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Kentucky Route 70
Map
KY 70; mainline in red, business route in blue
Route information
Maintained by KYTC
Length294.962 mi[1] (474.695 km)
Major junctions
West endFile:US 60.svg US 60 in Smithland
Major intersections
East endFile:US 150.svg US 150 near Brodhead
Location
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountiesLivingston, Crittenden, Caldwell, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Butler, Edmonson, Barren, Metcalfe, Green, Taylor, Casey, Pulaski, Lincoln, Rockcastle
Highway system
  • Kentucky State Highway System
← KY 69→ I-71

Kentucky Route 70 (KY 70) is a long east-east state highway that originates at a junction with U.S. Route 60 (US 60) in Smithland in Livingston County, just east of the Ohio River. The route continues through the counties of Crittenden, Caldwell, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Butler, Edmonson, Barren, Barren, Metcalfe, Green, Taylor, Casey, Pulaski, Lincoln and back into Pulaski again to terminate at a junction with US 150 near Maretburg in Rockcastle.

Route description

Livingston County

Kentucky Route 70 begins in the Livingston County seat of Smithland, Kentucky, originating at a junction with U.S. Route 60 (US 60).[2] It travels eastward to a junction with KY 866, and reaches a dead end at Tiline, along the Cumberland River.[3] KY 70 does not connect from Tiline to Dycusburg since the ferry service at that point was discontinued in 1951.[4][5]

Crittenden and Caldwell counties

KY 70 returns to life at Dycusburg, on the Crittenden County side of the river. KY 295 ends at that same point. KY 70 moves on to join US 641 and KY 91 in southern Crittenden County, and all three routes enters Caldwell County near the community of Fredonia. KY 70 and 91 departs from US 641, and then the two state routes split not too long after. KY 91 goes southeast for Princeton, while KY 70 continues due east to go through mainly rural sections of northern Caldwell County, intersecting KY 293 just northeast of Princeton.[6]

Hopkins and Muhlenberg counties

KY 70 crosses the Tradewater River into Hopkins County. It intersects KY 109 at Beulah, and then reaches Madisonville, the Hopkins County seat. It gets co-signed with US 41 in downtown Madisonville before breaking off and then traverses the Exit 114 interchange of Interstate 69 (I-69) (formerly Edward T. Breathitt Pennyrile Parkway exit 42) on the east side.[7] It intersects KY 85 just east of town before KY 70 enters Muhlenberg County, while KY 85 provides access into McLean County.[8] After entering Muhlenberg County, KY 70 goes through mainly northern areas of that county, including intersections with Kentucky Routes 175, and 181, before reaching the Central City area, where it would join US 431 for a little while.[9] In Central City, US 431 and KY 70 both meet US 62, and then traverse the exit 58 interchange of the Wendell H. Ford Western Kentucky Parkway (also known as the WK Parkway). That interchange was a former toll booth site until the 1987 discontinuation of the WK Parkway's toll plazas.[10] The concurrently running US 431 and KY 70 continues southeastward from Central City through the intersection of KY 176 in Drakesboro, all the way to about 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Drakesboro. Much of US 431's concurrency with KY 70 is designated as part of a Kentucky Scenic Byway.[11][12] KY 70 leaves the US 431 concurrency at that point south of Drakesboro, and provides a scenic drive from there, past the old site of the Rochester Dam before crossing the Mud River into Butler County. Until 2021, steam from the Tennessee Valley Authority's Paradise Coal-firing plant can be seen from the highway between Drakesboro and Rochester.[13]

Butler County

In Butler County, Kentucky Route 70 intersects KY 369 while going through Rochester. It then intersects Kentucky Route 106 (KY 106/Huntsville-Quality Road) not too far southeast of there, and would then go on to the communities of South Hill and Dunbar.[14] Not too far east of Dunbar, KY 70 intersects KY 1468 and enters the city of Morgantown. The route intersects an interchange of I-165, the former William H. Natcher Parkway. That intersection opened during the 1999-2000 fiscal year.[15] Between I-165 and US 231/KY 79, KY 70 is known as Veterans Way and runs concurrently with US 231 Truck and KY 79 Truck.[16]

File:Roundhill, Kentucky.jpg
KY 70's junction with KY 185 in Roundhill

KY 70 runs concurrently with U.S. Route 231 and Kentucky Route 79 from Morgantown, over the Green River into the community of Aberdeen. In Aberdeen, KY 70 actually departs US 231 a little bit after KY 79 does. KY 70 then intersects KY 79 for a final time, continuing east from Aberdeen through Huldeville and Jetson before arriving at Roundhill, where it intersects Kentucky Route 185 at an all-way stop.[17][18]

The Caveland area (Edmonson, Barren, and Metcalfe counties)

