U.S. Route 59 in Kansas

U.S. Highway 59

US-59 highlighted in red

Route information

Maintained by KDOT and the cities of Parsons, Lawrence and Atchison

Length

210.440 mi (338.670 km)

Major junctions

South end

US 59 / SH-2 near Chetopa

US-160 in Oswego
US-54 in Moran
I-35 / US-50 in Ottawa
US-56 four miles west of Baldwin City
US-40 in Lawrence
I-70 / Kansas Turnpike in Lawrence
US-24 / US-40 in Lawrence
US-24 in Williamstown
US-159 / K-4 Alt. in Nortonville
US-73 / K-7 in Atchison

North end

US 59 at Atchison

Location

Country

State

Counties

Labette, Neosho, Allen, Anderson, Franklin, Douglas, Jefferson, Atchison

Highway system

United States Numbered Highway System

Kansas State Highway System

← K-59

→ K-60

← K-5

K-6

→ K-7

U.S. Route 59 (US-59) is a part of the U.S. Highway System that runs from the Mexico–US border in Laredo, Texas, as a continuation of Mexican Federal Highway 85D north to the Lancaster–Tolstoi Border Crossing on the Canada–US border, where it continues as Manitoba Highway 59. In the U.S. state of Kansas, US-59 is a main north–south highway that travels from Chetopa to Atchison.