The original K-113 was designated by 1936, and traveled from K-13 west of Bigelow north to K-9 in Blue Rapids.

The road begins at K-18 in the western part of Manhattan with a diverging diamond interchange.

Passing Washington Marlatt Memorial Park, the road exits town and enters a semi-rural grassland area, ending at a partial interchange with US-24.

[3] 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 5300 vehicles per day near the northern terminus to 24700 vehicles per day between the southern terminus and Anderson Avenue interchange.

[9][10] Then in a November 19, 1958 resolution, K-13 was rerouted to cross the Tuttle Creek Dam and continue northward to K-16 east of Olsburg, and at this time K-113 was decommissioned.