K-120 is a north-south state highway in the U.S. state of Kansas. K-120's southern terminus is at K-20 south of the City ofSeverance and the northern terminus is a continuation as Kansas Street at the Highlandcity limits. Just south of its northern terminus it intersects U.S. Route 36. K-120 was first designated on June 5, 1945 as a short spur from K-20 to Severence, then was extended northward to Highland by mid 1951.
Route description
K-120 begins at an intersection with K-20 northeast of Denton and travels northward. After roughly it curves to the northwest and enters into Severance. After leaving Severance it curves north again and crosses Wolf River, a tributary of the Missouri River. After roughly past Wolf River it curves west for then curves back north again. From here it continues north for roughly and intersect US-36. From US-36 it continues north for roughly and crosses Mission Creek, a tributary of the Missouri River. Roughly north of Mission Creek, it ends at the Highland city limits and continues as Kansas Street. The entire route is paved with partial design bituminous pavement. K-120 is not included in the National Highway System. The National Highway System is a system of highways important to the nation's defense, economy, and mobility. K-120 does connect to the NationalHighway System at its junction with US-36. 2017Annual average daily traffic on K-120 ranged from 450 near the southern terminus, 490 south of the US-36 junction and 1380 between US-36 and the northern terminus.
History
K-120 was first established as a state highway on June 5, 1945, as a spur from K-20 to Severence. Then on May 9, 1951, K-120 was extended northward to end at US-36 in Highland. Then in 1985, US-36 was realigned to a new alignment south of Highland and in an October 7, 1985 resolution, K-120 was truncated to end at the Highland city limits when the new alignment of US-36 was finished. Included in that resolution is if Highland annexs more land surrounding K-120, that section would be removed from the state highway system.
