K-34 (Kansas highway)

K-34 begins at an intersection with US-160 and US-183 east of Ashland in Clark County. It heads north through rolling farmland along a two-lane road. A series of curves takes the highway northeast, after which the route straightens out to the north and crosses Bluff Creek before intersecting a road which, prior to 1965, carried K-34. It continues due north and enters Ford County. North of the county line and south of Bucklin, K-34 takes the name 132 Road. The route turns to the northwest as it crosses Day Road and enters the city of Bucklin.

After entering the city, K-34 curves to the north and becomes Main Street. In the northern portion of Bucklin, the route turns southwest and overlaps U.S. Route 54 for a short distance. Following the short concurrency, K-34 turns to the north and passes under a railroad operated by Union Pacific.{{cite map|url = http://www.ksdot.org/BurTransPlan/maps/SpecialInterestStateMaps/Railroad2011.pdf|title = Kansas Railroad Map|publisher = Kansas Department of Transportation|year = 2011|access-date = December 25, 2012|format=PDF}} The highway twists to the northwest and leaves Bucklin, meeting its northern terminus a few miles farther to the northwest at an intersection with US-400.{{google maps|url = https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=KS-34+N&daddr=KS-34+N&hl=en&sll=37.555193,-99.637756&sspn=0.19025,0.41851&geocode=FXaCNwIdxGsP-g%3BFaGIPQIdefYO-g&mra=dme&mrsp=1&sz=12&t=m&z=12|access-date = December 25, 2012}}

K-34 is maintained by the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT). The route's annual average daily traffic in 2012 was about 570 vehicles, including 240 trucks, south of Bucklin. North of the city, there was significantly more traffic. There were 1010 vehicles, and 285 trucks, from Bucklin to the highway's northern terminus.{{cite map|url = http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/CountMaps/Districts/countmap2011.PDF|title = Traffic Flow Map of the Kansas State Highway System|publisher = Kansas Department of Transportation|year = 2012|access-date = December 25, 2012|format=PDF}} No segment of the highway is part of the National Highway System,{{cite map|url = https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/nhs_maps/kansas/ks_kansas.pdf|title = National Highway System: Kansas|publisher= Federal Highway Administration |access-date = December 25, 2012|format=PDF}} 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 = December 25, 2012}}

In 1926, K-34 was designated to a highway between Waverly and Garnett, then by 1927, was renumbered as K-31.{{cite map |author = Rand McNally and Company |author-link = Rand McNally |year = 1926 |map = Kansas |title = Rand McNally Auto Road Atlas of the United States, including a Brief Description of the National Parks and Monuments |location = Chicago |publisher = Rand McNally and Company |pages = 56–57}}{{cite map |author = Rand McNally and Company |author-link = Rand McNally |year = 1927 |map = Kansas |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~8~1~33758~1171474:Rand-McNally-junior-auto-road-map-K |scale = 1:1,600,000 |location = Chicago |publisher = Rand McNally and Company |pages = 54–55 |oclc = 2078375 |via = Rumsey Collection |access-date= March 14, 2021}} In 1927, K-34 was reassigned to a highway from K-96 west of Neodesha east to K-16 north of Cherryvale. By 1934 a separate segment of the route was designated in Cherokee County, from Crestline to the Missouri state line.{{cite map|url = http://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1933Mapside.PDF|title = Kansas State Highway System|publisher = State Highway Commission of Kansas|year = 1933|access-date = March 14, 2021 |format=PDF|location=Topeka}}{{cite map|title = Conoco Official Road Map Kansas |author = H.M. Gousha Company |author-link = Gousha |year = 1934 |location=Chicago}} By 1937, the segment of K-34 from K-96 east to K-16 was re-designated as K-37, and the segment of the route from Crestline to the Missouri border was re-designated as K-26.{{cite map|url = http://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1936Mapside.pdf|title = Kansas State Highway System|publisher = State Highway Commission of Kansas|year = 1936|access-date = March 14, 2021 |format=PDF|location=Topeka}}{{cite map|url = http://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1937Mapside.pdf|title = Kansas State Highway System|publisher = State Highway Commission of Kansas|year = 1937|access-date = March 14, 2021 |format=PDF|location=Topeka}}

