K-30 (Kansas highway)

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The route begins at a partial cloverleaf interchange with I-70, which also carries US 40, at that freeway's exit 341.{{cite web|url=http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=20&struct=999903000990871|title=NBI Structure Number 999903000990871|author=Federal Highway Administration|author-link=Federal Highway Administration|work=National Bridge Inventory|access-date=March 31, 2011}}{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The road continues southward as Windy Hill Road toward Eskridge. From I-70, K-30 crosses the Mill Creek before intersecting Waterman Crossing Road.{{cite web|url=http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=20&struct=999903000990791|title=NBI Structure 999903000990791|author=Federal Highway Administration|access-date=March 31, 2011|work=National Bridge Inventory}}{{Dead link|date=November 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The road then crosses a railroad owned by Union Pacific before abruptly turning to the east.{{cite map|title=Kansas State Railroad Map|date=April 1, 2011|access-date=April 1, 2011|publisher=Kansas Department of Transportation|cartography=Bureau of Transportation Planning|url=http://www.ksdot.org/BurTransPlan/maps/RRStateMap.asp}} K-30 warps slightly northeast, running parallel to the railway line. Following an intersection with Sunset Lane, the highway picks up the name of Elm Street as it runs along the southern city limit of Maple Hill. The roadway ends near an intersection with Main Street.{{google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=KS-30+N&daddr=Elm+St&hl=en&geocode=FQb3UwIdAo5G-g%3BFYhTVAIdhb9G-g&mra=me&mrsp=1,0&sz=18&sll=39.081407,-96.027085&sspn=0.00294,0.004823&ie=UTF8&ll=39.066581,-96.026516&spn=0.047048,0.077162&z=14|title=K-30|access-date=April 1, 2011}}

The route is maintained by the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT). In 2010, KDOT calculated that the route's annual average daily traffic was 1420 vehicles, including 85 trucks.{{cite map|title=Traffic Flow Map of the Kansas State Highway System|publisher=Kansas Department of Transportation|cartography=Bureau of Transportation Planning|date=2011}} No segment of the highway is part of the National Highway System.{{cite map|url=http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/nhs/maps/ks/ks_kansas.pdf|title=National Highway System: Kansas|publisher=Federal Highway Administration|format=PDF|access-date=March 30, 2011|archive-date=October 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028110108/http://www.fhwa.dot.gov//planning/nhs/maps/ks/ks_Kansas.pdf|url-status=dead}} The National Highway System is a system of highways important to the nation's defense, economy, and mobility.

A previous designation for K-30 was brought into the Kansas state highway system by 1927. The route connected US 40 in Tonganoxie to US 73W in Oskaloosa. At that time, it was only a graded road.{{cite map|url=http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~33758~1171474:Rand-McNally-junior-auto-road-map-K?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=w4s:/when/1927/;q:Kansas;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=0&trs=2|title=Junior Auto Road Map of Kansas|publisher=Rand McNally, retrieved from David Rumsey Map Collection|date=1927|access-date=April 1, 2011}} This designation was removed by 1932.{{cite map|title=Kansas State Highway System|publisher=Kansas State Highway Commission|cartography=D. P. Walker|date=April 1, 1932}} The current designation of K-30 was established in the early 1930s, from K-10 (at that time) to Maple Hill, when it was only a gravel road. In 1953, the route was paved.{{cite map|title=Kansas Official Highway Map|publisher=Kansas State Highway Commission|date=1952|section=C10}}{{cite map|title=Kansas Official Highway Map|publisher=Kansas State Highway Commission|date=1953|section=C10}} In 1960, I-70 was completed through the region, replacing K-10.{{cite map|title=Kansas Official Highway Map|publisher=Kansas State Highway Commission|date=1960|section=C10}} Since then, the route has not been realigned.

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