K-126 (Kansas highway)

K-126
K-126 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by KDOT and the city of Pittsburg
Length	26.918 mi[2] (43.320 km)
Existed	September 30, 1943[1]–present
Major junctions
West end	US-400 south of McCune
Major intersections	US-69 / US-160 in Pittsburg
East end	Route 126 at Missouri state line
Location
Country	United States
State	Kansas
Counties	Crawford
Highway system
Kansas State Highway System Interstate US State Spurs
← K-124 → K-127

K-126 is a 26.918-mile-long (43.320 km) mostly east–west state highway located entirely within Crawford County in southeastern Kansas. Its western terminus is at U.S. Route 400 (US-400) just south of McCune, and its eastern terminus is the Missouri state line where it continues as Route 126. Along the way the highway passes through the city of McCune and also the city of Pittsburg, where it intersects US-69 and US-160.

On October 11, 1940, the section from Pittsburg east to the Missouri state line was designated as K-104. On September 30, 1943, US-160 was realigned to follow K-126's current route from US-400 to Pittsburg, K-104 was moved to a highway from K-7 east to US-69, and the highway from Pittsburg east to the Missouri line was designated as K-126. Then in 1958, US-160 was realigned to go directly east from south of McCune to US-69 and at that time K-126 was extended along the old US-160 through McCune to end at the new US-160 (modern US-400).