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The current K-34 was designated on July 1, 1937, to a highway running from the Oklahoma border north through Sitka to US-160. Soon after it was extended west along US-160 to Protection and turned north to follow K-41 north then turn east to Lexington. In Lexington it turned north and continued to US-154 north of Bucklin. This resulted in K-41 being decommissioned. At the time of its designation, not all of K-34 was paved. The segment in Ford County and the concurrency with US-160 was paved, but all other segments were either gravel or dirt. Between 1938 and 1939, US-183 was extended into Kansas, and overlapped K-34 from the Oklahoma border to Protection.{{cite map|url = http://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1938JulyMapside.pdf|title = Kansas State Highway System|publisher = State Highway Commission of Kansas|date = July 1938|access-date = March 11, 2021|location=Topeka}}{{cite map |author = Rand McNally and Company |year = 1939 |map = Kansas  |title = Rand McNally Auto Road Atlas of the United States, Canada and Mexico |scale = |location = Chicago |publisher = Rand McNally and Company |pages = 44–45}} In an October 24, 1950 resolution, the highway was realigned to travel east from Lexington for {{convert|2.15|mi|km}} then north for {{convert|7.7|mi|km}} to meet the old alignment.{{cite web |author = State Highway Commission of Kansas |date = October 24, 1950 |url = https://dmsweb.ksdot.org/AppNetProd/docpop/pdfpop.aspx?KT142_0_0_0=003708821&clienttype=html&doctypeid=114|title = Resolution for relocation and redesignation of road in Clark County |location = Topeka |publisher = State Highway Commission of Kansas |access-date = March 11, 2021 }}

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On February 27, 1963, a highway was added from K-34 and US-160 north to K-34. The new highway was going to be a reroute for K-34, once the state had finished improving the old K-34 so it could be turned over to the county. On March 8, 1963, the State Highway Commission designated the new highway as K-334.{{cite web |author = State Highway Commission of Kansas |date = March 8, 1963 |url = http://dmsweb.ksdot.org/AppNetProd/docpop/pdfpop.aspx?KT142_0_0_0=003708817&clienttype=html&doctypeid=114 |title = Rural Resolution |location = Topeka |publisher = State Highway Commission of Kansas |access-date = September 24, 2019 |archive-date = June 28, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200628132937/https://dmsweb.ksdot.org/AppNetProd/docpop/pdfpop.aspx?KT142_0_0_0=003708817&clienttype=html&doctypeid=114 |url-status = dead }} By 1965, K-334 was decommissioned and became K-34, which was realigned to continue north from the intersection with US-160 and US-183 instead of overlapping those highways and traveling east. This realignment caused the route to bypass Comanche County entirely. The entire length of K-34 was paved by 1967.{{cite map|url = http://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1966Mapside.pdf|title = Kansas State Highway System|publisher = State Highway Commission of Kansas|year = 1966|access-date = March 11, 2021|location=Topeka}}{{cite map|url = http://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1967Mapside.pdf|title = Kansas State Highway System|publisher = State Highway Commission of Kansas|year = 1967|access-date = March 11, 2021|format=PDF|location=Topeka}} By 1993, K-34 was truncated to its current southern terminus.{{cite map|url = http://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1991-92Mapside.pdf|title = Kansas Transportation Map|publisher = Kansas Department of Transportation|year = 1991 |edition= 1991–92 |access-date = March 11, 2021|format=PDF|location=Topeka}}{{cite map|url = http://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/1993-94Mapside.pdf|title = Official Transportation Map of Kansas|publisher = Kansas Department of Transportation|year = 1993 |edition= 1993–94|access-date = December 25, 2012|format=PDF|location=Topeka}} The route has not been modified since 1993.{{cite map|url = http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/state-pdf/2011-12Mapside.pdf|title = Kansas Official Transportation Map|publisher = Kansas Department of Transportation|year = 2011 |edition= 2011–12 |access-date = March 11, 2021|format=PDF|location=Topeka}}

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