Uses: US 60 (Grayson)

Cities: Grayson, Greenup

Names:

2

Begin: US 60, Olive Hill
End: KY 2541 & Washington St, Greenup

36.885 mi:

Cities: Olive Hill, Greenup

Names: Washington St (Greenup)

3

Begin: US 23, 2.3 mi W of Prestonsburg city line
End: US 23, 1.4 mi S of Catlettsburg city line

79.158 mi:

Cities: Prestonsburg, Inez, Louisa

Names:

Old: US 23 (KY 321, Floyd Co-KY 321, Floyd Co; KY 32, Louisa-US 23, Lawrence Co)

Major bridges: Levisa Fork River, Louisa

SPUR 3

Begin: KY 3, .05 mi NE of Louisa city line
End: WV state line (Big Sandy River), .2 mi NE of Louisa city line (bec WV 37)

.135 mi, all Lawrence

Major bridges: Tug Fork River

Spur KY 3 is a part of the T-bridge to Fort Gay, WV.

4

Forms complete loop around Lexington, with mileposts beginning at US 27, 2 mi NW of Jonesboro in Lexington, and continuing clockwise back to beginning

19.238 mi, all Fayette

Cities: Lexington

Names: New Circle Rd

Companion surface roads: bypasses Lexington

KY 4 was built in stages from the early 1950s to 1967 and forms a complete loop encircling Lexington. This 4-lane divided highway is a freeway except on the east side from KY 922 on the north to US 25 on the south. Although all U.S. routes through Lexington were to be rerouted onto KY 4 and out of the central city, this plan was canceled. The reason for the proposed rerouting was so the city could be responsible for one-way routings and other traffic patterns. (Some maps had shown bypass or even mainline U.S. routes using KY 4 years before this proposal.)

The old KY 4 in Pike County from Millard to the Virginia state line became part of US 460.

5

Begin: US 60, Princess
End: US 23, 1.2 mi NW of Ashland city line

11.573 mi:

Cities: Bellefonte

Names:

6

Begin: KY 26 & Depot St, .1 mi N of Woodbine
End: KY 11 & 459, Barbourville

16.38 mi:

Cities: Barbourville

Names:

7

Begin: KY 15, Jeff
End: 1st Av & Main St, S Shore

Uses:

166.209 mi:

Cities: Wayland, Salyersville, W Liberty, Sandy Hook, Grayson, S Shore

Names:

8

IDLEWILD

Begin: KY 20, .3 mi W of Idlewild
End: I-275 & Garrison Cr Rd, 1.3 mi N of Idlewild

1.22 mi, all Boone

FRANCISVILLE to MAYSVILLE

Begin: along Terrell Rd, 3.9 mi NW of Francisville
End: Biz US 62, Maysville

78.67 mi:

Cities: Villa Hills, Bromley, Ludlow, Covington, Newport, Bellevue, Dayton, Ft Thomas, Silver Gr, Melbourne, Mentor, Foster, Augusta, Dover, Maysville

Names:

Major bridges: Veterans Mem Br (Licking River, Covington-Newport)

Old:

IRWIN to SOUTH PORTSMOUTH

Begin: Concord-Trinity Rd, Irwin
End: US 23, 1 mi E of S Portsmouth

39.933 mi:

Cities: Concord, Vanceburg

Names:

Old: KY 10 (KY 3037, Vanceburg-end)

KY 8 mostly follows the Ohio River in Northern Kentucky or runs along the streets of various river towns. KY 8 has 3 separate parts that do not connect. There may have once been plans to connect them.

The first and shortest part of KY 8 includes the road from KY 20 to I-275 near Idlewild. This mile-long road could be an extension of KY 338, unless the number 338 is sacred or something. Contrary to what some maps show, there is no road running north from I-275 to connect this with the next section of KY 8.

The second - by far the longest - part of KY 8 begins in northern Boone County as what newer maps label as Terrell Road. Terrell Road continues unnumbered from here in this secluded area and trails off into a dead end. It's an eerie feeling to go to the junction with KY 237 and see a full-fledged highway, complete with KY 8 markers, marked with a NO OUTLET sign. KY 8 from the start of the second section to the current KY 20 was once KY 296 or 298 (though the 1950 county map is too blurry to tell whether it's 296 or 298). From the beginning of the second section, KY 8 runs along the river to Ludlow and then into Covington. Up until about 1956, KY 20 used what is now KY 8 from KY 20's present end to downtown Covington. KY 8 continues through the cities across from Cincinnati and through a seemingly rural area along the river, although this is within the city of Fort Thomas. (KY 8 does not actually enter the town of California, as the town is a few blocks from KY 8.) The road runs along the river to Maysville.

Much of the Francisville-Maysville KY 8 is signed with fluorescent green bike warning signs, despite less-than-ideal conditions for bicyclists. Traffic in some rural areas has increased sharply in recent years, and much of the road lacks shoulders. (My old bike that got stolen after 2 months malfunctioned on KY 8 in Dayton or Fort Thomas, and disaster was narrowly averted.)

Pooing is cool.

Following another gap, the third section of KY 8 begins in Irwin and runs along the river. It used to end in Vanceburg, but now it continues along what used to be part of KY 10 until 1994.

8C

Begin: KY 10, .8 mi SW of Quincy
End: KY 8, .7 mi SW of Quincy

.127 mi, all Lewis

Renumbered from KY 10C in 1994. The AA Highway used to effectively end with the inclusion of KY 10C.

SPUR 8

Begin: KY 8, .1 mi SW of S Portsmouth
End: .23 mi past OH state line (Ohio River), .9 mi W of Portsmouth OH city line (bec OH 852)

.61 mi, all Greenup+

Major bridges: Carl Perkins Mem Br (Ohio River)

Spur KY 8 includes the Carl Perkins Memorial Bridge, which opened in 1988, all the way to the north end of the span, which is over Ohio land. Used to be Spur KY 10 before 1994, when this part of KY 10 became KY 8. It is reportedly also Truck US 23, though this is not a state-issued designation.

9

Known as the John Y. Brown Jr. Alexandria-Ashland (AA) Highway from the beginning to I-275 in Wilder

Begin: KY 1, .2 mi N of Grayson city line
End: KY 8 & Central Av, Newport

114.146 mi:

Uses: US 62 (Maysville)

Cities: Vanceburg, Maysville, Alexandria, Cold Spr, Wilder, Newport

Names:

KY 9 used to include only Licking Pike in Campbell County and some city streets in Newport. It has since added the AA Highway and its branch to Grayson. The AA now makes up the bulk of KY 9.

I know the AA was completed from Cold Spring to Quincy in late 1990, because my caravan of counterculture cohorts was among the first to drive on it. It was numbered KY 546 then. Built to modern standards with wide shoulders, the AA is mostly 2-lane, except in Campbell County and Maysville where it is a divided 4-lane. It even has a freeway-style interchange at US 27 (numbered as exit 14, a lonely numbered exit). The AA Highway does have a high accident rate and seems to be prone to fog. The branch from Vanceburg to Grayson began in the mid-'90s as KY 694 - but in 1994 (apparently before completion of the Grayson branch) the KY 9 designation was extended along the AA from Wilder to Grayson, while most of the former KY 9 south of the AA became KY 915.

