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K-55 was first designated as a state highway by the State Highway Commission of Kansas, now known as KDOT, by 1927. At that time it ran from US-81 west of Belle Plaine southeast to K-12 in Oxford. By 1928, it was realigned to travel east to K-15 west of Udall. In November 1930, it was announced that work would begin spring of 1931, to reconstruct the road from US-81 east to the Cowley County line. This included a bridge over Cowskin Creek and Arkansas River. By 1931, K-55 was extended east along K-15 to US-77 south of Rock. By 1932, K-55 was truncated back to its pre-1931 terminus. In late-March 1932, a bid was approved for grading, culvert, and bridge projects on K-55 east of Belle Plaine. The bridge over the Arkansas River was finished in 1933.

In a resolution passed on January 1, 1941, it was approved to realign K-15 from southeast of Mulvane to Udall, and to extend K-55 east to the new alignment in Udall. By October 1941, SHC engineers and surveyors were planning the new route from Wichita to Winfield. The new alignment of K-15 and extension of K-55 was completed by 1945. By 1948, the entire length of K-55 was paved.