K-39 is a east–west
state highway
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in the U.S. state of
Kansas
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. The highway runs from
U.S. Route 400
U.S. Route 400 (US 400) is a mostly east–west U.S. Highway, commissioned in 1994. The highway's western terminus is in Granada, Colorado, at an intersection with US 385. The highway's eastern terminus is southwest of Joplin, Missouri, n ...
(US-400) to
K-7 southwest of
Fort Scott.
Route description
K-39 begins north of
Fredonia at
U.S. Highway 400 (US-400). It travels east to
Benedict
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, where it turns north toward
Buffalo. South of town, K-39 meets
US-75
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and begins a short,
concurrency
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with the U.S. Highway. Once leaving US-75, the highway again travels east toward
Chanute, where it intersects
US-169. The highway continues east before beginning a concurrency with
US-59. After briefly turning north with US-59, K-39 resumes its easterly route north of
Stark. The highway shares a very short overlap with
K-3 (less than one mile, 1.6 kilometers) and passes through
Hiattville before meeting its eastern terminus at
K-7, which completes the connection to
US-69
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.
History
K-39 has been at its current alignment since 1999. Prior to that the western terminus was located near
Elk City. The portion of the route between Elk City and Fredonia are now county owned roads. Before 1956, when K-39 was modernized, a large portion of the route was unpaved and used 90 degree turns to travel northeast instead of the current diagonal alignment.
Major Junctions
See also
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References
External links
{{Attached KML
Kansas Department of Transportation State MapKDOT: Historic State Maps
039
39 may refer to:
* 39 (number), the natural number following 38 and preceding 40
* one of the years:
** 39 BC
** AD 39
** 1939
** 2039
* ''39'' (album), a 2000 studio album by Mikuni Shimokawa
* "'39", a 1975 song by Queen
* "Thirty Nine", a song ...
Transportation in Wilson County, Kansas
Transportation in Neosho County, Kansas
Transportation in Bourbon County, Kansas
U.S. Route 73