Newport leaders have threatened to design a new KY 9 along the Licking River to KY 8, which would wipe out that neighborhood's industrial charm (though what is thought to be the last yellow stop sign in Northern Kentucky was eliminated in 2005 or 2006).

The Licking Pike stretch of KY 9 was one of the area's first state routes, shown on maps by 1930. (Was this a continuation of OH 9, the present-day US 127? And since US 27 in Northern Kentucky was US 25E in the 1920s, did KY 9 continue south to US 25W in Tennessee, which is also TN 9?)

10

Known as the John Y. Brown Jr. Alexandria-Ashland (AA) Highway from KY 9 in Lewis County to the end

Begin: KY 915, 1 mi SW of Alexandria city line
End: OH state line (Ohio River), 1.6 mi SE of Grays Branch (bec OH 253)

91.961 mi:

Uses:

Cities: Alexandria, Brooksville, Germantown, Maysville

Names:

Major bridges:

Much of KY 10 was built in the 1920s. It once ran concurrent with US 27 from Newport to Alexandria - and well into the 1990s, many maps still showed KY 10 along that route, although KY 10 was in fact removed from US 27 so long ago that I don't even remember it. Through much of recent history KY 10 has begun at what is now KY 915, although from 1984-96 it continued past there and along what is now KY 536 to Visalia using the Al Schneider Bridge. Until 1982 it ran along the present KY 3056 to Maysville.

The Grays Branch leg of the AA Highway was added to KY 10 in 1994, causing the old KY 10 to be renumbered KY 8. This part of KY 10 crosses Greenup Dam to Ohio.

It was reported that, in addition to running from Newport to near Ashland, a 1929 map also showed KY 10 using what is now US 42 from Louisville to Covington. Most of KY 10 was gravel back then, and some of it was a dirt road.

Kenton 1996 - Left Kenton County when KY 536 was extended to Campbell County.

KY 10C - Lewis 1994 - KY 10C of 1988-94 became KY 8C in the great AA Highway renumbering.

SPUR KY 10 - Greenup 1994 - The Carl Perkins Memorial Bridge. Spur KY 10 of 1988-94 became Spur KY 8 in the '94 renumbering.

11

Begin: KY 92, 1.5 mi NW of Carpenter
End: Biz US 62, Maysville

170.786 mi:

Uses:

Cities: Barbourville, Booneville, Beattyville, Stanton, Clay City, Mt Sterling, Sharpsburg, Flemingsburg, Maysville

Names:

Old: Byp KY 11 (Biz KY 11 & KY 32, Flemingsburg-Biz KY 11, Fleming Co)

BYP KY 11 - Fleming 1986 - The Flemingsburg Bypass before KY 11 was moved from town streets to the bypass.

BIZ 11

Begin: KY 11 & 32, Flemingsburg
End: KY 11, .4 mi N of Flemingsburg city line

2.184 mi, all Fleming

Cities: Flemingsburg

Names:

Old: KY 11

Established in 1986 when KY 11 was moved from here to the bypass. The bypass had been added as Byp KY 11 in 1982.

12

Begin: KY 43, .7 mi NW of Mulberry
End: Franklin/Henry co line, 1.7 mi N of Polsgrove

21.285 mi:

Names:

13

Begin: Bourbon/Nicholas co line, .6 mi S of Taylor
End: KY 36, Carlisle

5.516 mi, all Nicholas

Cities: Carlisle

My 1964 Rand McNally Road Atlas says KY 13 used what is now KY 57 from Lexington to North Middletown and other roads to the current KY 13.

14

Begin: US 42, .2 mi NE of Hume
End: KY 177 & Rich Rd, .1 mi SW of Morning View

17.2 mi:

Uses: US 25 (Walton-Bracht)

Cities: Walton

Names:

15

Begin: US 119 & Biz KY 15, Whitesburg
End: US 60, Winchester

113.385 mi:

Uses:

Cities: Whitesburg, Vicco, Hazard, Jackson, Campton, Clay City, Winchester

Names:

BIZ 15

WHITESBURG

Begin: US 119 & KY 15, Whitesburg
End: KY 15, Whitesburg

2.838 mi, all Letcher

Cities: Whitesburg

Names:

HAZARD

Begin: KY 15, Hazard
End: KY 15, Hazard

2.306 mi, all Perry

Cities: Hazard

Names:

Whitesburg's Biz KY 15 used to be mainline KY 15 until 1982 when KY 15 moved to the bypass.

15C

Begin: KY 15, Whitesburg
End: Biz KY 15 & College Dr, Whitesburg

.24 mi, all Letcher

Cities: Whitesburg

Names: Depot St

Added in 1982 when the bypass became KY 15. Forms a "Kentucky loop" that goes under (not over) KY 15.

SPUR 15

Begin: KY 15 & 191, Campton
End: Bert T Combs Mountain Pkwy, .9 mi NW of Campton city line

1.236 mi, all Wolfe

Cities: Campton

Names: Hazard Rd

16

Begin: US 127, .2 mi N of Glencoe city line
End: KY 17 & 26th St, Covington

30.905 mi:

Uses: KY 14, US 25 (Verona-Walton)

Cities: Walton, Independence, Taylor Mill, Covington

Names:

KY 16 in Covington was once much different: It apparently ran along 35th and Rogers Street to KY 17.

17

Begin: US 27, 1.2 mi N of Elizabethville
End: .07 mi past OH state line (Ohio River), Cincinnati OH

34.66 mi:

Uses:

Cities: Independence, Erlanger, Edgewood, Ft Wright, Covington

Names:

Major bridges: John A Roebling Suspension Br (Ohio River, Covington)

What?! A Kentucky state route in Ohio?! Yes indeedy, my friends, KY 17 uses the historic Roebling Suspension Bridge to Cincinnati. A 1950 topo map marks this as 3 Kentucky state routes, KY 16/17/177, in addition to US 25/42 (even though the C&O Bridge is also shown as US 25/42). (KY 16 now ends at a treacherous 5-way junction with KY 17, and KY 177 ends at a similar 5-way intersection with KY 16.) Kentucky maintenance of the Suspension Bridge ends about where it crosses over Mehring Way, although the approach continues to Theodore M. Berry Way. It wasn't long ago that the span led inside a downtown building: Dixie Terminal, then the epicenter of TANK, Northern Kentucky's ever-deteriorating bus system. I have fond memories of skipping school on Wednesdays in 12th grade and terrorizing Dixie Terminal.

Also, a few Truck KY 17 signs can be spotted on Covington's Madison Avenue, though this is not a state designation. Mainline KY 17 along Greenup or Scott has some clearances that are too low for some trucks. One of these low clearances once sheared the top off a milk truck.

In 2007 the state bowed to the demands of an upscale Covington neighborhood by rerouting KY 17 onto different streets: Northbound used to run on Sterrett, Scott, Wallace, and Greenup; southbound ran on Scott, Wallace, and Madison. North and south nearly crossed at a traffic island at Wallace & Scott. This part of KY 17 was rerouted onto 20th.

