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List of state highway spurs in Kansas

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Source revisionAug 31, 2026
Entity authorityQ964672
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The Kansas state highway system includes and has included many state highway spurs that connect through highways with places that are not along a through highway. The Kansas Department of Transportation and its predecessor agencies have established most of these highways to serve small cities. In most cases, the spur highway connecting a through route with a city ends at the city limit of the city. The spur highways also serve unincorporated villages, state institutions like psychiatric hospitals, state parks and other Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism–administered facilities, and historic sites.

K-22

K-22 is a 3.087-mile-long (4.968 km) spur route that serves the city of Haddam in west central Washington County.

K-30

K-30 is a 1.950-mile-long (3.138 km) spur route that serves the city of Maple Hill in northeastern Wabaunsee County.

K-41

K-41 is a 4.960-mile-long (7.982 km) spur route that serves the city of Delphos in north central Ottawa County.

K-46

K-46 was a 1.315-mile (2.116 km) north–south spur of US-56 that served the town of Little River. K-46 first appeared on the 1937 Kansas highway map. It was removed from the highway system on June 3, 2013, and reverted to county ownership.

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