Oklahoma State Highway 14 route continued north along present-day U.S. 281 through Alva to the state line south of Hardtner, Kansas. (The old road north of Vici became part of SH-34.) New U.S. routes were added to Oklahoma's highway system in 1938. Among these were US-281, formerly a split route with one section in Kansas and one in Texas, which was connected in 1938 via Oklahoma; also added in 1938 was a southern extension of US-183. These two routes were overlaid onto SH-14, with US-183 entering the state from the south near Davidson and following the SH-14 route to Seiling, and US-281 taking the
K-61 (Kansas highway) K-61 (Kansas highway) K-61 is a Kansas state highway originating at US-54 and US-400 on the east side of Pratt, and ends south of McPherson at I-135 and US-81. Signed as a north–south highway, it is a diagonal highway running southwest and northeast. K-61 is long. K-61 passes through the towns of Preston, Turon, Langdon (unincorporated) and Partridge, while paralleling a line of the Union Pacific Railroad, then beginning a six-mile (10 km) concurrency with US-50. It shares a short concurrency with K-14 and K-96 near South Hutchinson. After breaking to the northeast from US-50, K-61 passes through the east