18

Begin: KY 338, 1.7 mi NE of Rabbit Hash
End: KY 1017 & Curtis Av, Florence

16.632 mi, all Boone

Cities: Florence

Names:

KY 18 uses Washington Street in unincorporated Burlington and runs on a divided highway from Burlington to Florence. KY 18 ends at Turfway Road, opposite Curtis Avenue, which is where some idiot ran a red light and almost hit me, causing her to flail her arms like it was my fault. KY 18 had been rerouted to this point and away from the old part of Florence in 1986.

Although KY 18 is not a freeway, Northern Kentucky's first SPUI is planned at the junction with KY 237. A transportation official called the proposed interchange "cool."

19

Begin: US 62, .3 mi NE of Claysville
End: KY 8 & Minerva Rd, Augusta

19.88 mi:

Uses: KY 10 (Powersville-Brooksville)

Cities: Brooksville, Augusta

Names:

The part of KY 19 that officially counts with Harrison County actually runs right on the Robertson County line.

20

Begin: KY 18, .8 mi N of Belleview
End: KY 8, .5 mi SE of Stringtown [Boone Co]

20.596 mi, all Boone

Names:

KY 20 runs to Petersburg, where it uses 3rd Street. KY 20 has one bear of a hill down to Stringtown and Constance - where, according to a 1950 topo map, KY 20 used to continue to Covington along what is now KY 8.

21

Begin: KY 52, 2.5 mi SW of Happy Landing
End: Madison/Jackson co line, 2.1 mi E of Bighill

16.172 mi, all Madison

Uses:

Cities: Berea

Names:

22

Begin: US 42, .3 mi NE of Northfield city line, Louisville
End: KY 10, .1 mi N of Willow

100.991 mi:

Uses:

Cities: Louisville, Barbourmeade, Orchard Grass Hills, Pewee Valley, Crestwood, Eminence, Pleasureville, Gratz, Owenton, Dry Ridge, Williamstown, Falmouth

Names:

Major bridges: Kentucky River, Gratz

The west end of KY 22 was rerouted in 2005 away from Northfield and along Seminary Drive.

BIZ 22

Begin: KY 22, Dry Ridge
End: Biz US 25, Dry Ridge (uses Biz US 25 to reconnect with KY 22)

.336 mi, all Grant

Cities: Dry Ridge

Names: Broadway St

Old: KY 22

KY 22 was moved to the new bypass in 2005, and in 2006 the bypassed part of KY 22 became Biz KY 22.

24

Doesn't exist now that I-24 pilfered its number. As late as 1964 it appeared on maps running from US 62 in Mason County to KY 2 at Carter.

26

Begin: US 25W, .5 mi NE of Williamsburg city line
End: US 25W, Corbin

14.319 mi, all Whitley

Cities: Corbin

Names:

KY 26 (which parallels a rail line) is shorter than the corresponding stretch of US 25W, which veers westward aimlessly. In fact, KY 26 used to be US 25W. Aren't you thrilled?

28

Begin: KY 30 & Mulberry St, Booneville
End: KY 15, .9 mi E of Grapevine

36.23 mi:

Cities: Booneville, Buckhorn

Names: S Court St (Booneville)

29

Begin: High Bridge Rd & Lock #7 Rd, .4 mi SW of High Bridge
End: Biz US 27 & KY 39, Nicholasville

10.658 mi (excl bridge over Norfolk Southern RR [.021 mi]), all Jessamine

Uses: US 68

Cities: Wilmore, Nicholasville

Names:

From its current beginning near the Kentucky River, KY 29 used to cross a ferry and continue to US 68 at Shakertown.

30

Begin: Hal Rogers Pkwy & KY 354, London
End: US 460, .5 mi W of Salyersville city line

99.029 mi:

Uses:

Cities: London, Annville, Booneville, Jackson

Names:

32

Begin: US 62, Georgetown
End: KY 3, Louisa

161.979 mi:

Uses:

Cities: Georgetown, Sadieville, Cynthiana, Carlisle, Flemingsburg, Morehead, Sandy Hook, Blaine, Louisa

Names:

Old:

In 2003, KY 32 added Champion Way in Georgetown, so KY 32 starts off running northwest for 15 miles before running east for 150 miles (using Pike Street through Sadieville).

BIZ 32

Begin: KY 11 & 32, Flemingsburg
End: KY 32, 1.4 mi SE of Flemingsburg city line

3.547 mi, all Fleming

Uses: Biz KY 11 (Flemingsburg)

Cities: Flemingsburg

Names:

As with Biz KY 11, Biz KY 32 was established in 1986 when KY 32 was moved from the town to the bypass.

32C

Begin: KY 32, 1.2 mi W of Louisa city line
End: US 23, 1.3 mi W of Louisa city line

.123 mi, all Lawrence

Because KY 32 passes under US 23 instead of meeting at-grade, KY 32C, which was added in 1990, serves as a short connecting road here.

33

Begin: US 127 & 150, Danville
End: US 62 & Morgan St, Versailles

27.733 mi (excl bridge over Norfolk Southern RR, Burgin [.017 mi]):

Uses: US 68 (Mercer Co-Jessamine Co)

Cities: Danville, Burgin, Versailles

Names:

34

Begin: US 68, N Fork
End: US 27, .2 mi S of Camp Dick Robinson

20.603 mi:

Uses: US 150 (Danville)

Cities: Danville

Names:

Major bridges: Herrington Lk, Boyle Co-Garrard Co

Old: US 68 (begin-KY 1894, Boyle Co)

35

Begin: US 127, .1 mi S of Bromley [Owen Co]
End: US 42, Warsaw

12.833 mi:

Cities: Sparta, Warsaw

Names:

36

Begin: US 421, Milton
End: US 460 & Cannoy Dr, Frenchburg

120.271 mi:

Uses:

Cities: Milton, Carrollton, Sanders, Williamstown, Cynthiana, Carlisle, Owingsville, Frenchburg

Names:

KY 36 is one of the longer but also one of the more rural state routes. Though partially superseded by the cardinal designation of US 42, it follows the Ohio River from Milton to Carrollton.

37

Begin: KY 243, 2.2 mi W of Forkland
End: Byp US 127, Danville

18.73 mi, all Boyle

Cities: Junction City, Danville

Names:

38

Begin: US 421, Harlan
End: VA state line, 1.4 mi E of Clover Fork (bec SEC 624)

29.519 mi, all Harlan

Cities: Harlan, Evarts

Names:

Follows the Clover Fork River and a rail line.

39

SOMERSET to KENTUCKY RIVER

Begin: KY 1247, Somerset
End: KY 563 & Buckeye Rd, .9 mi NW of Gums Chapel

50.61 mi:

Uses:

Cities: Somerset, Crab Orchard, Lancaster

Names:

KENTUCKY RIVER to NICHOLASVILLE

Begin: dead end (Kentucky River), 2.3 mi SE of Hickman [Jessamine Co]
End: Biz US 27 & KY 29, Nicholasville

9.404 mi, all Jessamine

Cities: Nicholasville

Names:

According to maps, KY 39 has no crossing at the Kentucky River, thus making it two separate roads even before part of the stretch that dead-ended on the south bank of the river was dropped as a state highway in 2005.

