K-64 was a

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in Pratt County,

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. The highway was a partial bypass of

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that ran from

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(US-281) just south of the city limits to US-54 and US-400 east of them. The route was maintained by the

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until July 10, 2015 when the road was turned over to Pratt County. K-64 was not part of the National Highway System. Before state highways were numbered in Kansas there were

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s. The eastern terminus follows the former Cannon Ball Route and Atlantic and Pacific Highway. K-64 was designated around 1932, and paved in 1937. It was decommissioned July 10, 2015, after the Kansas Department of Transportation expanded several miles of US-54 and US-400 east of Pratt to four lanes. In exchange for the expansion, Pratt County agreed to take control of K-64.

Route description

K-64 began at an intersection with US-281 just south of

. The highway went east on a two-lane road through a hilly, slightly wooded area. The road passed south of an unnamed lake, then turned to the north. The route then crossed the south fork of the

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and the

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before reaching its northern terminus at a

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with US-54 and US-400. K-64 was maintained by the

(KDOT). In 2012, the traffic on the route, calculated in

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, was 750 vehicles per day on the north–south section and 1260 vehicles per day on the east–west section. K-64 was not a part of the National Highway System, which is a system of highways considered important to the nation's defense, economy, and mobility. K-64 did connect to the National Highway System at its eastern terminus.

History

Prior to the formation of the Kansas state highway system, there were

s, which were an informal network of marked routes that existed in the United States and

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in the early part of the 20th century. The eastern terminus follows the former Cannon Ball Route and Atlantic and Pacific Highway. K-64 was designated by 1932, and at that time extended from K-8 east then north to US-54. Then between July 1938 and 1940, K-8 was renumbered to US-281. The route was paved with an oil surface in 1937, and it had not changed until it was decommissioned. K-64 was decommissioned on July 10, 2015, after KDOT had expanded several miles of US-54 and US-400 east of Pratt to four lanes. After the expansion, Pratt County agreed to take control of K-64.

Major intersections

References

External links

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Kansas Highways Routelog – K-64Pratt Tribune article explaining the handover of K-64 to the county
064 Transportation in Pratt County, Kansas