Meade, Greensburg | ||
Southern end of US-56 and US-400 overlap | |||||
53.751 | 86.504 | US-400 east – Greensburg | Northern end of US-400 overlap | ||
57.463 | 92.478 | US-50 west – Cimarron | Southern end of US-50 overlap | ||
| 59.739 | 96.141 | US-56 east (Jewell Road) – Kinsley | Northern end of US-50 and US-56 overlap | |
Hodgeman | Jetmore | 81.247 | 130.754 | K-156 – Garden City, Larned | |
Ness | Ness City | 106.601 | 171.558 | K-96 (Sycamore Street) | |
| 119.299 | 191.993 | K-4 | ||
US 40 Bus. begins | I-70 exit 127; diamond interchange; western terminus of US-40 Business; southern end of US-40 Business overlap | ||||
146.935 | 236.469 | US 40 Bus. east (South 13th Street) | Northern end of US-40 Business overlap | ||
Graham | Hill City | 170.973 | 275.154 | US-24 (Main Street) | |
Norton | | 188.985 | 304.142 | K-9 east – Logan | Southern end of K-9 overlap |
| 190.989 | 307.367 | K-9 west – Lenora | Northern end of K-9 overlap | |
Norton | 205.737 | 331.102 | US-36 / K-383 (Holme Street) – Oberlin, Phillipsburg | ||
| 217.004 | 349.234 | US 283 north – Arapahoe, NE | Continuation into Nebraska | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Former spur
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Location | WaKeeney |
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Existed | c. 1963.[19][20]–April 1, 1981[14] |
U.S. Route 283 Spur (US-283 Spur) was a
References
- ^ a b Staff (2016). "Pavement Management Information System". Kansas Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 21, 2017.
- ^ OCLC 2078375– via Rumsey Collection.
- ^ a b c State Highway Commission of Kansas (1941). Kansas State Highway System (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Topeka: State Highway Commission of Kansas. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
- ^ a b c State Farm Insurance Companies Travel Bureau (1944). "Kansas" (Map). State Farm Road map: Kansas. 1:1,235,520. Chicago: Rand McNally and Company. Retrieved July 26, 2020 – via Rumsey Collection.
- OCLC 1007837202. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
- ^ a b State Highway Commission of Kansas (1933). Kansas State Highway System (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Topeka: State Highway Commission of Kansas. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
- ^ State Highway Commission of Kansas (1936). Kansas State Highway System (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Topeka: State Highway Commission of Kansas. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
- ^ State Highway Commission of Kansas (July 1938). Kansas State Highway System (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Topeka: State Highway Commission of Kansas. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
- ^ State Highway Commission of Kansas (1940). Kansas State Highway System (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Topeka: State Highway Commission of Kansas. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
- ^ Kansas State Highway Commission (August 7, 1941). "Resolution for relocation and redesignation of road in Norton County". Topeka: Kansas State Highway Commission. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
- ^ Kansas State Highway Commission (August 20, 1935). "Resolution for relocation and redesignation of road in Clark County". Topeka: Kansas State Highway Commission. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
- ^ Kansas State Highway Commission (February 26, 1958). "Resolution for relocation and redesignation of road in Trego County". Topeka: Kansas State Highway Commission. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
- ^ Staff (April 4, 1981). "Resolution to Withdraw the Designation of and Redesignate the Remainder of a Highway in Logan County, Thomas County, Sheridan County, Decatur County, Norton County, and Phillips County" (PDF). Kansas Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
- ^ a b c Kansas Department of Transportation (April 1, 1981). Resolution to redesignate a highway in Trego County (Map). Kansas Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
- ^ Kansas Department of Transportation (April 1, 1981). Resolution to redesignate a Highway (Map). Kansas Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
- ^ Kansas Department of Transportation (August 24, 1981). "Resolution to redesignate certain highways in Ford County". Topeka: Kansas Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
- ^ Kansas Department of Transportation (December 1, 1994). "State Highway Resolution to establish Highway US-400 in thirteen counties in Kansas". Topeka: Kansas Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
- ^ Kansas Department of Transportation (April 25, 2008). "Rural Resolution to realign a portion of US 400 on the State Highway System in Ford County". Topeka: Kansas Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
- ^ a b State Highway Commission of Kansas (1962). Kansas State Highway System (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Topeka: State Highway Commission of Kansas. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
- ^ a b State Highway Commission of Kansas (1963–1964). Kansas State Highway System (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Topeka: State Highway Commission of Kansas. Retrieved July 22, 2020.