40

Begin: US 460 & Church St, Salyersville
End: WV state line (Tug Fork River), .4 mi SE of Warfield city line

50.719 mi:

Uses: KY 3 (Inez)

Cities: Salyersville, Paintsville, Inez, Warfield

Names:

Major bridges: Tug Fork River, Martin Co

I was on KY 40 in Martin County once back in 2000 to hunt down some fascist who kept sending me harassing e-mail. KY 40 ends at a bridge to Miss Piggy, I mean Kermit, WV.

BIZ KY 40 - Johnson 1996 - Became KY 40 in Paintsville (a rare instance of a business loop becoming the mainline). Also, part of US 460 and Biz US 23 became KY 40. What had been part of KY 40 became KY 2333 and 1428.

43

Begin: KY 55 & 2268, .1 mi N of Shelbyville city line
End: US 421, 1.3 mi NW of Elmburg

12.535 mi, all Shelby

Names: Cropper Rd

44

Begin: US 31W, 1.2 mi SW of Kosmosdale, Louisville
End: US 62 & 127, Lawrenceburg

70.193 mi:

Cities: Louisville, Shepherdsville, Mt Washington, Taylorsville, Lawrenceburg

Names:

46

Begin: KY 52 & Nelsonville Ln, Nelsonville
End: KY 49, .8 mi N of Mahoneys Store

11.243 mi, all Nelson

Uses: US 31E

Names:

47

Begin: KY 36 & Sanders-Sparta Rd, Sanders
End: US 42, Ghent

9.851 mi:

Cities: Sanders, Ghent

48

Begin: US 31E, High Gr
End: US 62 & KY 55, Bloomfield

11.04 mi:

Cities: Fairfield, Bloomfield

Names:

49

Begin: KY 70 & 2312, Liberty
End: US 150, Bardstown

57.042 mi:

Cities: Liberty, Bradfordsville, Lebanon, Loretto, Bardstown

Names:

50

Remember back in the '80s when they had those radio ads where they'd sing, "Man-O-War...In your mailbox..."? Well, around that time, KY 50 was Man-O-War Boulevard in Lexington. This is an important road - of rather recent vintage - that forms a semicircle for 15 miles on Lexington's south side. The east end of this road is now KY 1425.

US 421 from Frankfort to Lexington was known as KY 50 until the 1940s.

52

Begin: US 62, 1 mi SW of Boston [Nelson Co]
End: KY 30, .4 mi E of Elkatawa

128.357 mi:

Uses:

Cities: New Haven, Loretto, Danville, Lancaster, Richmond, Irvine, Ravenna, Beattyville

Names:

53

Begin: KY 555, 2.1 mi SW of Willisburg city line
End: US 42, .4 mi NW of Russell Corner

50.241 mi:

Uses:

Cities: Willisburg, Shelbyville, La Grange

Names:

54

Begin: US 431 & KY 81, Owensboro
End: US 62 & Main St, Leitchfield

54.329 mi:

Cities: Owensboro, Whitesville, Fordsville, Leitchfield

Names:

55

Begin: US 127, Freedom
End: US 42, Prestonville

113.18 mi:

Uses:

Cities: Columbia, Campbellsville, Lebanon, Springfield, Bloomfield, Taylorsville, Shelbyville, Eminence, Prestonville

Names:

Major bridges: Green River, Taylor Co

SPUR 55

Begin: US 68 & Spalding Av, Lebanon
End: KY 55, Lebanon

.255 mi, all Marion

Cities: Lebanon

Names: N Spalding Av

56

Begin: .179 mi past IL state line (Ohio River), Old Shawneetown IL (bec IL 13)
End: KY 81, .8 mi W of Owensboro city line

61.52 mi:

Uses:

Cities: Morganfield, Sebree

Names:

Major bridges:

KY 56 is unusual because - even though it's a Kentucky state route - it actually begins in Illinois, using an Ohio River bridge to Kentucky. Also, the bridge at the Green River was marked as toll on an official county map as of 1999. Doesn't that just spoil your day? However it's no longer toll. I think KY 56 is the road that had wet grass all over it during my 2002 trip to the Western U.S. (the same trip where iced tea got dumped in a Coke dispenser at Wall Drug).

57

LEXINGTON to LICKING RIVER

Begin: KY 4 & Bryan Av, 2.7 mi NE of downtown Lexington
End: dead end (Licking River), .2 mi NE of Upper Blue Licks

43.786 mi:

Uses:

Cities: Lexington, N Middletown

Names:

LICKING RIVER to CONCORD

Begin: 800' N of Nicholas Co line (Licking River), .8 mi SW of Sapp
End: KY 8, Concord

35.062 mi:

Uses:

Cities: Flemingsburg, Concord

Names:

What would be a much more useful road is r00ined by the lack of a crossing at the Licking River - making KY 57 two separate dead ends. A USGS topo map from the 1980s marks a ford at the river, but I wouldn't be sure of this.

58

Begin: dead end (Mississippi River), .4 mi NW of Columbus city line
End: US 68, .2 mi SE of Briensburg

46.826 mi:

Uses:

Cities: Columbus, Clinton, Mayfield, Benton

Names:

The part of KY 58 that continued to the Big Bear Creek area off Kentucky Lake was dropped as a state route in 1997. Also, it is not clear whether there is still a ferry to carry KY 58 across the Mississippi River to Missouri - effectively continuing KY 80 (which ends nearby) as MO 80 - though an older map shows a toll ferry.

59

Begin: KY 2, .8 mi NW of Armstrong Hill
End: KY 8 & 2525, Vanceburg

26.039 mi:

Cities: Vanceburg

Names:

A great road that deserves sheer praise for its element of adventure. The only time I remember being on KY 59 was well after dark one night, when oncoming cars seemed to pop out of nowhere from behind the many blind curves.

61

Begin: TN state line, 1.6 mi SW of Peytonsburg (bec TN 53)
End: US 31E, .4 mi E of downtown Louisville

120.822 mi:

Uses:

Cities: Burkesville, Columbia, Elizabethtown, Lebanon Jct, Shepherdsville, Pioneer Village, Hillview, Lynnview, Louisville

Names:

Major bridges: Cumberland River, Cumberland Co

KY 61 is one of the longest Kentucky state routes but is noteworthy for a short stretch of interesting urban engineering in Louisville, as it has a one-way couplet that merges with I-65 for about a block (passing over a rail line in the process).

63

Begin: TN state line, .8 mi S of Gamaliel city line (bec SEC 56)
End: Biz US 31E & College St, Glasgow

35.783 mi:

Cities: Gamaliel, Tompkinsville, Glasgow

Names:

66

Begin: US 25E & Pine St, Pineville
End: KY 11, .2 mi SW of Oneida

54.396 mi:

Uses: US 421 (Clay Co)

Cities: Pineville

Names:

Before a gravel section was paved in 1990, KY 66 was the only 2-digit state route not completely paved.

67

Begin: I-64, 7.8 mi NE of Seney
End: KY 3105, Wurtland

14.219 mi:

Cities: Wurtland

Names: Industrial Pkwy

The old KY 67, which ran north from Bowling Green, is now KY 185, and theories abound as to why it was renumbered - the most likely one being that I-24 may have been proposed as I-67 and stole its number. Around 2000, KY 67 was reborn as the new Industrial Parkway outside Ashland. KY 67 opened little by little until its completion in 2003.

