U.S. Route 81 in Kansas
| US-81 highlighted in red | |||||||
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| Maintained by KDOT and the cities of Wellington, Wichita, and Concordia | |||||||
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| South end | US 81 at Oklahoma state line | ||||||
| North end | US 81 at Nebraska state line | ||||||
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| Country | United States | ||||||
| State | Kansas | ||||||
| Counties | Sumner, Sedgwick, Harvey, McPherson, Saline, Ottawa, Cloud, Republic | ||||||
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U.S. Route 81 (US-81) is a part of the U.S. Highway System that travels from Fort Worth, Texas to the Pembina–Emerson Border Crossing near Pembina, North Dakota. In the U.S. state of Kansas, US-81 is a main north–south highway central part of the state. Wichita is the only metropolitan area US-81 serves in the state but the highway does serve several other larger towns in Kansas such as (from south to north) Wellington and Concordia.