U.S. Route 73 | |
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Route information | |
Length: | 113.14 mi (182.08 km) 91.120 mi (146.643 km) in Kansas 22.05 mi (35.49 km) in Nebraska |
Existed: | 1926 – present |
Major junctions | |
South end: | I-70 / US-24 / US-40 / K-7 / Kansas Turnpike in Bonner Springs, KS |
K-7 in Atchison, KS US-59 in Atchison, KS US-36 in Hiawatha, KS |
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North end: | US 75 in Dawson, NE |
Location | |
States: | Kansas, Nebraska |
Highway system | |
U.S. Route 73 is a north–south United States highway that runs for 113 miles (182 km) from northeast Kansas to southeast Nebraska. The highway's southern terminus is Bonner Springs, Kansas at I-70. Its northern terminus is near Dawson, Nebraska at US 75.
U.S. Route 73 begins at I-70 in Kansas City in a concurrency with U.S. Route 24, U.S. Route 40, and K-7. Two miles north of its terminus, US 24 and US 40 turn west, while US 73 continues north with K-7. It continues north with K-7 through Lansing, where it intersects K-5. US 73 and K-7 then continue through Leavenworth. It goes northwesterly from Leavenworth, meeting K-192 near Easton and at Atchison, turns west. At Atchison, it loses K-7 and is briefly concurrent with U.S. Route 59. It goes west and turns northwest near Lancaster at its intersection with K-9. It goes through Huron and begins a concurrency with K-20 near Everest. It goes west into Horton and intersects U.S. Route 159. The two highways continue north together and meet U.S. Route 36 at Hiawatha. After a brief northwesterly routing through Reserve, US-73 and US-159 turn north and enter Nebraska.