Route information | ||||
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Maintained by KDOT and the cities of Anthony and Harper | ||||
Length | 61.516 mi[2] (99.000 km) | |||
Existed | January 7, 1937[1]–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | US-281 east of Hardtner | |||
North end | K-42 west of Viola | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Kansas | |||
Counties | Barber, Harper, Kingman, Sumner | |||
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K-2 is a 61.516-mile-long (99.000 km) state highway in the south-central portion of the U.S. state of Kansas. Its southern terminus is at an intersection with U.S. Route 281 (US-281) east of Hardtner and its northern terminus is at an intersection with K-42 west of the town of Viola. Along the way K-2 passes through the cities of Kiowa, Hazelton, Anthony and Harper. Between the latter two, it has an overlap with US-160.
Before state highways were numbered in Kansas, there were auto trails. A short section of K-2 west of Kiowa follows the former Oklahoma-Kansas-Colorado Highway. K-2 was designated on January 7, 1937, and went from US-160 north to K-42 in Norwich. Between 1961 and 1963, K-2 was extended in both directions, eastward to overlap with K-14 to US-281 and westward to overlap K-42 to US-54. On December 24, 1994, the overlaps with K-42 and K-14 were eliminated.