:K-98 (Kansas highway)

K-98's western terminus is at K-23 north of Meade. The highway begins travelling east along G Road through flat farmland, characteristic of the Great Plains. The roadway crosses an unnamed creek then begins to enter the Artesian Valley as it proceeds east.{{cite map|title=U.S. Geological Survey — Meade NE — Kansas|url =https://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=37.39029&lon=-100.27176&datum=nad27&zoom=16&map=auto&coord=d&mode=zoomout&size=m|scale=1:24,000|series=USGS 7 1/2-minute quadrangle maps|publisher=TopoQuest.com|cartography=U.S. Geological Survey|access-date=June 6, 2022}} K-98 continues through farmland before reaching a crossing over Crooked Creek. Soon after, the roadway enters the city of Fowler as Tenth Avenue. Approximately {{convert|0.25|mi|km}} into the city the highway turns south onto Main Street. K-98 continues south as it passes by two schools, city hall and post office. The highway exits the city and reaches an at-grade crossing with a Union Pacific Railway track.{{cite map|author=Bureau of Transportation Planning|title=City of Fowler|date=October 2003|url=https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/city-pdf/fowler.PDF|series=KDOT City Maps|scale=Scale not given|publisher=Kansas Department of Transportation|location=Topeka|format=PDF|access-date=October 18, 2020}} K-98 then reaches its eastern terminus at US-54 roughly {{convert|0.25|mi|km}} later.{{cite map |author = Bureau of Transportation Planning |date = October 2008 |url = http://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/PastPublishedCounty/meadeOct2008.pdf |title = Meade County |scale = [c. 1: 211,200] |series = General Highway Map |location = Topeka |publisher = Kansas Department of Transportation |access-date = October 18, 2020 }}{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1evP3m8kVfu6j2MQM6wOB7xG7DxwpAgI&usp=sharing|title=Overview map of K-98 |accessdate=June 9, 2022}}

The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) tracks the traffic levels on its highways. On K-98 in 2020, they determined that on average the traffic varied from 285 vehicles per day west of Fowler to 875 vehicles per day between Fowler and US-54.{{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 = June 6, 2022}} K-98 connects to the National Highway System at its eastern terminus.{{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 = Scale not given |location = Washington, DC |publisher = Federal Highway Administration |access-date = June 6, 2022 }} All but {{convert|0.608|mi|0}} of K-98's alignment is maintained by KDOT. The entire section within Fowler is maintained by the city.{{cite web |author = Kansas Department of Transportation |date = December 1, 1978 |url = https://dmsweb.ksdot.org/AppNetProd/docpop/docpop.aspx?clienttype=html&docid=8912350 |title = Resolution Designating City Connecting Links in State Highway System |location = Topeka |publisher = Kansas Department of Transportation |access-date = June 6, 2022}}

The highway that is now K-98 was designated as K-56 on July 1, 1937. In a resolution passed on August 26, 1953, it was approved to build a new alignment of US-54 south of Fowler, and to extend K-56 to it.{{cite web |author = Kansas State Highway Commission |date = August 26, 1953|url = https://dmsweb.ksdot.org/AppNetProd/docpop/pdfpop.aspx?KT142_0_0_0=003709923&clienttype=html&doctypeid=114 |title = Resolution for relocation and redesignation of road in Meade County |location = Topeka |publisher = Kansas State Highway Commission |access-date = June 1, 2022}} On October 20, 1953, the SHC approved bids of $24,550 (equivalent to ${{Format price|{{Inflation|US-GDP|24550|1953}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US-GDP}} dollars){{inflation-fn|US-GDP}} for grading, $12,100 (equivalent to ${{Format price|{{Inflation|US-GDP|12100|1953}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US-GDP}} dollars){{inflation-fn|US-GDP}} for two box bridges, $1,320 (equivalent to ${{Format price|{{Inflation|US-GDP|1320|1953}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US-GDP}} dollars){{inflation-fn|US-GDP}} for seeding on the project.{{cite news|accessdate=June 1, 2022|via=Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102983733/several-roads-to-be-improved-k98/|page=1|work=The Wichita Eagle|title=Several Roads To Be Improved|date=October 20, 1953|location=Wichita, Kansas}} K-56 was redesignated as K-98 between 1956 and 1957 to avoid confusion with US-56. The highway was paved by 1957. On August 21, 1957, the SHC approved a bid of $42,460 (equivalent to ${{Format price|{{Inflation|US-GDP|42460|1957}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US-GDP}} dollars){{inflation-fn|US-GDP}} for subgrade modification and an asphalt surface on K-98 from Fowler west to K-23.{{cite news|accessdate=April 27, 2022|via=Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100565584/highway-jobs-win-approval-k98/|page=18|work=The Wichita Beacon|title=Highway Jobs Win Approval|date=August 21, 1957|location=Wichita, Kansas}}

The original K-98 was designated on July 1, 1937, and went from K-23 west to Meade State Park. On December 11, 1959, the Kansas and Oklahoma highway commissions held a joint meeting in Wichita. At that meeting, the Kansas Highway Commission resolved to connect K-23 with SH-23 to establish a "route number common to both states".Oklahoma Department of Highways. "Highway Routing and Numbering Notes From Joint Meeting, Oklahoma and Kansas Highway Commissions at Wichita, Kansas on Friday, December 11, 1959". [http://www.okladot.state.ok.us/memorial/highways/pdfs/us56/action1.pdf US-56 Highway Commission Action 1 data] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165503/http://www.okladot.state.ok.us/memorial/highways/pdfs/us56/action1.pdf |date=2016-03-03 }}. Accessed 2020-11-29.{{rp|12}} By February 6, 1961, the roadway had been brought up to state highway standards and in a March 8, 1961 resolution, K-23 was realigned to follow the former K-98 to Meade State Lake then south over a previously unnumbered roadway to the Oklahoma border.{{cite web |author = State Highway Commission of Kansas |date = March 8, 1961 |url = http://dmsweb.ksdot.org/AppNetProd/docpop/pdfpop.aspx?KT142_0_0_0=003709922&clienttype=html&doctypeid=114 |title = Resolution for Relocation and Redesignation of Road in Meade County |location = Topeka |publisher = State Highway Commission of Kansas |access-date = June 1, 2022 |archive-date = August 1, 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210801023646/https://dmsweb.ksdot.org/AppNetProd/docpop/PdfPop.aspx |url-status = dead }}

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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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