K-256 (Kansas highway)
state highway in Kansas, United States
K-256 is an approximately 5-mile-long (8.0 km) east–west state highway in the U.S. state of Kansas. The highways western terminus is at U.S. Route 56 (US-56) northwest of Marion and the eastern terminus is at US-77 east of Marion. K-256 directly serves the city of Marion, the county seat of Marion County. The highway is a two-lane road its entire length. The section of K-256 within the city of Marion is maintained by the city.
Before state highways were numbered in Kansas, there were auto trails. The east–west section from the center of Marion westward follows the former National Old Trails Road, Old Santa Fe Trail, and Southwest Trail. K-256 intersects the former Kansas–Oklahoma–Texas Highway in Marion. On June 24, 1984, the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) announced that construction would begin in June 1986, on a new alignment of US-56 north of the city of Marion. The Kansas Department of Transportation authorized the addition of K-256 to the state highway system in a November 8, 1985 resolution.
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