:K-32 (Kansas highway)
{{Short description|State highway in Kansas}}
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|type=KS
|route=32
|alternate_name=Kaw Valley Scenic Highway
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|map_notes=K-32 in red, K-32 Truck in blue
|maint=KDOT and the cities of Bonner Springs, and Kansas City
|length_mi=32.197
|length_round=3
|counties=Douglas, Leavenworth, Wyandotte
|direction_a=West
|terminus_a={{Jct|state=KS|US|24|US|40}} near Lawrence
|junction={{Jct|state=KS|K|7}} in Bonner Springs
{{Jct|state=KS|I|435}} near Edwardsville
{{Jct|state=KS|I|635}} in Kansas City
|direction_b=East
|terminus_b={{Jct|state=KS|US|69}} in Kansas City
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K-32, also known as the Kaw Valley Scenic Highway, is an approximately {{Convert|32.2|mi|km|-long|adj=mid}} east–west state highway in the Kansas City metropolitan area of Kansas. K-32's western terminus is just outside Lawrence at U.S. Route 24 (US-24) and US-40. Its eastern terminus is at US-69, also known as the 18th Street Expressway, in Kansas City. Along the way it intersects several major highways, including K-7 in Bonner Springs as well as Interstate 435 (I-435) and I-635 in Kansas City. In Kansas City, K-32 follows the Turner Diagonal from Kaw Drive to Kansas Avenue. From its western terminus to Bonner Springs, the highway is a two-lane rural highway; the remaining section is a four-lane highway that runs through residential areas.
K-32 was first established as a state highway in 1927. At that time, the highway ran from US-40 northeast of Lawrence to the Missouri border in Kansas City. By 1937, K-32 was realigned off of Kansas Avenue to follow Muncie Bluff Road and Central Avenue through Kansas City. In the early 1950s, the highway was built on a new alignment to the east and west of Linwood. In the late-1960s, K-32 was upgraded to a four-lane highway between Bonner Springs and Kansas City. In the early-1990s, K-132 was decommissioned, at which time K-32 was realigned onto the former section from K-32 eastward. K-32's alignment has not changed since the latter realignment.
Route description
File:K-32 eastbound at Leavenworth County Route 1 to I-70.jpg
K-32's western terminus is at U.S. Route 24 (US-24) and US-40 in extreme northeastern Douglas County, northeast of Lawrence. From this intersection, K-32 heads east along Linwood Road and quickly enters Leavenworth County.{{cite map |author = Bureau of Transportation Planning |date = May 2010 |url = https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/PastPublishedCounty/douglasMay2010.pdf |title = Douglas County |scale = [c. 1:211,200] |series = General Highway Map |location = Topeka |publisher = Kansas Department of Transportation |access-date = April 6, 2022 |archive-date = May 30, 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220530015148/https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/PastPublishedCounty/douglasMay2010.pdf |url-status = live }} The highway crosses over Interstate 70 (I-70) and the Kansas Turnpike; however, there is no connection. The roadway proceeds east to Golden Road, where the highway shifts north slightly as it crosses Kent Creek. K-32 continues to an intersection with County Route 1, which connects K-32 with I-70 and the Kansas Turnpike. The roadway continues east and soon enters the northern part of Linwood. The highway exits the city and crosses over Stranger Creek then curves northeast and passes Saroxie Lake.{{cite map|author=Bureau of Transportation Planning|title=City of Kansas City|date=July 1, 2005|url=https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/city-pdf/linwood.pdf|scale=|publisher=Kansas Department of Transportation|location=Topeka|format=PDF|access-date=April 6, 2022|archive-date=March 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320072406/http://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/city-pdf/linwood.pdf|url-status=live}} K-32 continues to Hemphill Road, where it curves east, then intersects 170th Street. The highway crosses Little Kaw Creek then intersects North 158th Street south of Basehor.