K-156 (Kansas highway)

K-156
K-156 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by KDOT and the cities of Garden City, Larned and Great Bend
Length	175.663 mi[1] (282.702 km)
Existed	April 1, 1981[2]–present
Tourist routes	Wetlands and Wildlife Scenic Byway
Major junctions
West end	US 50 Bus. / US 83 Bus. in Garden City
Major intersections	US-50 / US-83 / US-400 in Garden City US-283 in Jetmore US-183 near Rozel US-56 from Larned to east of Great Bend
East end	I-70 / US-40 near Ellsworth
Location
Country	United States
State	Kansas
Counties	Finney, Hodgeman, Pawnee, Barton, Ellsworth
Highway system
Kansas State Highway System Interstate US State Spurs
← K-155 → K-157

K-156 is a 175.663-mile-long (282.702 km) west–east state highway in the U.S. state of Kansas. K-156's western terminus is at U.S. Route 50 Business (US-50 Bus.) and US-83 Bus. in Garden City and the eastern terminus is at Interstate 70 (I-70) and U.S. Route 40 (US-40) northeast of Ellsworth. Along the way, it intersects several major highways including US-50, US-83 and US-400 in Garden City; US-283 in Jetmore; and US-183 near Rozel, and it overlaps its implied parent, US-56, from Larned to east of Great Bend.

Before state highways were numbered in Kansas, there were auto trails; the section of K-156 from Larned to Great Bend followed the National Old Trails Road and Old Santa Fe Trail. By 1927, the section of K-156 from Garden City to Great Bend was established as US-50N. K-156 was originally US-156, an intrastate U.S. Highway that was formed in 1957, and ran from Garden City to Great Bend. Between 1966 and 1967, US-156 was extended northeast, along K-45, to I-70 northeast of Ellsworth. On April 1, 1981, US-156 was redesignated K-156.^[2]