K-32 (Kansas highway)

K-32
Kaw Valley Scenic Highway
K-32 in red, K-32 Truck in blue
Route information
Maintained by KDOT and the cities of Bonner Springs, and Kansas City
Length	32.197 mi[2] (51.816 km)
Existed	1927[1]–present
Major junctions
West end	US-24 / US-40 near Lawrence
Major intersections	K-7 in Bonner Springs I-435 near Edwardsville I-635 in Kansas City
East end	US-69 in Kansas City
Location
Country	United States
State	Kansas
Counties	Douglas, Leavenworth, Wyandotte
Highway system
Kansas State Highway System Interstate US State Spurs
← K-31 → K-33

K-32, also known as the Kaw Valley Scenic Highway, is an approximately 32.2-mile-long (51.8 km) east–west state highway in the Kansas City metropolitan area of Kansas. K-32's western terminus is just outside Lawrence at U.S. Route 24 (US-24) and US-40. Its eastern terminus is at US-69, also known as the 18th Street Expressway, in Kansas City. Along the way it intersects several major highways, including K-7 in Bonner Springs as well as Interstate 435 (I-435) and I-635 in Kansas City. In Kansas City, K-32 follows the Turner Diagonal from Kaw Drive to Kansas Avenue. From its western terminus to Bonner Springs, the highway is a two-lane rural highway; the remaining section is a four-lane highway that runs through residential areas.

K-32 was first established as a state highway in 1927. At that time, the highway ran from US-40 northeast of Lawrence to the Missouri border in Kansas City. By 1937, K-32 was realigned off of Kansas Avenue to follow Muncie Bluff Road and Central Avenue through Kansas City. In the early 1950s, the highway was built on a new alignment to the east and west of Linwood. In the late-1960s, K-32 was upgraded to a four-lane highway between Bonner Springs and Kansas City. In the early-1990s, K-132 was decommissioned, at which time K-32 was realigned onto the former section from K-32 eastward. K-32's alignment has not changed since the latter realignment.