K-96 (Kansas highway)

K-96
K-96 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by KDOT
Length	300.201 mi[1] (483.127 km)
Major junctions
West end	SH 96 at the Colorado state line
Major intersections	US-83 in Scott City US-283 in Ness City US-183 in Rush Center US-56 / K-156 in Great Bend US-281 in Great Bend US-56 in Lyons US-50 near South Hutchinson I-235 in Wichita I-135 / US-81 in Wichita I-35 / Kansas Turnpike in Wichita
East end	US-54 / US-400 in Wichita
Location
Country	United States
State	Kansas
Counties	Greeley, Wichita, Scott, Lane, Ness, Rush, Barton, Rice, Reno, Sedgwick
Highway system
Kansas State Highway System Interstate US State Spurs
← K-95 → K-97

K-96 is a 300-mile-long (480 km) state highway in central and southern Kansas. Its western terminus is at the Colorado state line east of Towner, Colorado, where it continues as Colorado State Highway 96; its eastern terminus since 1999 is at U.S. Route 54/U.S. Route 400 in eastern Wichita.

The eastern terminus was once at the Missouri state line, where the road continued as Route 96. With the construction of US-400, K-96 was either concurrent with or bypassed by this road, and the road was decommissioned east of the current eastern terminus. It was concurrent with U.S. Route 75 between Neodesha and Independence; and from Independence to Columbus, it was replaced with a realigned U.S. Route 160. East of Alternate U.S. Route 69, it was turned over to Cherokee County. In Missouri, Missouri 96 was terminated at Route 171, and the section between Missouri 171 and the Kansas state line was turned into Missouri Supplemental Route YY.