# U.S. Route 160 in Kansas

U.S. Route 160 (US-160) is a part of the U.S. Highway System that runs from US-89 near Tuba City, Arizona east to US-67 and Missouri Route 158 southwest of Poplar Bluff, Missouri. In the state of Kansas, US-160 is a main east–west highway that runs from the Colorado border east to the Missouri border.

## Route description

US-160 enters Kansas just west of Saunders. It goes northeast to Johnson City, then turns east to go through Ulysses. Near Sublette, it intersects U.S. Route 83 and runs concurrently southward past its intersection with U.S. Route 56. It turns east and then runs concurrently with U.S. Route 54 between Plains and Meade. It continues east, and runs concurrently with U.S. Route 283 and U.S. Route 183. At Medicine Lodge, it intersects U.S. Route 281. It continues east and at Wellington, intersects U.S. Route 81 and then Interstate 35, on which the Kansas Turnpike is routed in the area.
East of Interstate 35, it intersects U.S. Route 77 in Winfield. It goes east from Winfield, then turns north to Burden, then goes east before going south to Elk City. It then turns east and goes through Independence after being concurrent with U.S. Route 75. It continues east, is briefly concurrent with U.S. Route 169 and then intersects U.S. Route 59 at Altamont. US-160 and US-59 then go into Oswego and separate. At Columbus, US-160 begins a concurrency with U.S. Route 69, which goes east to Crestline, then north to Frontenac, Kansas. Also at Crestline, it picks up a second concurrency with U.S. Route 400, which goes north and ends just south of Pittsburg, Kansas. After Frontenac, it turns east and enters Missouri.
The section of US-160 in Harper, from K-14 to slightly east of end of overlap with K-2 is maintained by the city. The entire 2.601-mile (4.186 km) section within Wellington is maintained by the city.

## History

The section of US-160 from the Colorado border to Santa Fe was established in 1927 as K-46. The section from K-22, now US-83, south of Sublette east to Pittsburg was established in 1927 as K-12. US-160 was extended into Kansas between 1930 and 1931, which resulted in K-46 being decommissioned and K-12 being truncated to US-54 north of Liberal.
East of Coldwater, US-160 originally turned north to Wilmore then curved southwest and traveled through Sun City and Lake City to its current alignment west of Medicine Lodge. Then between 1941 and 1944, a new alignment was built to travel directly east–west from Coldwater to Medicine Lodge. East of Independence, US-160 originally followed US-169 north to K-37 then east to US-400, which it followed to its current alignment south of Pittsburg. Then in a December 9, 1998 resolution, US-160 was realigned over K-96 from US-169 east to US-69 Alternate then turned north toward Pittsburg.
Between 1951 and 1952, the alignment was shifted south between the Colorado border and Johnson.