{{cite map |author = Bureau of Transportation Planning |date = August 2010 |url = https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/PastPublishedCounty/leavenworthAug2010.PDF |title = Leavenworth County |scale = [c. 1:211,200] |series = General Highway Map |location = Topeka |publisher = Kansas Department of Transportation |access-date = April 6, 2022 |archive-date = May 30, 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220530015113/https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/PastPublishedCounty/leavenworthAug2010.PDF |url-status = live }}{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1oxFasZ7_q24bZviLM6vNYwobbPjZ_eEK&usp=sharing|title=Overview map of K-32 |access-date=April 6, 2022}}
K-32 crosses into Wyandotte County as it enters Bonner Springs as Kump Avenue. The highway crosses Wolf Creek then intersects K-32 Truck (Scheidt Lane). The roadway curves south then intersects the eastern terminus of K-32 Truck (Front Street). K-32 heads northeast along Front Street, parallel with a BNSF Railway track. The highway transitions to four lanes then reaches a partial cloverleaf interchange with K-7. The roadway curves more east and begins to parallel Mission Creek then enters Edwardsville south of the Lake of the Forest.{{cite map|author=Bureau of Transportation Planning|title=City of Bonner Springs|date=November 1, 2005|url=https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/city-pdf/bonner%20springs.pdf|scale=|publisher=Kansas Department of Transportation|location=Topeka|format=PDF|access-date=April 6, 2022|archive-date=March 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320135156/http://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/city-pdf/bonner%20springs.pdf|url-status=live}} In Edwardsville, it picks up the name of Kaw Drive. K-32 intersects North 4th Street (former K-107) then crosses Beits Creek.{{cite map|author=Bureau of Transportation Planning|title=City of Kansas City|date=June 1, 2009|url=https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/city-pdf/KansasCity.PDF|scale=|publisher=Kansas Department of Transportation|location=Topeka|format=PDF|access-date=April 6, 2022|archive-date=March 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316000202/https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/city-pdf/KansasCity.pdf|url-status=live}}{{cite map |author = Bureau of Transportation Planning |date = July 2008 |url = https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/PastPublishedCounty/wyandotteJul2008.pdf |title = Wyandotte County |scale = [c. 1:211,200] |series = General Highway Map |location = Topeka |publisher = Kansas Department of Transportation |access-date = April 6, 2022 |archive-date = May 30, 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220530015226/https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/PastPublishedCounty/wyandotteJul2008.pdf |url-status = live }}
File:Interstate 635 at exit for K-32 (Kansas highway).jpg
K-32 continues through the city to a partial cloverleaf interchange with I-435 on the Edwardsville–Kansas City line. The highway curves more northeast and passes through the southwest portion of Kansas City before reaching an interchange with the Turner Diagonal. Here, K-32 turns southeast and crosses the Kansas River. The highway intersects South 55th Street then continues east along the north edge of the BNSF Railway yard. K-32 reaches a partial cloverleaf interchange with I-635 as it enters a heavy industrial area. East of I-635, K-32 crosses the Kansas River again before reaching its eastern terminus at a partial cloverleaf interchange with US-69, also known as the 18th Street Expressway. Past US-69, the highway continues as Kansas Avenue.
