U.S. Route 50 in Kansas

U.S. Highway 50
US-50 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by KDOT, and the cities of Cimarron, Dodge City and Emporia
Length	447.93 mi[1] (720.87 km)
Existed	1927[2]–present
Major junctions
West end	US 50 / US 400 at Colorado state line
Major intersections	US-83 in Garden City US-400 in Dodge City US-56 from Dodge City to Kinsley US-281 near St. John I-135 / US-81 / K-15 in Newton I-35 / Kansas Turnpike in Emporia US-59 in Ottawa US-169 / K-7 in Olathe I-35 / US-169 / US-56 / I-435 in Lenexa US-69 in Overland Park
East end	I-435 / US 50 at State Line Road between Leawood, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri
Location
Country	United States
State	Kansas
Counties	Hamilton, Kearny, Finney, Gray, Ford, Edwards, Stafford, Reno, Harvey, Marion, Chase, Lyon, Coffey, Osage, Franklin, Miami, Johnson
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided Kansas State Highway System Interstate US State Spurs
← K-49 → K-51

U.S. Route 50 (US-50) is a major east–west route of the U.S. Highway system, stretching just over 3,000 miles (4,800 km) from Interstate 80 (I-80) in West Sacramento, California, to Maryland Route 528 (MD 528) in Ocean City, Maryland, on the Atlantic Ocean. In the U.S. state of Kansas, US-50 is a main east–west highway serving the southwestern, central and northeastern parts of the state. Kansas City is the only metropolitan area US-50 serves in the state, but the highway does serve several other larger towns in Kansas such as (from west to east) Garden City, Dodge City, Hutchinson, Newton and Emporia.

US-50 was established in Kansas by 1927, and at that time split into two branch routes in Kansas. The US-50 split began in Garden City and ended slightly west of Baldwin City. In Garden City, the split began at Kansas Avenue and Main Street. US-50N continued east on Kansas Ave. and went through Jetmore, Larned, Great Bend, Lyons, McPherson and Baldwin City. US-50S ran along current US-50. The routes rejoined near what is now the intersection of US-56 and K-33. US-50N was replaced by US-156 from Garden City to Great Bend and by US-56 the rest of the way. US-156 is now known as K-156. The split was removed during the late 1950s.