K-8 is the name of two separate
state highways
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in
Kansas
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, United States. The southern highway is a road, linking
Oklahoma State Highway 8
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(SH-8) to the town of
Kiowa
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. The northern highway is a road, linking
U.S. Route 36
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(US-36) near
Athol to
Nebraska Highway 10
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(N-10) near the town of
Franklin
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.
Route description
Southern highway
Classified as a major
collector road
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,
the southern K-8 is a continuation of SH-8, linking northern Oklahoma to the town of Kiowa.
Approximately halfway between the state line and the northern terminus, the highway crosses a
single track
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originally belonging to the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
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, which is now part of
BNSF Railway
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's Kansas Division.
Northern highway
The northern K-8, also classified as a major collector road,
begins at an intersection with US-36 near Athol, traveling north through rural farmland in northern
Smith County. The highway terminates at the Nebraska state line, where the roadway continues as N-10.
History
K-8 was constructed between 1918 and 1932,
traveling south-north through the middle of the state. By 1940,
the highways were truncated to their current segments.
US-281 has replaced the former statewide K-8 as the primary link between Oklahoma and Nebraska.
The northern section was renumbered as
K-11. In 1959, K-11 was transferred back to K-8, and K-8 was on its current route.
Major intersections
Southern highway
Northern highway
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Transportation in Smith County, Kansas
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