U.S. Route 159

U.S. Route 159
U.S. Route 159
	US 159 highlighted in red
Route information
	Auxiliary route of US 59
	Maintained by KDOT, NDOT, MoDOT and the city of Horton
Length	83.584 mi (134.515 km)
Existed	1935–present
Major junctions
South end	; US-59 / K-4 Alt. in Nortonville, KS
	US-73 in Horton, KS; US-36 in Hiawatha, KS; US 73 in Falls City, NE; I-29 near Fortescue, MO;
North end	US 59 in New Point, MO
Location
Country	United States
States	Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri
Counties	KS: Jefferson, Atchison, Brown; NE: Richardson; MO: Holt
Highway system
	United States Numbered Highway System; List; Special; Divided;

U.S. Highway 159 (US 159) is a 83.6-mile-long (134.5 km) auxiliary route of US 59. It travels from Nortonville, Kansas at US 59 to New Point, Missouri, also at US 59. The highway permits through traffic on US 59 to bypass the cities of Atchison, Kansas and Saint Joseph, Missouri, traveling instead through Falls City, Nebraska and Hiawatha, Kansas (assuming the bridge over the Missouri River is open).

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