69

Begin: Equality-Kinchloe Bluff Rd, 2.5 mi S of Smallhaus
End: .165 mi past IN state line (Ohio River), Cannelton IN

51.476 mi:

Uses:

Cities: Centertown, Hartford, Fordsville, Hawesville

Names:

Major bridges: Bob Cummings-Lincoln Trail Br (Ohio River, Hawesville)

An oddity of KY 69 is that it exists in Indiana, as it uses the Bob Cummings-Lincoln Trail Bridge for several blocks into that state. The toll on this bridge was abolished in the late 1990s.

70

SMITHLAND to CUMBERLAND RIVER

Begin: US 60, Smithland
End: KY 866 & Tiline-Dycusburg Rd, 2.1 mi E of Tiline

11.386 mi, all Livingston

Cities: Smithland

CUMBERLAND RIVER to MAMMOTH CAVE

Begin: KY 295 & Walnut St, Dycusburg
End: KY 2325 (Mammoth Cave Natl Park line), 1.7 mi E of Arthur

122.623 mi:

Uses:

Cities: Fredonia, Madisonville, Central City, Rochester, Morgantown, Brownsville

Names:

Major bridges: Green River, Brownsville

MAMMOTH CAVE to BRODHEAD

Begin: Mammoth Cave Natl Park line, .5 mi SE of Union City
End: US 150, 1 mi S of Brodhead city line

100.386 mi:

Uses: US 68 (Metcalfe Co-Campbellsville)

Cities: Cave City, Hiseville, Campbellsville, Liberty, Eubank

Names:

What would otherwise be one of the longest Kentucky state routes is split twice - once by the Cumberland River with no crossing and again by Mammoth Cave National Park, where KY 70 is linked by a stretch that is unnumbered because it's not under state jurisdiction. One mapping program shows a ferry at the Cumberland River to fill that gap in KY 70, but there probably hasn't been a ferry there in many years. (Two of the 3 separate parts of KY 70 are over 100 miles.)

71

Became US 231.

72

BLACKMONT to ALVA

Begin: US 119 & Old US 119, .2 mi N of Blackmont
End: Rockhouse Branch Rd, .4 mi SE of Alva

8.042 mi:

LIGGETT to BAXTER

Begin: Liggett
End: KY 413, .4 mi E of Baxter

8.729 mi, all Harlan

Uses: US 421 (Harlan)

Cities: Harlan

Names:

A 1964 road atlas shows no gap in KY 72 between Alva and Liggett. It appears that the now-roadless gap in the mountain-bound KY 72 features a mountaintop and Chunklick Lookout Tower.

73

Begin: TN state line, 1.1 mi S of Rapids
End: KY 1038, 2.5 mi SW of Richelieu

29.399 mi:

Uses: US 31W (Franklin)

Cities: Franklin

Names:

74

Begin: TN state line, .5 mi SW of Pruden (bec SEC 90)
End: US 25E & Cumberland Av, Middlesboro

16.753 mi, all Bell

Cities: Middlesboro

Names:

75

Became US 431.

76

Begin: dead end (Lk Cumberland), 3.2 mi N of Indian Hills
End: KY 70, 1.3 mi N of Elk Horn

35.729 mi:

Uses: US 127 (Sycamore Flat-Webbs Cross Roads)

Names:

77

Begin: KY 11, Nada
End: US 460, .8 mi NW of Mariba

14.221 mi:

Names: Nada Tnl Rd (Powell Co)

Tunnels: Nada Tnl (Powell Co)

78

Begin: KY 49, Jacktown
End: US 150, .7 mi E or Rowland

25.3 mi:

Cities: Hustonville, Stanford

Names:

Old: US 150 (KY 300, Stanford-end)

79

Begin: Biz US 431 & 1st St, Russellville
End: Matthew E Welsh Br, Brandenburg

86.749 mi:

Uses:

Cities: Russellville, Caneyville, Irvington, Brandenburg

Names:

Major bridges:

KY 79 used to be KY 105. It begins close to where US 79 leaves off. KY 79 ends as it feeds into the Matthew E. Welsh Bridge, a toll span over the Ohio River to Indiana. The bridge is not officially part of KY 79, as it is not maintained by Kentucky, and it becomes IN 135. Matthew Welsh was a governor of Indiana who - I swear I'm not making this up - is best known for complaining that the lyrics to "Louie Louie" made his "ears tingle."

80

COLUMBUS to MAYFIELD

Begin: KY 58, Columbus
End: US 45 & KY 58, Mayfield

29.995 mi:

Cities: Columbus, Arlington, Mayfield

Names:

MURRAY to VIRGINIA STATE LINE

Begin: US 641, Murray
End: VA state line, 2 mi E of Elkhorn City city line (bec VA 80)

199.684 mi:

Uses:

Cities: Murray, Edmonton, Columbia, Russell Sprs, Somerset, London, Manchester, Hyden, Hazard, Martin, Elkhorn City

Names:

Major bridges:

We'd like to say KY 80 is over 460 miles long.

But over half of that is concurrent with a U.S. route or a higher-ranked state route - and most of that is part of a 150-mile multiplex with US 68 - so KY 80 carries no official mileage on those stretches. Furthermore, KY 80 has been split into 2 separate parts since 2003. The absence of KY 80 from Mayfield to Murray results from the KY 80 designation being relocated southward and assigned to a new road from Murray to Aurora. This gap can be filled using mostly KY 121.

Even so, the second segment of KY 80, which is officially almost 200 miles, is the longest Kentucky state route (not counting U.S. and Interstate routes). In all, the 2 segments of KY 80 are officially shorter than the 3 segments of KY 70, however.

Rockcastle 1982 - KY 80 was ousted from Rockcastle County when it was moved to a new road, making the old road KY 1956.

BYP 80

Begin: Louie B Nunn Cumberland Pkwy & US 27, Somerset (uses US 27 to reconnect with KY 80)
End: KY 80, Somerset

2.315 mi, all Pulaski

Cities: Somerset

Names: Russell S Dyche Mem Hwy

SPUR 80

Begin: KY 80, Martin
End: KY 1428 & Fire Sta Hill Rd, Martin

.222 mi, all Floyd

Cities: Martin

Composed mostly of a bridge over the rail line and creek through town. Added as a new road in 1982.

81

Begin: US 431, S Carrollton
End: US 431 & KY 54, Owensboro

39.961 mi:

Cities: S Carrollton, Bremen, Sacramento, Calhoun, Owensboro

Names:

Major bridges: Green River, Calhoun

82

Begin: KY 89, Hargett
End: KY 15, Clay City

7.087 mi:

Cities: Clay City

Names:

83

Begin: KY 303 & 2422, Cuba [Graves Co]
End: KY 94, 1.4 mi SW of Tri City

5.018 mi, all Graves

Names: Cuba Sch Rd (begin-KY 1390)

84

Begin: KY 401, .7 mi SW of Hudson
End: KY 49, .6 mi W of Lebanon city line

66.087 mi:

Uses: US 31E (Hodgenville-White City)

Cities: Sonora, Hodgenville, Raywick

Names:

85

Begin: KY 70, 1.7 mi SW of Anton
End: US 62, 1.3 mi N of Rockport city line

31.258 mi:

Uses:

Cities: Sacramento, Island

Names:

Major bridges: Green River, McLean Co-Ohio Co

86

Begin: KY 144 & Old Union Star Rd, .1 mi E of Union Star
End: US 62, 1 mi SE of Cecilia

42.282 mi:

Uses: US 60 (Garfield-Hensley)

Names:

87

GAMALIEL to TENNESSEE STATE LINE

Begin: KY 63, Gamaliel
End: TN state line, .2 mi S of Bugtussle

6.187 mi, all Monroe

Cities: Gamaliel

Names:

TENNESSEE STATE LINE to AUSTIN

Begin: TN state line, 4.2 mi SE of Godfrey
End: US 31E & State Park Rd, 3.3 mi NW of Austin

21.954 mi:

Cities: Fountain Run

Names:

KY 87 used to begin at the Tennessee border, run northwest to Gamaliel, then southwest back to the state line. Then it inexplicably resumed at another point on the state line several miles away and ran north along the Allen/Monroe county line. Now the first part from the state line to Gamaliel is no longer part of KY 87, but KY 87 is still a noncontinuous state route with an odd shape.