The entire length of K-32 is known as the Kaw Valley Scenic Highway.{{cite map |author = Kansas Department of Transportation |date = March 1, 2022 |url = https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/SpecialInterestStateMaps/Memorial.pdf |title = Designated Bridges, Interchanges, and Highways |scale = Scale not given |location = Topeka, Kansas |publisher = Kansas Department of Transportation |access-date = April 9, 2022 |archive-date = November 29, 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161129160450/http://ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/SpecialInterestStateMaps/Memorial.pdf |url-status = live }} The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) tracks the traffic levels on its highways. On K-32 in 2020, they determined that on average the traffic varied from 2,010 vehicles per day near the western terminus to 16,000 vehicles per day slightly east of I-635.{{cite map |author = Bureau of Transportation Planning |year = 2021 |url = https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/CountMaps/Districts/insetmap2020.pdf |title = Traffic Flow Map Kansas State Highway System |scale = [c. 1:1,584,000] |location = Topeka |publisher = Kansas Department of Transportation |access-date = April 4, 2022 |archive-date = January 20, 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220120122003/https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/CountMaps/Districts/insetmap2020.pdf |url-status = live }} The majority of K-32 is maintained by KDOT; the section in Bonner Springs from the west city limit to the southbound on-ramp for K-7 and the section in Kansas City from South 55th Street to US-69 are maintained by those municipalities.{{cite web |author=Kansas Department of Transportation |date=September 28, 2009 |title=Resolution Designating City Connecting Links in State Highway System |url=https://dmsweb.ksdot.org/AppNetProd/docpop/docpop.aspx?clienttype=html&docid=8913200 |access-date=April 6, 2022 |publisher=Kansas Department of Transportation |location=Topeka |archive-date=August 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813224100/https://dmsweb.ksdot.org/AppNetProd/docpop/docpop.aspx |url-status=live }}{{cite web |author = Kansas Department of Transportation |date = September 29, 2009 |url = https://dmsweb.ksdot.org/AppNetProd/docpop/docpop.aspx?clienttype=html&docid=8913223 |title = Resolution Designating City Connecting Links in State Highway System |location = Topeka |publisher = Kansas Department of Transportation |access-date = April 6, 2022 |archive-date = August 13, 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220813224058/https://dmsweb.ksdot.org/AppNetProd/docpop/docpop.aspx |url-status = live }} The section of K-32 from K-7 eastward is part of the National Highway System.{{cite map |author = Kansas Department of Transportation |date = August 2, 2019 |url = https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/GISMaps/NHS_2019.pdf |title = National Highway System on the State System |scale = Scale not given |location = Topeka, Kansas |publisher = Kansas Department of Transportation |access-date = April 5, 2022 |archive-date = March 20, 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220320064022/http://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/GISMaps/NHS_2019.pdf |url-status = live }}
History
K-32 was first established as a state highway by the Kansas State Highway Commission (SHC), now known as KDOT, in 1927. At that time, the highway went from US-40 northeast of Lawrence and through Bonner Springs to the Missouri border in Kansas City, following Kansas Avenue through Kansas City.{{cite map |author = Rand McNally and Company |author-link = Rand McNally |year = 1927 |map = Chicago, Omaha, Kansas City |title = Rand McNally Auto Road Atlas of the United States and Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritime Provinces of Canada, with a Brief Description of the National Parks and Monuments |map-url = https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~33780~1171496:Chicago,-Omaha,-Kansas-City-?sort=pub_list_no_initialsort%2Cpub_date%2Cpub_list_no%2Cseries_no&qvq=w4s:/when%2F1927;q:kansas%20roads;sort:pub_list_no_initialsort%2Cpub_date%2Cpub_list_no%2Cseries_no;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=3&trs=4 |scale = 1:1,600,000 |location = Chicago |publisher = Rand McNally and Company |pages = 98–99 |via = Rumsey Collection |access-date= April 8, 2022}} By 1937, K-32 was realigned to follow Muncie Bluff Road and Central Avenue through Kansas City. In a resolution passed on July 1, 1937, the SHC approved to designate the former section of K-32 along Kansas Avenue as K-132.