K-254 (Kansas highway)
K-254 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Kansas and links Wichita to El Dorado. K-254 begins at the intersection of Interstate 135 (I-135), I-235, U.S. Route 81 (US-81), K-15 and K-96 north of Wichita. It bypasses Kechi, Benton and Towanda, ending in downtown El Dorado at an intersection with US-54 and US-77. It is limited access from I-135 to just east of Kechi. It is then four-lane divided with at grade intersections to El Dorado with the exception of a diamond interchange at K-196. There is a stoplight interchange with I-35/Kansas Turnpike on the west side of El Dorado. Route description K-254 begins at an interchange with I-135, I-235, US-81, K-15 and K-96 in Wichita and begins travelling east. It soon crosses Middle Fork Chisholm Creek then reaches an interchange with 45th Street North and Hillside Street. At this point the freeway curves northeast and begins to parallel a railroad track. It then passes under 53rd Street as it enters Kechi. K-254 then crosses Middle Fork Chisholm Creek again then curves more eastward and reaches an interchange with Oliver Avenue. The highway then curves east and reaches an interchange with Woodlawn Street and 61st Street North. It then has an at grade intersection with Rock Road as it exits Kechi. The highway continues for then crosses Whitewater Creek. It continues for then enters into Butler County. About into the county it passes along the north side and briefly enters the city of Benton. In the city it intersects Main Street, which connects the highway to the main part of the city. As it exits the city it passes Benton Cemetery and begins to parallel a Union Pacific Railway track. K-254 continues east, passing through flat lands with a few houses, then curves northeast as it crosses West Branch Whitewater River. The highway quickly curves back east again as it passes along the north side of the city of Towanda. It then crosses a Union Pacific Railway track then curves northeast and begins to parallel it. The highway continues for about through flat rural farmlands and reaches a diamond interchange with K-196 then crosses over I-35 and the Kansas Turnpike. It continues east for a short distance before intersecting a connector road that leads to I-35 and the Kansas Turnpike as it enters the city of El Dorado. K-254 continues through the city as Central Avenue and then reduces to an undivided highway slightly east of its intersection with Haverhill Road. The highway then crosses Constant Creek as it continues east before reaching its eastern terminus at US-54 and US-77. The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) tracks the traffic levels on its highways, and in 2018, they determined that on average the traffic varied from 11600 vehicles per day slightly east of Kechi to 18700 vehicles per day near the western terminus. The second highest was 15800 vehicles per day at the end of the freeway section in El Dorado. The entire length of K-254 is included in