File:GRiverBridge.JPG
Bridge carrying KY 70/259 in Brownsville

Immediately after the intersection with KY 185, KY 70 enters Edmonson County, where it runs onward towards the communities of Huff and Windyville before it meets KY 259, and the two routes run concurrently to cross the Green River at Brownsville, the Edmonson County seat. This is KY 70's second crossing of the Green River. The two state routes run concurrently throughout the city of Brownsville, and splits just south of the entrance to the Edmonson County High School on the south side of town.[19][20] Going east from Brownsville, KY 70 is the main route through Mammoth Cave National Park in Edmonson County, including the site of the former town of Elko. While traversing the park, KY 70 runs concurrently with the Mammoth Cave Parkway before entering Barren County. After a brief concurrency with KY 255 from Chaumont to near Highland Springs, KY 70 traverses the exit 53 interchange of I-65, and meeting the western terminus of KY 90 and then crosses US 31W, all three actions occur in Cave City, which is the core part of a tourism hotbed in Barren County because of the close proximity to the Mammoth Cave National Park.[21][22][23]

File:SUNP0249.jpg
Kentucky Route 70's intersection with KY 90 at Cave City, Kentucky

Most of KY 70 from Brownsville to Cave City is designated as part of an official Kentucky Scenic Byway. KY 70 from the Mammoth Cave park's southeast boundary to the junction with KY 90 is part of the Cordell Hull Scenic Byway, most of which is the core route of the annual Roller Coaster Yard Sale, which includes parts of KY 90 and KY 63 in the southern part of the state.[24] After departing Cave City, KY 70 goes further east to cross U.S. Route 31E at Griderville, and heads for Hiseville, and then crosses into the northern part of Metcalfe County.[25][26] After KY 70's entrance into Metcalfe County, it goes through Sulphur Well, and then beyond that point, KY 70 joins US 68.[27]

Green and Taylor counties

Both KY 70 and U.S. Route 68 begins a concurrency going through northern Metcalfe County before entering Green County and go through Exie, and Greensburg to cross the Green River (this is KY 70's third Green River crossing). After running a concurrency with a third route, KY 61, US 68/KY 70 continues east into Taylor County, where it transitions from Central into the Eastern time zone. In Campbellsville, KY 70's companionship with US 68 ends, and KY 70 goes back to being a standalone highway. KY 70 is replaced with KY 55, which joined US 68 on the west side of Campbellsville, in terms of concurrency with US 68 for its course to Lebanon.[28] KY 70, alone, continues eastward through eastern Taylor County to Elk Horn and Mannsville.[29]

Casey, Lincoln, Pulaski, and Rockcastle counties

Kentucky Route 70 reaches Casey County, where it reaches Liberty, cross the Green River for a fourth time, and intersect US 127.[30] After that KY 70 crosses the Green River for a fifth and final time, and traverses mainly rural areas of Casey, and then parts of southern Lincoln and northern Pulaski Counties. US 27 crosses KY 70 near Eubank, just north of Science Hill. KY 70 ends at its eastern terminus at a junction with US 150 near the Rockcastle County community of Broadhead, just west of Mount Vernon. [31]

Points of interest along the route

History

Before 1980

Kentucky Route 70 was one of the many charter routes when the Kentucky State Highway system was first started in the 1920s and 1930s[37] East of Cave City, KY 70 originally ran concurrently with US 31E from Griderville, into Hart County to Hardyville, and followed KY 88's present-day route to Greensburg.[38] KY 70 between Griderville and Greensburg was rerouted to its current alignment via Hiseville and Sulphur Well no later than 1936. At Dycusburg, KY 70 connected from Livingston County into southern Crittenden County via a ferry crossing on the Cumberland River. Ferry service in Dycusburg was discontinued in 1951.[4][5][39][40] In the Mammoth Cave area, parts of KY 70 was rerouted onto a more direct route between Brownsville and Cave City at sometime in the early half of the 1970s. The route originally ran onto the present-day Joppa Ridge Road, the first mile of Green River Ferry Road, a small portion of the Mammoth Cave Parkway (South Entrance Road) near the Visitors Center, and Cave City Road within the park, as well as the final 2 miles (3.2 km) of KY 255's designation north of Highland Springs.[41][42][43] A 1950 highway planning survey conducted by the Kentucky Department of Highways and the United States Department of Agriculture showed that the segment between KY 70's original eastern entrance to Mammoth Cave National Park and its crossing of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in downtown Cave City was the most heavily traveled segment of the route.[44]

Recent route changes and improvements

The low underpass under railroad tracks near Eubank just west of the US 27 junction has been closed and bypassed with a highway overpass just north of old route. The new roadway is wider and has no restrictions. Improvements were completed in Liberty in early 2013 to widen KY 70 from near Green River bridge, to Connector Road, as part of the Dry Ridge Hill reconstruction project. Future plans include major upgrades further east past the Casey County High School with improvements ending near KY 501. Reconstruction of KY 70 west of Liberty from KY 1547 to KY 206 area near Creston. Further plans would create a more direct route for KY 70 to connect Liberty to Campbellsville.