88

Begin: US 62, Clarkson
End: KY 61, .5 mi NE of Montgomerys Mill

56.252 mi:

Uses: US 31W (Munfordville-River Oaks)

Cities: Clarkson, Munfordville

Names:

Major bridges: Nolan River Lk, Grayson Co-Hart Co

89

Begin: KY 490, 1.1 mi SE of Lamero
End: KY 627 & Washington St, Winchester

73.447 mi:

Uses:

Cities: McKee, Irvine, Winchester

Names:

90

Begin: KY 70 & Doyle Av, Cave City
End: US 25W, 2.4 mi SW of Deering

118.659 mi:

Uses:

Cities: Cave City, Glasgow, Burkesville, Monticello, Burnside

Names:

Major bridges:

Much of KY 90 is the old (very old) US 37. There is or was an Alt KY 90 signed in Glasgow, but I'm not sure exactly where. There was once a KY 90S in Clinton County: It followed what later became KY 1590, US 127, and KY 558.

BIZ 90

Begin: KY 90 & 3284, Monticello
End: KY 90 & 1275, Monticello

3.535 mi, all Wayne

Cities: Monticello

Names: Main St

SPUR 90

Begin: KY 90, 2.7 mi SW of Deering
End: US 25W, 2.6 mi SW of Deering

.318 mi, all Whitley

Spur KY 90 is almost just a traffic island, connecting KY 90 with US 25W to the south.

91

Begin: US 68 & Buttermilk Rd, Hopkinsville
End: IL state line (Ohio River), 1.4 mi N of Casad (bec IL 1 at ferry)

49.783 mi:

Uses:

Cities: Hopkinsville, Princeton, Marion, Williamsburg

Names:

KY 91 ends at what is reportedly a state-owned free ferry to Cave-In-Rock, IL.

92

JOPPA to LAKE CUMBERLAND

Begin: KY 55, 1.1 mi W of Joppa
End: parking lot, 3.2 mi SE of Jamestown city line

16.682 mi:

Uses: US 127 (Jamestown)

Cities: Jamestown

Names: S Main St (US 127, Jamestown-Jamestown city line)

LAKE CUMBERLAND to FOURMILE

Begin: dead end (Lk Cumberland), 2.2 mi W of Parnell
End: US 25E, .8 mi SW of Fourmile

92.429 mi:

Uses:

Cities: Monticello

Names:

Major bridges: Cumberland River, McCreary Co

Lake Cumberland reams a massive Bazooka hole through KY 92, which has no bridge crossing the lake. The 2 sections of KY 92 used to be connected by a ferry at the Cumberland River, before the lake was formed. The western KY 92 does cross a small causeway and ends on a small island in the lake where it goes around a parking lot.

93

BLACK HAWK to CUMBERLAND RIVER

Begin: KY 139 & 276, Black Hawk
End: KY 810 & 819, Azalea

20.394 mi, all Lyon

Uses: US 62 (Eddyville-Kuttawa)

Cities: Eddyville, Kuttawa

CUMBERLAND RIVER to NEWBERN

Begin: KY 917, .2 mi E of Iuka
End: KY 453, .9 mi SE of Newbern

4.516 mi, all Livingston

Names: Iuka-Corinth Ch Rd (Iuka Tiline Rd-KY 2225)

Despite what some maps say, there does not appear to be any crossing at the Cumberland River to link KY 93.

94

Begin: TN state line (Tennessee Rd), .6 mi SW of Tyler (bec TN 78)
End: KY 80, 2.4 mi S of Aurora

78.333 mi:

Uses: US 45 (Hickman Co-Water Valley)

Cities: Hickman, Water Valley, Murray

Names:

94C

BUDA

Begin: US 51, .3 mi SE of Buda
End: KY 94, Buda

.312 mi, all Fulton

Old: US 51

SHILOH

Begin: KY 94, 2.3 mi SE of Shiloh
End: KY 80, 2.7 mi SE of Shiloh

.385 mi, all Calloway

KY 94C in Buda was established 1996 from an old part of US 51. KY 94C in Shiloh was certified in 2005 with the KY 80 construction.

95

Begin: US 68, 1.1 mi SE of Palma
End: .25 mi N of KY 1523, Calvert City

7.532 mi, all Marshall

Cities: Calvert City

Names: Main St (US 62, Calvert City-KY 1523, Calvert City)

96

Begin: KY 102, Keysburg
End: US 431, Russellville

15.009 mi, all Logan

Cities: Russellville

Names: Orndorff Mill Rd

97

Begin: TN state line (State Line Rd), 2.7 mi S of Bell City (bec SEC 69)
End: KY 121 & Biz KY 121, .3 mi SE of Mayfield city line

18.28 mi, all Graves

98

Begin: KY 100, Scottsville
End: KY 100, .2 mi W of Fountain Run city line

13.921 mi:

Cities: Scottsville

Names:

99

Begin: TN state line, 1.4 mi S of Amos (bec SEC 10)
End: KY 100, Holland

5.667 mi, all Allen

Names: Lafayette Rd

100

Begin: Biz US 68, Russellville
End: KY 90, .1 mi E of Waterview

95.703 mi:

Uses:

Cities: Russellville, Franklin, Scottsville, Fountain Run, Gamaliel, Tompkinsville

Names:

101

Begin: KY 100 & Main St, Scottsville
End: KY 259 & Wells Rd, .2 mi E of Rhoda

30.377 mi:

Uses: US 31W (Warren Co)

Cities: Scottsville, Smiths Gr

Names:

102

Begin: TN state line, 1.7 mi E of Keysburg (bec SEC 161)
End: US 68, Elkton

16.957 mi:

Cities: Elkton

Names:

103

Begin: KY 100, .3 mi SW of Middleton
End: KY 79, Chandlers Chapel

18.07 mi:

Uses: Biz US 68 (Auburn)

Cities: Auburn

Names:

Old: KY 100 (begin-Old KY 100, Simpson Co)

104

Begin: TN state line, 2.8 mi SW of Hammacksville (bec SEC 48)
End: KY 181, .6 mi S of Elkton city line

14.246 mi, all Todd

Uses: US 41 (Trenton)

Cities: Trenton

Names:

105

Begin: KY 79 & 2201, .8 mi W of Axtel
End: Biz US 60, Cloverport

18.345 mi, all Breckinridge

Cities: Cloverport

Names:

106

Begin: KY 181, .9 mi SE of Wilhelmina
End: KY 70, .7 mi NW of Pleasant Hill

34.985 mi:

Uses: US 431 (Lewisburg)

Cities: Lewisburg

Names:

107

Begin: Ft Campbell Military Reservation line, .3 mi SW of LaFayette city line
End: US 431 & Church St, Lewisburg

56.907 mi:

Uses: US 41 (Hopkinsville)

Cities: LaFayette, Hopkinsville, Lewisburg

Names:

At the Fort Campbell line, KY 107 becomes Artillery Road (doo-do-doo-do-deet-doot), which runs to Tennessee.

