K-177 (Kansas highway)

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K-177 is a state highway in central Kansas. It runs from US-54 near El Dorado to Manhattan, passing through the Flint Hills. It is part of the Flint Hills Scenic Byway and the Prairie Parkway.cite web|last=Kennedy|first=Richie|url=http://www.route56.com/highways/highways.cgi?hwy1=177&fulldesc=1|title=Kansas Highways Routelog|accessdate=2007-03-14]

Route description

From its beginnings east of El Dorado, K-177 heads northward to provide access to El Dorado Lake. It then approaches the Kansas Turnpike and runs parallel to it before having a junction with it (exit 92). It then passes through Matfield Green and Bazaar before reaching Cottonwood Falls, Strong City, and US-50.

North of Strong City, K-177 passes through the Tallgrass Prairie National Reserve. In Council Grove, it meets US-56. It has a brief concurrency with K-4 near Alta Vista before having an interchange (exit 313) with Interstate 70. Eight miles north of I-70, it ends at US-24 in Manhattan.

From I-70 to US-24, K-177 is named the Coach Bill Snyder Highway, in honor of the long-time Kansas State University football coach who transformed the Wildcats from the worst team in major college football into consistent winners.fact|date=April 2007

K-177 was signed as K-13 until 1965. [ [http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps.asp Kansas Department of Transportation: Historic State Maps ] ] It previously ended at US-77 before El Dorado Lake was completed. [ [http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps.asp Kansas Department of Transportation: Historic State Maps ] ]

K-177 is two lanes from US-54 to I-70 and a four-lane expressway from I-70 to US-24.

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