U.S. Route 59 in Kansas K-7, as US-73 leaves US-59 to become concurrent with K-7 and run south to Leavenworth. US-59 continues east on its own through the rest of town and crosses the Amelia Earhardt Memorial Bridge into Winthrop, Missouri, en route to St. Joseph. U.S. Route 59 in Kansas U.S. Route 59 (US-59) is a north-south highway in Kansas that travels from Chetopa to Atchison. US-59 is a highway which runs from south to north in eastern Kansas. It enters the state from Oklahoma south of Chetopa and passes through Parsons, Ottawa, and Lawrence. The route leaves Kansas for Missouri by crossing the
K-39 (Kansas highway) K-39 (Kansas highway) K-39 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Kansas. It is an east–west highway, and connects Fort Scott to towns in southeast Kansas. K-39 begins north of Fredonia at U.S. Highway 400 (US-400). It travels east to Benedict, where it turns north toward Buffalo. South of town, K-39 meets US-75 and begins a short, concurrency with the U.S. Highway. Once leaving US-75, the highway again travels east toward Chanute, where it intersects US-169. The highway continues east before beginning a concurrency with US-59. After briefly turning north with US-59, K-39 resumes its easterly route north