:K-249 (Kansas highway)

K-249's southern terminus is at an intersection with K-99 just south of Madison. The highway travels north along the Madison city line as Southwest Boulevard.{{efn|name=fn1}} The highway reaches an intersection with McCurry Street, where it enters the city. K-249 continues north past an intersection with Elm Street before curving slightly northeast. The highway curves back north and reaches its northern terminus at K-58, known as 4th Street and West Lincoln Street.{{cite map |author = Bureau of Transportation Planning |title = City of Madison |date = August 2004 |url = https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/city-pdf/madison.pdf |series = KDOT City Maps |scale = Scale not given |publisher = Kansas Department of Transportation |location = Topeka |format = PDF |access-date = March 7, 2022 }}{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1sshJKWfeKonfThIL_aRsuvxRs_Itp_Aw&usp=sharing|title=Overview Map of K-249 |access-date=March 24, 2022}}

The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) tracks the traffic levels on its highways. On K-249 in 2020, they determined that on average the traffic was 570 vehicles per day on K-249.{{cite map |author = Bureau of Transportation Planning |year = 2021 |url = https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/CountMaps/Districts/countmap2020.pdf |title = Traffic Flow Map Kansas State Highway System |scale = [c. 1:1,584,000] |location = Topeka |publisher = Kansas Department of Transportation |access-date = March 7, 2022 }} The entire length of K-249 is two-lanes and maintained by KDOT.{{cite web |author = Kansas Department of Transportation |date = December 28, 2005 |url = https://dmsweb.ksdot.org/AppNetProd/docpop/docpop.aspx?clienttype=html&docid=8911969 |title = Resolution Designating City Connecting Links in State Highway System |location = Topeka |publisher = Kansas Department of Transportation |access-date = March 7, 2022 }} K-249 is not included in the National Highway System.{{cite map |author = Federal Highway Administration |author-link = Federal Highway Administration |date = May 8, 2019 |url = https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/nhs_maps/kansas/ks_kansas.pdf |title = National Highway System: Kansas |scale = [c. 1:3,900,000] |location = Washington, DC |publisher = Federal Highway Administration |access-date = July 29, 2019 }} The National Highway System is a system of highways important to the nation's defense, economy, and mobility.{{cite web |first1 = Stefan |last1 = Natzke |first2 = Mike |last2 = Neathery |first3 = Kevin |last3 = Adderly |url = https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/ |work = National Highway System |title = What is the National Highway System? |publisher = Federal Highway Administration |date = September 26, 2012 |access-date = July 29, 2019 }}

In December 1961, the Kansas State Highway Commission, now known as KDOT, announced a project to reroute K-99 to the west of Madison. The project was needed to bring K-99 above the 25-year flood level and eliminate several curves. The section of K-99 and K-57 from Madison Avenue north out of the city would be abandoned, and instead K-57 would follow Madison Avenue west to the new alignment of K-99. The section of K-99 from Madison south to the new alignment would be assigned a new route number.{{cite news |access-date = March 7, 2022 |via = Newspapers.com |url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93880665/state-highway-department-to-re-route/ |page = 10 |work = The Emporia Gazette |title = State Highway Department To Re-Route Highway 99 |date = December 9, 1961 }} In Mid July 1964, bids were taken for the new bypass.{{cite news |access-date = March 7, 2022 |via = Newspapers.com |url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97173035/bids-on-madison-by-pass-route-to-be/ |page = 4 |work = The Emporia Gazette |title = Bids on Madison By-Pass Route to Be Taken July 16 |date = July 1, 1964 }}

The highway was first designated as K-249 in a resolution approved on June 12, 1963. This resolution was updated in a resolution approved on February 11, 1964.{{cite web |author = State Highway Commission of Kansas |date = June 12, 1963 |url = http://dmsweb.ksdot.org/AppNetProd/docpop/pdfpop.aspx?KT142_0_0_0=003709610&clienttype=html&doctypeid=114 |title = Resolution for Relocation and Redesignation of Road in Greenwood County |location = Topeka |publisher = State Highway Commission of Kansas |access-date = August 29, 2019 |archive-date = May 7, 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210507042456/https://dmsweb.ksdot.org/AppNetProd/docpop/pdfpop.aspx?KT142_0_0_0=003709610&clienttype=html&doctypeid=114 |url-status = dead }} In late August 1964, work began on the new bypass route.{{cite news |access-date = March 7, 2022 |via = Newspapers.com |url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97173051/work-on-a-by-pass-route-past-madison/ |page = 8 |work = The Emporia Gazette |title = Work on a By-Pass Route Past Madison Started This Week |date = August 28, 1964 }} The roughly $1 million (equivalent to ${{Format price|{{Inflation|US-GDP|1000000|1965}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US-GDP}} dollars){{inflation-fn|US-GDP}} bypass opened to traffic on November 3, 1965.{{cite news |access-date = March 7, 2022 |via = Newspapers.com |url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97173497/madison-by-pass-on-k-99-will-be-open/ |page = 9 |work = The Emporia Gazette |title = Madison By-Pass On K-99 Will Be Open Wednesday |date = November 2, 1965 }} In a resolution approved on September 20, 2004, by Secretary of Transportation Deb Miller, K-57's eastern terminus was truncated to end at K-4 in Dwight. The former section from K-99 east to east to US-169 was renumbered, making K-249's northern terminus K-58.{{cite web |author = Kansas Department of Transportation |date = September 20, 2004 |url = http://dmsweb.ksdot.org/AppNetProd/docpop/pdfpop.aspx?KT142_0_0_0=003710020&clienttype=html&doctypeid=114 |title = Rural Resolution to withdraw and redesignated segments of K-57 |location = Topeka |publisher = Kansas Department of Transportation |access-date = August 29, 2019 |archive-date = May 7, 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210507042517/https://dmsweb.ksdot.org/AppNetProd/docpop/pdfpop.aspx?KT142_0_0_0=003710020&clienttype=html&doctypeid=114 |url-status = dead }}

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{{Attached KML}}

• [http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/MapsState.asp Kansas Department of Transportation State Map]
• [http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps.asp KDOT: Historic State Maps]

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Category:Transportation in Greenwood County, Kansas

Category:State highways in the United States shorter than one mile