{{cite web |author = State Highway Commission of Kansas |date = July 1, 1937 |url = http://dmsweb.ksdot.org/AppNetProd/docpop/pdfpop.aspx?KT142_0_0_0=003711139&clienttype=html&doctypeid=114 |title = Be It Further Resolved By The State Highway Commission Of Kansas |location = Topeka |publisher = State Highway Commission of Kansas |access-date = April 8, 2022 |archive-date = August 13, 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220813224101/https://dmsweb.ksdot.org/AppNetProd/docpop/PdfPop.aspx |url-status = live }} In a resolution passed on May 8, 1945, it was approved to realign K-32's western terminus slightly northeastward, which eliminated a crossing over Mud Creek.{{cite web |author = State Highway Commission of Kansas |date = May 8, 1945 |url = https://dmsweb.ksdot.org/AppNetProd/docpop/pdfpop.aspx?KT142_0_0_0=003709370&clienttype=html&doctypeid=114 |title = Resolution for Relocation and Redesignation of Road in Douglas County, Leavenworth County |location = Topeka |publisher = State Highway Commission of Kansas |access-date = March 15, 2021 |archive-date = August 13, 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220813224100/https://dmsweb.ksdot.org/AppNetProd/docpop/PdfPop.aspx |url-status = live }} Prior to this, the highway got covered with water every time Mud Creek flooded.{{cite news|access-date=April 2, 2022|via=Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98982500/stranger-valley-echoes-k32/|page=2|work=The Tonganoxie Mirror|title=Stranger Valley Echoes|date=October 11, 1945|location=Tonganoxie, Kansas|archive-date=April 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403155440/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98982500/stranger-valley-echoes-k32/|url-status=live}}
K-32 originally followed Golden Road west of Linwood. East of Linwood it continued east along Golden Road to 170th Street (County Route 3), where it turned north. It continued north to Hemphill Road, where it turned east. In a resolution approved on September 11, 1945, it was approved to realign K-32 to leave Linwood and travel directly northeast to Hemphill Road.{{cite web |author = State Highway Commission of Kansas |date = September 11, 1945 |url = https://dmsweb.ksdot.org/AppNetProd/docpop/pdfpop.aspx?KT142_0_0_0=003709718&clienttype=html&doctypeid=114 |title = Resolution for Relocation and Redesignation of Road in Leavenworth County |location = Topeka |publisher = State Highway Commission of Kansas |access-date = March 15, 2021 |archive-date = April 8, 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220408215326/https://dmsweb.ksdot.org/AppNetProd/docpop/pdfpop.aspx?KT142_0_0_0=003709718&clienttype=html&doctypeid=114 |url-status = live }} Then in a resolution approved on January 10, 1952, that resolution was updated to include the section of K-32 from Linwood west to Golden Road.{{cite web |author = State Highway Commission of Kansas |date = January 10, 1952 |url = https://dmsweb.ksdot.org/AppNetProd/docpop/pdfpop.aspx?KT142_0_0_0=003709715&clienttype=html&doctypeid=114 |title = Resolution for Relocation and Redesignation of Road in Leavenworth County |location = Topeka |publisher = State Highway Commission of Kansas |access-date = March 15, 2021 |archive-date = April 8, 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220408215622/https://dmsweb.ksdot.org/AppNetProd/docpop/pdfpop.aspx?KT142_0_0_0=003709715&clienttype=html&doctypeid=114 |url-status = live }} At the end of August 1952, the SHC asked for bids for grading and a bridge on the new location of K-32 from Linwood northeastward and bids for grading for a new location of K-32 from the Leavenworth-Douglas county line east to Linwood.{{cite news|access-date=April 1, 2022|via=Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98881647/state-highway-commission-of-kansas/|page=14|work=The Leavenworth Times|title=State Highway Commission Of Kansas Notice To Contractors|date=August 28, 1952|location=Leavenworth, Kansas|archive-date=April 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402012934/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98881647/state-highway-commission-of-kansas/|url-status=live}} On October 1, 1952, the SCH approved a $424,305 (equivalent to ${{Format price|{{Inflation|US-GDP|424305|1952}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US-GDP}} dollars){{inflation-fn|US-GDP}} bid for the two sections.{{cite news|access-date=April 1, 2022|via=Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98883102/include-two-highway-bids-for-county/|page=3|work=The Leavenworth Times|title=Include Two Highway Bids For County|date=October 1, 1952|location=Leavenworth, Kansas|archive-date=April 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402014607/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98883102/include-two-highway-bids-for-county/|url-status=live}} By the end of July 1953, grading work was nearly complete, with work remaining to be done on the bridge over Stranger Creek.{{cite news|access-date=April 1, 2022|via=Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98879349/this-and-that-k32/|page=5|work=The Leavenworth Times|title=this and that|date=July 27, 1953|location=Leavenworth, Kansas|archive-date=April 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402005927/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98879349/this-and-that-k32/|url-status=live}}