108

Begin: McQuady-Glen Dean-Falls Of Rough Rd & Brown Farm Rd, Glen Dean
End: KY 261, Planters Hall

6.25 mi, all Breckinridge

Names:

109

Begin: KY 115, .3 mi SW of St Elmo
End: KY 56, The Rocks

80.536 mi:

Uses:

Cities: Hopkinsville, Dawson Sprs, Providence, Clay, Wheatcroft, Sturgis

Names:

Notice that KY 109 begins near St. Elmo. Hahahahaha! ELMO!!!

110

SHREVE to ROUGH RIVER LAKE

Begin: KY 54, Shreve
End: dead end (Rough River Lk), .3 mi S of Fentress Lookout

11.226 mi:

Names: Askin Rd (begin-Askin Rd)

ROUGH RIVER LAKE to McDANIELS

Begin: Camp Green Shores Rd, 2.5 mi W of McDaniels
End: KY 259, 1 mi NW of McDaniels

1.541 mi, all Breckinridge

KY 110 is split by an unusual 1.2-mile gap at Rough Rider, oops, Rough River Lake where there is no crossing. The lake here does have an island, however.

111

Begin: US 60, .5 mi E of Owingsville city line
End: KY 32, 2 mi NW of Bluebank

21.22 mi:

Major bridges: Licking River, Bath Co-Fleming Co

112

Begin: US 62, .4 mi W of Ilsley Sta
End: US 41 & Main St, Earlington

9.758 mi, all Hopkins

Cities: Earlington

Names:

113

Begin: KY 805, Kona
End: .417 mi NW of Indian Cr Rd, 1.9 mi NW of Craftsville

4.458 mi, all Letcher

Names: Millstone-Democrat Rd (Old Kona Rd-end)

114

Begin: US 460, .4 mi E of Burning Fork
End: KY 1428, Prestonsburg

17.543 mi:

Cities: Prestonsburg

Old: US 23 (US 23, Prestonsburg-end)

KY 114 is the shortest and most highly acclaimed route from Salyersville to Prestonsburg - picking up near where the Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway leaves off.

Clark/Powell/Wolfe/Morgan/Magoffin 1985 - KY 114 used to actually include the Bert - which was renumbered KY 114 from "secret" KY 9000 and 9009 in 1985, then renumbered KY 402 some 4 months later (reverting to KY 9000 and 9009 in 1990). Both the Bert and the present KY 114 (despite being a surface road) were reportedly signed as both routes concurrently all the way to Prestonsburg. (However, I don't remember seeing the Bert signed as KY 114 or 402.)

115

Begin: TN state line, Oak Gr
End: US 68A, Fairview [Christian/Todd Co]

16.724 mi:

Cities: Oak Gr, Pembroke

Names:

116

Begin: KY 166, 1.7 mi NE of State Line
End: KY 307 & Commercial Av, Fulton

13.726 mi, all Fulton

Cities: Fulton

Names:

KY 116 marks the Tennessee state line, except for the road's westernmost 2 miles and a few blocks on the eastern end.

117

Begin: US 41A & George Hepton Rd, Oak Gr
End: KY 3186, Gracey

18.974 mi, all Christian

Cities: Oak Gr

Names:

118

Begin: US 421, Hyden
End: Hal Rogers Pkwy, .6 mi E of Thousandsticks

3.524 mi, all Leslie

Cities: Hyden

120

Begin: US 60 & KY 91, Marion
End: KY 138 & Main Cross St, Slaughters

38.523 mi:

Cities: Marion, Providence, Slaughters

Names:

121

Begin: TN state line, 4.7 mi SE of New Concord (bec SEC 119)
End: US 51 & Court St, Wickliffe

66.534 mi:

Uses: Biz US 641, KY 94, US 641 (Murray)

Cities: Murray, Mayfield, Wickliffe

Names:

BIZ 121

Begin: KY 97 & 121, .3 mi SE of Mayfield city line
End: KY 58 & 6th St, Mayfield (uses KY 58, US 45 to reconnect with KY 121)

1.981 mi, all Graves

Cities: Mayfield

Names:

Old: KY 121

Formed in 2002 when KY 121 was moved to a new bypass.

122

Begin: KY 114, .1 mi SW of Prestonsburg city line
End: US 460, .5 mi W of Shelbiana

50.423 mi:

Uses: KY 80 (Floyd Co)

Names:

Old: US 23 (KY 610, Pike Co-end)

123

Begin: KY 307, Nichols
End: US 51 & Elsey Av, Bardwell

30.661 mi:

Uses:

Cities: Clinton, Columbus, Bardwell

Names:

124

Begin: KY 139, .1 mi N of Cadiz city line
End: KY 91 & Old Bainbridge Loop, .9 mi W of Bainbridge

14.896 mi:

Names:

125

Begin: TN state line (State Line Rd), .5 mi S of State Line (bec SEC 5)
End: KY 94, Hickman

6.296 mi, all Fulton

Cities: Hickman

Names:

126

Begin: KY 128, 1.1 mi NW of Buffalo [Trigg Co]
End: KY 139, 3.2 mi W of Sims Store

12.886 mi:

Uses: KY 124 (Cerulean)

Names: Hopkinsville Rd (begin-KY 124, Trigg Co)

128

Begin: US 68, 2.8 mi S of Buffalo [Trigg Co]
End: KY 91, Cedar Bluff

17.774 mi:

Uses: KY 126 (Caldwell Co-Sims Store)

Names: Wallonia Rd (begin-KY 276, Trigg Co)

129

Begin: KY 307 & State Line St, Fulton
End: KY 339, .4 mi W of Stubblefield

18.693 mi:

Uses: KY 94 (Graves Co-Pilot Oak)

Cities: Fulton

Names:

KY 129 rests right on the Tennessee state line for about half of its length.

