K-39 is a east–west

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in the U.S. state of

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. The highway runs from U.S. Route 400 (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

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, where it turns north toward

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. South of town, K-39 meets US-75 and begins a short,

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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.

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. 1945vs2015map

Major Junctions

References

External links

Kansas Department of Transportation State Map

KDOT: Historic State Maps
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Route description

History

Major Junctions

See also

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