K-57 (Kansas highway)

K-57
K-57 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by KDOT and the city of Junction City
Length	31.200 mi[3] (50.212 km)
Existed	1926[1]–present
History	Shortened to current length on September 20, 2004[2]
Major junctions
South end	K-4 in Dwight
Major intersections	I-70 / US-40 / K-18 / US 40 Bus. in Grandview Plaza US-77 / K-244 north of Junction City
North end	US-77 north of Junction City
Location
Country	United States
State	Kansas
Counties	Geary, Morris
Highway system
Kansas State Highway System Interstate US State Spurs
← US-56 → K-58

K-57 is a 31.2-mile-long (50.2 km) north–south state highway in the U.S. state of Kansas. K-57's southern terminus is at K-4 in Dwight. The northern terminus is at U.S. Route 77 (US-77) north of Junction City. The highway intersects Interstate 70 (I-70) in Grandview Plaza; at the intersection, I-70 is also the route of US-40 and K-18. K-57 overlaps US-40 Business (US-40 Bus.) from I-70 northbound to North Washington Street in Junction City. North of Junction City, the highway passes through Milford State Park where it crosses the Milford Lake Dam. The majority of the highway is two-lanes except for the section from J Hill Road in Grandview Plaza to the junction with K-244 which is four-lanes.

K-57 was established as a state highway by 1926. It began in Alta Vista and traveled south through Council Grove to Cottonwood Falls. The highway headed east through Emporia then curved southeast toward Burlington. It continued southeast from Burlington through Neosho Falls to Iola. K-57 then traveled south toward Chanute, after which it turned east. The highway continued east through Erie, St. Paul and Girard then turned south toward Pittsburg. At Pittsburg, K-57 turned east and continued through Opolis to the Missouri border. By 1927, K-57 was extended northeast from Alta Vista to Junction City. By 1928, K-57 was changed to travel north from Cottonwood Falls to Strong City then east to Emporia. By 1952, K-57 was rerouted south from Emporia along K-99 to Madison then east to meet its old alignment south of Burlington. In a resolution passed on May 10, 1967, it was approved to extend K-57 across the Milford Lake Dam to its current northern terminus. It was approved to truncate K-57 to end at US-169 by Colony in a resolution on May 14, 2003. In a resolution approved on September 20, 2004, K-57 was truncated to its current southern terminus.