It served as a direct link from Wichita to Topeka and completely overlapped other routes.

The highway was designated mid 1930,[1][2] and was decommissioned March 25, 1938.

[3] K-22 began in Wichita at a junction with US-54, K-96, US-81 and K-15.

From Augusta to El Dorado it overlapped US-77.

In Tonovay the overlap with US-54 ended.