K-116 (Kansas highway)


K-116 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Kansas. K-116's western terminus is at U.S. Route 75 and K-16 in Holton, and the northern terminus is at US-59 west of Cummings. The first of K-116 is co-designated as K-16 and a brief section overlaps US-159 near the eastern terminus. K-116 was designated on January 7, 1937.

Route description

K-116 begins at an intersection with US-75 in Holton and begins travelling eastward concurrent with K-16. After slightly over it exits Holton and then after another the concurrency with K-16 ends and K-16 heads south towards Birmingham. From here K-116 continues eastward and after another roughly where it crosses Bills Creek, a tributary of Elk Creek. Then after another roughly it reaches the intersection of Rural Secondary 321, which heads southward to Denison. It continues eastward from here for roughly and enters Larkinburg and then crosses into Atchison County.
Shortly after crossing the county line it crosses Elk Creek, a tributary of the Delaware River. From here it continues another, crosses the Delaware River and then enters Arlington. Roughly east of Arlington, K-116 intersects RS-18 which runs north to Muscotah. From RS-18 it continues eastward another roughly where it crosses Coal Creek. Another east past Coal Creek it intersects RS-19 which heads north to Effingham. From here it continues another and then crosees Little Stranger Creek. Roughly past the creek it is joined by US-159. K-116 and US-159 continue east together for roughly, where US-159 turns back south. K-116 continues east from here for another roughly and then reaches its western terminus at US-59 west of Cummings.
K-116 is not included in the National Highway System. The National Highway System is a system of highways important to the nation's defense, economy, and mobility. K-116 does connect to the National Highway System at each terminus, US-75 and US-59. 2017 Annual average daily traffic on K-116 ranged from 625 slightly west of the eastern terminus to 1820 slightly east of Holton. Other AADT on the highway was 1070 slightly east of the eastern end of the K-16 concurrency, 640 slightly east of Arlington and 640 slightly west of the western end of the US-159 concurrency.

History

K-116 was assigned by the Kansas Department of Transportation, at the time State Highway Commission of Kansas, in a January 7, 1937 resolution. Also at that time K-16 was realigned slightly north to run concurrent along K-116. Then on August 7, 1941 it was realigned slightly near the crossing of Bills Creek to eliminate 6 dangerous curves.

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