By 1957, the Kansas Turnpike (I-70) had been built through Kansas City, including an exit with K-32.{{cite map |author = State Highway Commission of Kansas |year = 1956 |url = http://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1956Mapside.pdf |title = 1956 Kansas State Map |scale = Scale not given |location = Topeka |publisher = State Highway Commission of Kansas |access-date = April 4, 2022 |archive-date = March 4, 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201200/http://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1956Mapside.pdf |url-status = live }}{{cite map |author = State Highway Commission of Kansas |year = 1957 |url = https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1957-58Mapside.pdf |title = 1957 Kansas State Map |scale = Scale not given |location = Topeka |publisher = State Highway Commission of Kansas |access-date = April 4, 2022 |archive-date = March 8, 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220308060238/http://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1957-58Mapside.pdf |url-status = live }} By 1962, US-40 was realigned to follow the Turner Diagonal to K-32 then overlap the latter to I-70. Also, K-32's eastern terminus was extended to the Turnpike.{{cite map |author = State Highway Commission of Kansas |year = 1961 |url = https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1961insetside.pdf |title = 1961 Kansas State Map |scale = Scale not given |location = Topeka |publisher = State Highway Commission of Kansas |access-date = April 4, 2022 |archive-date = August 4, 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220804011436/https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1961insetside.pdf |url-status = live }}{{cite map |author = State Highway Commission of Kansas |year = 1962 |url = https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1962Insetside.pdf |title = 1962 Kansas State Map |scale = Scale not given |location = Topeka |publisher = State Highway Commission of Kansas |access-date = April 4, 2022 |archive-date = March 9, 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220309052824/http://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1962Insetside.pdf |url-status = live }}
At the end of August 1967, the SHC asked for bids to add a pair of lanes to K-32 from 88th Street in Kansas City west to K-7 in Bonner Springs.{{cite news|access-date=April 4, 2022|via=Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99056411/road-contracts-totaling-11247458-okd/|page=23|work=The Wichita Eagle|title=Road Contracts Totaling $11,247,458 OKd|date=August 31, 1967|location=Wichita, Kansas|archive-date=April 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404181732/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99056411/road-contracts-totaling-11247458-okd/|url-status=live}} In late September 1967, the SHC accepted bids for grading, pavement, seeding, and four bridges on the project, as well as drainage and surfacing work on K-7 at the interchange with K-32.{{cite news|access-date=April 4, 2022|via=Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99057927/award-contract-on-arrington-bridge/|page=2|work=The Atchison Daily Globe|title=Award Contract On Arrington Bridge Project|date=October 4, 1967|location=Atchison, Kansas|archive-date=April 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408215326/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99057927/award-contract-on-arrington-bridge/|url-status=live}} The project was completed by 1969.{{cite map |author = State Highway Commission of Kansas |year = 1968 |url = https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1968Mapside.pdf |title = 1968 Kansas State Map |scale = Scale not given |location = Topeka |publisher = State Highway Commission of Kansas |access-date = April 4, 2022 |archive-date = March 8, 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220308060312/http://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1968Mapside.pdf |url-status = live }}{{cite map |author = State Highway Commission of Kansas |year = 1969 |url = https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1969Mapside.pdf |title = 1969 Kansas State Map |scale = Scale not given |location = Topeka |publisher = State Highway Commission of Kansas |access-date = April 4, 2022 |archive-date = March 8, 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220308060235/http://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1969Mapside.pdf |url-status = live }}
