K-170 (Kansas highway)

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K-170 is a Kansas state highway originating at K-31 on the west side of Osage City, a mile south of the K-31 intersection with US-56. The road runs south for about eight miles and then turns west, running through Reading before ending at K-99 about 12 miles north of Emporia. K-170 is convert|22|mi|km long.

K-170 provides access, via county roads, to Lyons County State Fishing Lake.

History

K-170 was commissioned as K-70 by 1932. It appears on the 1932 state highway map starting from K-11 and K-22 (now K-99) and ending at Reading. [Cite map | publisher = Kansas Department of Transportation | title = Official State Transportation Map | url = http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1932Mapside.pdf| edition = 1932 | accessdate = 2008-05-05] By 1950, the road was extended east and north to Osage City. [Cite map | publisher = Kansas Department of Transportation | title = Official State Transportation Map | url = http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1950-51Mapside.pdf| edition = 1950-51 | accessdate = 2008-05-05]

By 1962, K-70 was renumbered as K-170 to avoid a route duplication with Interstate 70. [Cite map | publisher = Kansas Department of Transportation | title = Official State Transportation Map | url = http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/state-pdf/1962Mapside.pdf | edition = 1962 | accessdate = 2008-05-05]

References

External links

* [http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/MapsState.asp KDOT State Map]