K-120 (Kansas highway) explained

State:KS
Type:KS
Route:120
Map Custom:yes
Map Notes:K-120 highlighted in red
Established:June 5, 1945[1]
Length Mi:9.126
Length Round:3
Direction A:South
Junction: south of Highland
Direction B:North
Terminus B:Kansas Street at Highland city line
Counties:Doniphan
Previous Type:KS
Previous Route:119
Next Type:KS
Next Route:121

K-120 is a 9.126-longNaN-long north - south state highway in the U.S. state of Kansas. K-120's southern terminus is at K-20 south of the city of Severance and the northern terminus is a continuation as Kansas Street at the Highland city limits.[2] Just south of its northern terminus it intersects U.S. Route 36 (US-36).

Before state highways were numbered in Kansas there were auto trails, K-120 follows the former Pikes Peak Ocean to Ocean Highway its entire length. K-120 was first designated on June 5, 1945, as a short spur from K-20 to Severance, then was extended northward to Highland by mid 1951.[1] [3]

Route description

K-120 begins at an intersection with K-20 northeast of Denton and travels northward through small rolling hills covered in farmlands. After roughly 1.5miles it curves to the northwest and enters the city of Severance. It then curves west and begins to follow Church Street. The highway then turns onto Gove Street and continues north to an intersection with Power House Road. Here, it turns west and leaves the city then curves north again and crosses Wolf River, a tributary of the Missouri River.[4] It continues north, passes Oak Hill Cemetery at an intersection with 185th Road, then curves west. The highway continues for 0.5miles then curves back north again. From here it continues north for roughly 3.8miles and intersects US-36 via a diamond interchange. From US-36 it continues north for roughly 1miles through more farmlands and crosses Mission Creek, a tributary of the Missouri River. Roughly 0.2miles north of Mission Creek, it ends at the Highland city limits and continues as Kansas Street.[2] [5]

The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) tracks the traffic levels on its highways, and in 2017, they determined that on average the traffic varied from 450 vehicles per day near the southern terminus to 1380 vehicles per day between US-36 and the northern terminus.[6] The entire route is paved with partial design bituminous pavement.[7] [8] K-120 is not included in the National Highway System.[9] The National Highway System is a system of highways important to the nation's defense, economy, and mobility. K-120 does connect to the National Highway System at its junction with US-36.[10]

History

Before state highways were numbered in Kansas there were auto trails, which were an informal network of marked routes that existed in the United States and Canada in the early part of the 20th century. K-120 follows the former Pikes Peak Ocean to Ocean Highway its entire length.[11]

K-120 was first established as a state highway on June 5, 1945, as a 1.8miles spur from K-20 north to Severance.[1] Then on May 9, 1951, K-120 was extended 6.702miles northward to end at US-36 in Highland.[3] Then in 1985, US-36 was realigned to a new alignment south of Highland and in an October 7, 1985 resolution, K-120 was truncated 0.193miles to end at the Highland city limits when the new alignment of US-36 was finished. Included in that resolution is if Highland annexes more land surrounding K-120, that section would be removed from the state highway system.[12]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: State Highway Commission of Kansas . June 5, 1945 . Resolution establishing a road in Doniphan County as a part of the State Highway System . Topeka . State Highway Commission of Kansas . August 26, 2019 . August 13, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210813035917/https://dmsweb.ksdot.org/AppNetProd/docpop/PdfPop.aspx . live .
  2. Highway Planning Department . 2010 . Doniphan County . Scale not given . General Highway Map . Topeka . Kansas Department of Transportation . August 26, 2019 . August 13, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210813035913/http://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/PastPublishedCounty/doniphanSep2010.PDF . live .
  3. Web site: State Highway Commission of Kansas . May 9, 1951 . Resolution for extension of State Highway in Doniphan County . Topeka . State Highway Commission of Kansas . August 26, 2019 . August 13, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210813035918/https://dmsweb.ksdot.org/AppNetProd/docpop/PdfPop.aspx . live .
  4. Bureau of Transportation Planning . City of Severance . July 2006 . KDOT City Maps . Kansas Department of Transportation . Topeka . PDF . August 18, 2020 . August 13, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210813035914/https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/city-pdf/severance.pdf . live .
  5. Bureau of Transportation Planning . City of Highland . January 2010 . KDOT City Maps . Kansas Department of Transportation . Topeka . PDF . August 18, 2020 . August 13, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210813035914/https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/city-pdf/highland.pdf . live .
  6. Bureau of Transportation Planning . 2018 . Traffic Flow Map Kansas State Highway System . [c. 1:1,584,000] . Topeka . Kansas Department of Transportation . July 29, 2019 . May 5, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200505094818/https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/CountMaps/Districts/countmap2017.pdf . live .
  7. Web site: Pavement Management Information System Query . . . January 22, 2013 . July 19, 2012 . March 13, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160313050055/http://ksdot.org/matreslab/pmis/query.asp . live .
  8. Web site: Pavement Management Information System Glossary . . . May 9, 2012 . October 12, 2020 . August 13, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210813035916/https://www.ksdot.org/matreslab/pmis/glossary.asp . live .
  9. Federal Highway Administration . Federal Highway Administration . May 8, 2019 . National Highway System: Kansas . [c. 1:3,900,000] . . August 25, 2019 . March 4, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035300/http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/nhs_maps/kansas/ks_kansas.pdf . live .
  10. Web site: Stefan . Natzke . Mike . Neathery . Kevin . Adderly . What is the National Highway System? . National Highway System . Federal Highway Administration . September 26, 2012 . July 29, 2019 . September 24, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120924215257/http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/ . live .
  11. Rand McNally and Company . Rand McNally . 1924 . Kansas . AutoTrails Map, Southern Nebraska, Eastern Colorado, Kansas, Northeastern New Mexico, Northern Oklahoma . https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~201708~3000668:AutoTrails-Map,-Southern-Nebraska,-?sort=pub_list_no_initialsort%2Cpub_date%2Cpub_list_no%2Cseries_no&qvq=q:Kansas%20roads;sort:pub_list_no_initialsort%2Cpub_date%2Cpub_list_no%2Cseries_no;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=113&trs=175 . 1:1,600,000 . Chicago . Rand McNally and Company . 372–373 . 2078375 . Rumsey Collection . August 14, 2020 .
  12. Web site: State Highway Commission of Kansas . October 7, 1985 . Resolution for Relocation and Redesignation of four roads in Doniphan County . Topeka . State Highway Commission of Kansas . August 26, 2019 . December 22, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171222163659/https://dmsweb.ksdot.org/AppNetProd/docpop/pdfpop.aspx?KT142_0_0_0=003709344&clienttype=html&doctypeid=114 . live .

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