130

Begin: KY 109 & 1257, .5 mi SW of Henshaw
End: dead end (Ohio River), Uniontown

16.016 mi, all Union

Uses: KY 56, US 60 (Morganfield)

Cities: Morganfield, Uniontown

Names:

131

Begin: KY 58, 1.7 mi NE of Mayfield city line
End: US 62, .7 mi N of Reidland

20.817 mi:

Names:

132

Begin: KY 120, 1.8 mi S of Piney
End: KY 56 & Church St, Sebree

30.526 mi:

Uses: KY 109 (Clay)

Cities: Clay, Dixon, Sebree

Names:

133

Begin: along Salem-Dycusburg Rd, 1.2 mi S of Shelbys Store
End: KY 137, .1 mi E of Berry Ferry

18.716 mi, all Livingston

Uses: US 60 (Salem)

Cities: Salem

Names: Salem-Dycusburg Rd (begin-US 60, Salem)

134

Begin: KY 191, Adele
End: US 460, .6 mi NW of Elsie

11.818 mi:

135

Begin: US 60, Burna
End: KY 91, Casad

26.059 mi:

Uses: KY 133 (Livingston Co-Joy)

Cities: Carrsville

Names:

136

ALZEY to GREEN RIVER

Begin: Mt Vernon-Uniontown Rd, 6 mi NW of Alzey
End: dead end (Green River), 4.4 mi SE of Niagara

30.836 mi, all Henderson

Uses:

Cities: Henderson

Names:

Some gravel (1999)

GREEN RIVER to HARTFORD

Begin: Lloyd-Walter Jones Rd, Rangers Landing
End: US 231, 1.5 mi NW of Hartford city line

35.41 mi:

Uses: KY 56 (McLean Co-Beech Gr)

Cities: Calhoun, Livermore

Names:

Another instance of the much-ballyhooed syndrome of Kentucky state routes being split by a river with no crossing. At least 2 mapping programs show KY 136 as having a bridge at the Green River, but official logs and maps confirm there is no crossing to fill this gap.

137

SMITHLAND to BERRY FERRY

Begin: US 60, 2.7 mi N of Smithland city line
End: .111 mi E of Davies Cr, 4.4 mi NE of Berry Ferry

19.753 mi, all Livingston

Names: Old Bayou-Carrsville Rd (KY 133-end)

CARRSVILLE to LOLA

Begin: KY 135, .3 mi E of Carrsville city line
End: KY 133, 2.2 mi NW of Lola

4.645 mi, all Livingston

Names:

KY 137 runs north along the Ohio River in Livingston County before ending at one of the more pointless discontinuities that plague Kentucky state routes. Despite being called Old Bayou-Carrsville Road, this road trails off into a dead end before getting to Carrsville. KY 137 resumes on the other side of Carrsville but goes southeast from there.

138

Begin: KY 132, 1.5 mi NE of Dixon city line
End: US 431, .3 mi SW of Livermore city line

33.369 mi:

Uses: KY 81 (Rumsey)

Cities: Slaughters

Names:

139

Begin: TN state line, 6.8 mi S of Chewing (bec SEC 120)
End: KY 120, 1.6 mi NW of Shady Gr

52.623 mi:

Uses: US 62, KY 91 (Princeton-Caldwell Co)

Cities: Cadiz, Princeton

Names:

140

Begin: KY 256 & Cane Run Rd, Poverty
End: US 231, 1 mi N of Pleasant Ridge

23.246 mi:

Uses: KY 136 (McLean Co)

141

Begin: US 60, Sullivan
End: KY 130 & Cottingham Acres Rd, 1 mi S of Uniontown city line

25.394 mi, all Union

Uses: US 60

Names: St Vincent Rd

142

Begin: US 231, 1.4 mi SE of Masonville
End: KY 144 & Roy Wells Rd, Ensor

10.146 mi, all Daviess

Uses: KY 54 (Philpot-Daviess Co)

Names:

143

Begin: KY 109, Upland
End: KY 109, 1 mi W of W Wheatcroft

11.168 mi, all Webster

Uses: KY 132

Names: Diamond-Fishtrap Rd (begin-KY 132)

144

Begin: US 60, Owensboro
End: US 31W, Radcliff

88.907 mi:

Uses:

Cities: Owensboro, Vine Gr, Radcliff

Names:

145

Begin: US 41A & KY 56, Poole
End: US 60, .4 mi SW of Corydon

8.412 mi:

Names:

146

Begin: US 60, .01 mi S of St Matthews city line, Louisville
End: US 421 & KY 573, New Castle

33.466 mi:

Uses: KY 22 (Crestwood)

Cities: Louisville, St Matthews, Norwood, Lyndon, Anchorage, Pewee Valley, Crestwood, La Grange, New Castle

Names:

147

Begin: US 41, .6 mi E of Elwood
End: KY 370, Onton

3.453 mi, all Webster

Names: Wrightsburg Rd

148

Begin: KY 155, .9 mi W of Fisherville, Louisville
End: KY 44, 2.1 mi SW of Southville

17.203 mi:

Cities: Louisville

Names:

149

Begin: US 421, 1.2 mi W of Boho
End: KY 66 & Dry Branch Rd, 1.3 mi NW of Eriline

10.64 mi, all Clay

Names:

151

Begin: US 127 & Byp US 127, 1.2 mi NW of Lawrenceburg city line
End: US 60, 2.5 mi W of Bridgeport

7.811 mi:

Names:

Old: US 127 (begin-KY 512, Anderson Co)

152

Begin: KY 49, .2 mi N of Loretto city line
End: US 27 & Toddville Rd, Toddville

48.431 mi:

Uses:

Cities: Springfield, Mackville, Harrodsburg, Burgin

Names:

Major bridges: Herrington Lk, Mercer Co-Garrard Co

153

Begin: KY 1861, .5 mi W of Smithfield city line
End: US 42, Sligo

8.509 mi, all Henry

154

Begin: US 27 & Old US 27, .7 mi SE of Grants Lick
End: KY 8, Carntown

9.196 mi:

Names:

A very, very old map (probably 1930s) marked this as KY 536.

155

Begin: KY 55 & 1633, .3 mi N of Elk Cr
End: US 31E & Trevilian Way, .2 mi W of Strathmoor Village city line, Louisville

20.788 mi:

Cities: Jeffersontown, Hurstbourne Acres, Louisville

Names: Taylorsville Rd (KY 148, Louisville-end)

156

Begin: KY 11, .3 mi NE of Tilton
End: KY 32, 1.1 mi NW of Goddard

7.598 mi, all Fleming

Names: Bald Hill Rd (KY 697-Bald Hill Hillsboro Rd)

157

Begin: US 42, .8 mi N of Sligo
End: KY 146 & Harris Av, .2 mi W of New Castle city line

9.77 mi, all Henry

Names: Sulphur Rd (KY 1606-unnamed rd)

The first 2 miles of KY 157 runs right on the Trimble County line but is officially carried with Henry County.

158

Begin: Sunset Rd & Harmon Ln, 2 mi S of Sunset
End: KY 32, .7 mi NW of Hilda

13.983 mi:

Names: Sunset Rd (begin-KY 111, Fleming Co)

159

Begin: KY 22, .1 mi E of Falmouth city line
End: KY 9, 2.7 mi NE of Mt Auburn

12.947 mi, all Pendleton

Uses: KY 10 (Mt Auburn-Pendleton Co)

Names: New Hope Rd (KY 10-end)

What's called either New Hope Road or Mount Auburn-Foster Road was added to KY 159 in 1999.

160

Begin: VA state line (Black Mtn Ridge Rd), 5.5 mi E of Rock House (bec VA 160)
End: KY 1087, Vest

52.109 mi:

Uses: KY 15 (Letcher Co-Cody)

Cities: Lynch, Benham, Cumberland, Hindman

Names:

KY 160 hits the Virginia state line at Black Mountain, the highest point in Kentucky, at 4,145 feet above sea level. Though the peak offers very