By 1969, the overlap between US-40 and I-70 was extended west to exit 415, which removed the overlap between K-32 and US-40.{{cite map |author = State Highway Commission of Kansas |year = 1968 |url = https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1968Insetside.pdf |title = 1968 Kansas State Map |scale = Scale not given |location = Topeka |publisher = State Highway Commission of Kansas |access-date = April 4, 2022 |archive-date = March 8, 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220308060430/http://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1968Insetside.pdf |url-status = live }}{{cite map |author = State Highway Commission of Kansas |year = 1969 |url = https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1969Insetside.pdf |title = 1969 Kansas State Map |scale = Scale not given |location = Topeka |publisher = State Highway Commission of Kansas |access-date = April 4, 2022 |archive-date = March 8, 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220308060251/http://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1969Insetside.pdf |url-status = live }} In the early 1970s, the entire length of K-32 was designated as the Kaw Valley Scenic Highway.{{cite news|access-date=April 9, 2022|via=Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99401517/pass-bill-concerning-school-board/|page=1|work=Council Grove Republican|title=Pass Bill Concerning School Board Minutes|date=February 9, 1971|location=Council Grove, Kansas|archive-date=April 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409172203/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99401517/pass-bill-concerning-school-board/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|access-date=April 9, 2022|via=Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99401377/k32/|page=1|work=The Wichita Beacon|title=Beauty more than skin deep|date=October 18, 1978|location=Wichita, Kansas|archive-date=April 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409172427/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99401377/k32/|url-status=live}} By 1981, I-435 had been built from K-32 southward to just south of K-10.{{cite map |author = Kansas Department of Transportation |year = 1979–1980 |url = https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1979-80Insetside.pdf |title = 1979–80 Kansas State Map |scale = Scale not given |location = Topeka |publisher = Kansas Department of Transportation |access-date = April 4, 2022 |archive-date = January 20, 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220120082139/https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1979-80Insetside.pdf |url-status = live }}{{cite map |author = Kansas Department of Transportation |year = 1981–1982 |url = https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1981-82Insetside.pdf |title = 1981–82 Kansas State Map |scale = Scale not given |location = Topeka |publisher = Kansas Department of Transportation |access-date = April 4, 2022 |archive-date = March 8, 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220308060230/http://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1981-82Insetside.pdf |url-status = live }} By 1984, I-435 had been extended north slightly past K-32.{{cite map |author = Kansas Department of Transportation |year = 1984 |url = https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1984Insetside.pdf |title = 1984 Kansas State Map |scale = Scale not given |location = Topeka |publisher = Kansas Department of Transportation |access-date = April 4, 2022 |archive-date = March 8, 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220308061439/http://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1984Insetside.pdf |url-status = live }} By 1993, K-132 was decommissioned, and K-32 was realigned to follow the section of the former highway east to US-69.{{cite map|author = Kansas Department of Transportation|year = 1991–1992|url = https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1991-92Insetside.pdf|title = 1991–92 Kansas State Map|scale = Scale not given|location = Topeka|publisher = Kansas Department ofTransportation|access-date = April 4, 2022|archive-date = March 8, 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220308060249/http://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1991-92Insetside.pdf|url-status = live}}{{cite map|author = Kansas Department of Transportation|year = 1993–1994|url = https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1993-94Insetside.pdf|title = 1993–94 Kansas State Map|scale = Scale not given|location = Topeka|publisher = Kansas Department ofTransportation|access-date = April 4, 2022|archive-date = March 8, 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220308060224/http://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1993-94Insetside.pdf|url-status = live}} By 2011, the exit with County Route 1 was built. This created a connection with I-70 and US-40 north of K-32.{{cite map|author = Kansas Department of Transportation|year = 2009|url = https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/2009-10Mapside.PDF|title = 2009–10 Kansas State Map|scale = Scale not given|location = Topeka|publisher = Kansas Department ofTransportation|access-date = April 4, 2022|archive-date = April 8, 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220408221433/https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/2009-10Mapside.PDF|url-status = live}}{{cite map|author = Kansas Department of Transportation|year = 2011|url = https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/2011-12Mapside.pdf|title = 2011–12 Kansas State Map|scale = Scale not given|location = Topeka|publisher = Kansas Department of Transportation|access-date = April 4, 2022|archive-date = January 21, 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220121203804/https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/2011-12Mapside.pdf|url-status = live}}