## Major intersections

| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
| Stanton | ​ | 0.000 | 0.000 | US 160 west | Continuation into Colorado |
| Stanton | ​ | 16.816 | 27.063 | K-27 south | Western end of K-27 overlap |
| Stanton | ​ | 17.823 | 28.683 | K-27 north | Eastern end of K-27 overlap |
| Grant | Ulysses | 39.700 | 63.891 | K-25 | |
| Grant | ​ | 53.880 | 86.711 | K-190 south | Northern terminus of K-190 |
| Haskell | ​ | 66.931 | 107.715 | US-83 north / K-144 east | Western end of US-83 overlap; western terminus of K-144 |
| Haskell | ​ | 72.950 | 117.402 | US-56 | |
| Seward | ​ | 79.944 | 128.657 | K-190 north | Southern terminus of K-190 |
| Seward | ​ | 86.967 | 139.960 | US-83 south | Eastern end of US-83 overlap |
| Meade | Plains | 103.660 | 166.825 | US-54 west | Western end of US-54 overlap |
| Meade | Meade | 116.556 | 187.579 | K-23 | |
| Meade | Meade | 117.882 | 189.713 | US-54 east | Eastern end of US-54 overlap |
| Clark | ​ | 135.261 | 217.681 | US-283 north – Dodge City, Minneola | Western end of US-283 overlap |
| Clark | ​ | 141.842 | 228.273 | US-283 south – Englewood | Eastern end of US-283 overlap |
| Clark | ​ | 160.031 | 257.545 | US-183 south / K-34 north | Western end of US-183 overlap; southern terminus of K-34 |
| Comanche | ​ | 177.978 | 286.428 | K-1 south | Northern terminus of K-1 |
| Comanche | ​ | 183.928 | 296.003 | US-183 north | Eastern end of US-183 overlap |
| Barber | ​ | 224.293 | 360.965 | US-281 south – Alva, OK | Western end of US-281 overlap |
| Barber | Medicine Lodge | 224.920 | 361.974 | US-281 north – Pratt | Eastern end of US-281 overlap |
| Harper | ​ | 256.218 | 412.343 | K-2 west | Western end of K-2 overlap |
| Harper | ​ | 259.233 | 417.195 | K-14 north | Southern terminus of K-14 |
| Harper | ​ | 260.345 | 418.985 | K-2 east | Eastern end of K-2 overlap |
| Sumner | ​ | 279.725 | 450.174 | Milan Road – Milan | Northern terminus of former K-205 |
| Sumner | ​ | 281.711 | 453.370 | K-49 north | Western end of K-49 overlap |
| Sumner | ​ | 284.644 | 458.090 | K-49 south | Eastern end of K-49 overlap |
| Sumner | ​ | 286.626 | 461.280 | Mayfield Road – Mayfield | Northern terminus of former K-271 |
| Sumner | Wellington | 294.838 | 474.496 | US-81 south | West end of US-81 overlap |
| Sumner | Wellington | 295.440 | 475.465 | North Washington Avenue – Business District | Former routing of US-81 |
| Sumner | Wellington | 295.703 | 475.888 | US-81 north (North A Street) – Wichita | East end of US-81 overlap; roundabout |
| Sumner | ​ | 298.713 | 480.732 | I-35 / Kansas Turnpike | I-35/Kansas Turnpike exit 19 |
| Cowley | Winfield | 318.339 | 512.317 | US-77 / K-15 north | Western end of K-15 overlap |
| Cowley | ​ | 320.951 | 516.521 | K-360 | |
| Cowley | ​ | 330.892 | 532.519 | K-15 south | Eastern end of K-15 overlap |
| Elk | ​ | 364.045 | 585.874 | K-99 south | Western end of K-99 overlap |
| Elk | ​ | 364.609 | 586.781 | K-99 north | Eastern end of K-99 overlap |
| Montgomery | ​ | 402.003 | 646.961 | US-75 south | Western end of US-75 overlap |
| Montgomery | Independence | 405.023 | 651.821 | US-75 north | Eastern end of US-75 overlap |
| Montgomery | ​ | 411.963 | 662.990 | US-169 north | Western end of US-169 overlap |
| Montgomery | ​ | 412.966 | 664.604 | US-169 south | Eastern end of US-169 overlap |
| Labette | ​ | 423.656 | 681.808 | Hickory Street – Mound Valley | Southern terminus of former K-222 |
| Labette | ​ | 426.487 | 686.364 | K-101 south | Northern terminus of K-101 |
| Labette | ​ | 431.485 | 694.408 | US-59 north | Western end of US-59 overlap |
| Labette | Oswego | 441.343 | 710.273 | US-59 south | Eastern end of US-59 overlap |
| Cherokee | ​ | 456.821 | 735.182 | K-7 / US-69 south | Western end of US-69 overlap |
| Cherokee | ​ | 463.842 | 746.481 | US-400 east / US 69 Alt. south | Western end of US-400 overlap; northern terminus of US-69 Alternate |
| Cherokee | ​ | 472.960 | 761.155 | K-103 west | Eastern terminus of K-103 |
| Cherokee–Crawford county line | ​ | 474.927 | 764.321 | US-400 west / K-171 east | Eastern end of US-400 overlap; western terminus of K-171 |
| Crawford | Pittsburg | 477.953 | 769.191 | US 69 Bus. north | Southern terminus of US-69 Business |
| Crawford | Pittsburg | 480.278 | 772.933 | K-126 | |
| Crawford | Pittsburg | 482.607 | 776.681 | US 69 Bus. south | Northern terminus of US-69 Business |
| Crawford | Frontenac | 484.617 | 779.915 | US-69 north | Eastern end of US-69 overlap |
| Crawford | ​ | 489.457 | 787.705 | US 160 east | Continuation into Missouri |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Tolled ||||||