K-66 (Kansas highway)

K-66
K-66 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by KDOT
Length	5.527 mi[1] (8.895 km)
Existed	1985–present
Major junctions
West end	US 69 Alt. / US-400 in Riverton
East end	Route 66 near Galena
Location
Country	United States
State	Kansas
Counties	Cherokee
Highway system
Kansas State Highway System Interstate US State Spurs
← K-65 → K-67

K-66 is a 5.527-mile-long (8.895 km) east–west state highway in the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Kansas. Its western terminus is at U.S. Route 69 Alternate (US-69 Alt.) and US-400 in Riverton. Its eastern terminus is at the Missouri state line near Galena (where it continues as Missouri Route 66). This road is noteworthy in the fact that it used to be part of the famed US-66. After 1961, the nearby Interstate 44 (I-44) offered a more direct route between Missouri and Oklahoma. In 1985, US-66 was decommissioned nationally. Kansas replaced the US-66 designation with K-66 on the portion of historic highway not numbered as US-69 Alt.^[2]