Major intersections
{{KSint
|county=Douglas
|township=Grant
|ctdab=Douglas
|mile=0.000
|road={{jct|state=KS|US|24|US|40|city1=Lawrence|city2=Tonganoxie}}
|notes=Western terminus
}}
{{KSint
|county=Leavenworth
|cspan=3
|township=Reno
|ctdab=Leavenworth
|lspan=2
|mile=2.688
|road=Golden Road
|notes=Former routing of K-32
}}
{{KSint
|mile=5.428
|road={{jct|state=KS|county=Leavenworth|CR|1|I|70|KTA|to2=yes}}
|notes=
}}
{{KSint
|township1=Fairmount
|ctdab1=Leavenworth
|township2=Sherman
|ctdab2=Leavenworth
|mile=13.509
|road=170th Street
|notes=Former routing of K-32
}}
{{KSint
|county=Wyandotte
|cspan=10
|location=Bonner Springs
|lspan=3
|mile=17.697
|road={{jct|state=KS|K-Truck|32|dir1=east|name1=Scheidt Lane|dab1=Bonner Springs}}
|notes=Western terminus of K-32 Truck
}}
{{KSint
|mile=18.797
|road={{jct|state=KS|K-Truck|32|dir1=west|name1=East Front Street|dab1=Bonner Springs}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of K-32 Truck
}}
{{KSint
|mile=19.116
|road={{jct|state=KS|K|7|city1=Leavenworth|city2=Olathe}}
|notes=Partial cloverleaf interchange
}}
{{KSint
|location=Edwardsville
|mile=21.984
|road=North 4th Street
|notes=Former K-107
}}
{{KSint
|location1=Edwardsville
|location2=Kansas City
|mile=23.592
|road={{jct|state=KS|I|435}}
|notes=I-435 exit 9; partial cloverleaf interchange
}}
{{KSint
|location=Kansas City
|lspan=5
|type=incomplete
|mile=28.196
|mspan=2
|road=Turner Diagonal
|notes=Interchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance; old K-132
}}
{{KSint
|mile=none
|road=Kaw Drive east
|notes=Interchange; former K-32
}}
{{KSint
|mile=30.487
|road={{jct|state=KS|I|635}}
|notes=I-635 exit 3; partial cloverleaf interchange
}}
{{KSint
|mile=32.197
|mspan=2
|road={{jct|state=KS|US|69|name1=18th Street Expressway}}
|notes=Eastern terminus; partial cloverleaf interchange
}}
{{KSint
|mile=none
|road=Kansas Avenue to Avenida Cesar E Chavez and 22nd Street
|notes=Continuation past US-69
}}
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Special routes
=Truck route=
{{infobox road small
|state=KS
|type=KS-Truck
|county=
|route=32
|established=May 1, 2000{{cite news|access-date=April 10, 2022|via=Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107537019/|pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99390205/city-council-meeting-k32-truck/ 4]|work=Bonner Springs-Edwardsville Chieftain|title=Council OKs addition at Naish|first=Mary R.|last=Smith|date=May 4, 2000|location=Bonner Springs, Kansas|archive-date=August 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813224127/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107537019/council-oks-addition-at-naish/|url-status=live}}
|location=Bonner Springs
|length_mi=
|length_ref=
}}
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File:K-32 Truck at Woodend Road.jpg
K-32 Truck is a truck route of K-32 that serves Bonner Springs and bypasses the downtown area. Starting from K-32 west of the city, it begins traveling southeastward along Scheidt Lane. The roadway reaches an intersection with East Front Street, where it turns northeast. The highway reaches an at-grade crossing with a track as it begins to parallel the Kansas River. K-32 Truck proceeds to its eastern terminus at the intersection of Front and Cedar streets, with K-32 continuing east on Front Street. K-32.{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1FbBLasS7ZhzYSvFMhkLogt21uYO-NDr-&usp=sharing|title=Overview map of K-32 Truck|access-date=April 7, 2022}} The truck route was approved on May 1, 2000, in a city council meeting, alongside an ordinance prohibiting trucks on Cedar Street and Kump Avenue.
=Former temporary route=
{{Infobox road small
|state=KS
|type=KS-Temp
|route=32
|established={{circa|1934}}{{cite map |title=Kansas |publisher=Continental Oil Company |year=1934 |author=Continental Oil Company |location=Denver}}
|length_mi=
|length_ref=
|location=Kansas City
}}
Temporary K-32 was a former temporary route for K-32 that ran along the former section of K-32 along Dan Wilson Road and Kansas Avenue in Kansas City. In a resolution passed on July 1, 1937, K-132 was approved to be established, replacing the entire length of Temporary K-32.
References
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External links
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- [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 the Kansas City metropolitan area
Category:Transportation in Douglas County, Kansas