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The prior alignment ran from where current US 81 breaks off for I-135 at 47th street, north through Wichita along Broadway street. Old US 81 roughly parallels I-135 to Newton. Old US 81 follows current K-15 through Newton between an interchange with US 50 and Hesston Road, where old US 81 breaks northwest onto Hesston road.
Old US-81 passes under Interstate 135 and continues to parallel it about 1/2 mile to the east. Old US-81 then travels through Assaria, where it encounters another brief overlap with K-4 and K-104. Old US-81 continues through the city of Salina as Ninth street. North of Salina, Old US-81 encounters brief overlaps with K-143 and K-18. Old US-81 ...
Business U.S. Highway 81-E (Bus.US 81-E) is the former route of US 81 and US 287 through Rhome.The route was originally designated as Loop 506 on May 31, 1972, and signed as a business route of US 81 and US 287; the portion south of its intersection with Spur 440 (numbered the same day as a redesignation of SH 114 through Rhome) was also signed as a business route of SH 114.
In a September 9, 1969 resolution, K-4 was realigned slightly within Lindsborg and onto US-81. [30] In a January 4, 1982 resolution, US-81, along K-4 from Lindsborg to US-81 in Bridgeport, was redesignated as US-81 Business. [31] In an October 10, 1991 resolution, K-4 was extended south from US-24 to US-40 west of Tecumseh. [32]
Also, the former section of US-81 from the new K-61 alignment north to US-56 remained in the state highway system. [13] By August 1968, the new I-35W had been built as well as the new alignment of K-61 to it. What is now K-153 was K-61 Alternate and what is now K-153 Spur was K-61 Spur at the time K-61 was extended.
Tropical Storm Alberto brought inches of rain and a downed powerline to Coastal Bend.
The route of US-81 was originally served by the Chisholm Trail, which was used to drive cattle from Texas to Abilene, Kansas. US-81 was established as a primary route of the U.S. highway system at the time of the system's original designation. US-81 was established through Oklahoma on December 7, 1926.
Betty Cartledge, 81, voted for the first time in the 2024 US presidential election