Bear Creek Bridge Closure (2024)

In January 2024, the KYTC announced that the bridge over Bear Creek just east of the KY 187 junction in the Huff community of Edmonson County would be closed for three months, beginning February 5, for a bridge replacement project.[45][46][47]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
LivingstonSmithland0.0000.000File:US 60.svg US 60Western terminus
​6.85011.024File:South plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 2232.svg KY 2232 south (Sugar Creek Road)		Northern terminus of KY 2232
​11.38618.324File:South plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 866.svg KY 866 south (Paradise Road)/Tyline Road		KY 70 ends in Livingston County at this point
Gap in route due to closure of ferry (Tyline Road follows former KY 70 route east to river)
CrittendenDycusburg11.38618.324File:South plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 295.svg KY 295 south		Northern terminus of KY 295; KY 70 continues at this point
​11.82219.026File:East plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 902.svg KY 902 east (Fredonia Road)		Western terminus of KY 902
Frances16.80527.045File:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 855.svg KY 855 north		Begin concurrency with KY 855
​17.38127.972File:South plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 855.svg KY 855 south		End KY 855 concurrency
​File:North plate.svg
File:US 641.svgFile:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 91.svg US 641 north / KY 91 north		Beginning of concurrency with US 641 and KY 91
CaldwellFredonia23.65238.064File:West plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 902.svg KY 902 west (Bakers Lane)		Beginning of KY 902 concurrency
23.77338.259File:East plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 902.svg KY 902 east (Piney Lane)		Ending of KY 902 concurrency
23.99738.619File:South plate.svg
File:US 641.svg US 641 south (Cassidy Avenue)		End of concurrency with US 641
24.48939.411File:Elongated circle 91.svg KY 91 sout2h (Marion Road)End of KY 91 concurrency
Flat Rock29.40847.328File:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 1077.svg KY 1077 north (Rowland Cemetery Road)		Southern terminus of KY 1077
​33.18553.406File:Elongated circle 139.svg KY 139 (Farmersville Road)
Fryer37.93661.052File:South plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 293.svg KY 293 south		Beginning of KY 293 concurrency
​38.92062.636File:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 293.svg KY 293 north		End of KY 293 concurrency
Hopkins​40.97265.938File:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 291.svg KY 291 north (Dalton Road)		Southern terminus of KY 291
​45.24472.813File:West plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 2273.svg KY 2273 west (Fergustown Road)		Eastern terminus of KY 2273
Beulah46.82375.354File:Elongated circle 109.svg KY 109 (Rabbit Ridge Road/Charleston Road)
Richland52.05883.779File:East plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 1337.svg KY 1337 east (Earlington Road)		Western terminus of KY 1337
Madisonville56.97091.684File:West plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 1302.svg KY 1302 west (Pleasant View Road)		Eastern terminus of KY 1302
57.45992.471File:South plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 2274.svg KY 2274 south (Legion Drive)		Northern terminus of KY 2774
58.38093.954File:South plate.svg
File:US 41.svgFile:South plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 481.svg US 41 south (South Main Street) / KY 481 south (East McLaughlin Avenue)		Southern/western end of concurrency with US 41; northern terminus of KY 481
59.10395.117File:North plate.svg
File:US 41.svgFile:West plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 262.svg US 41 north (North Main Street) / KY 262 west (West Center Street)		Northern/eastern end of concurrency with US 41; eastern terminus of KY 262
61.59899.132File:South plate blue.svg
File:I-69.svg I-69 south – Hopkinsville		Exit 114 from SB I-69 & ramps to SB I-69 (formerly the Pennyrile Parkway)
61.74299.364File:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 254.svgFile:To plate blue.svg
File:North plate blue.svg
File:I-69.svg KY 254 north (Brown Road) to I-69 north – Henderson		Exit 114 from NB I-69; ramp to NB I-69 is off KY 254
​64.156103.249File:South plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 1221.svg KY 1221 south (Pond River-Colliers Road)		Northern terminus of KY 1221
​65.199104.928File:East plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 85.svg KY 85 east (Anton Road) – Sacramento		KY 70 turns right (east) along Central City Road here; Anton Road continues straight as KY 85; western terminus of KY 85
​65.310105.106File:South plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 6113.svg KY 6113 south (Bethlehem Lane)		Northern terminus of KY 6113
MuhlenbergEarles75.192121.010File:South plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 175.svg KY 175 south		Beginning of KY 175 concurrency
​74.082119.223File:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 175.svg KY 175 north		Ending of KY 175 concurrency
​78.610126.511File:Elongated circle 181.svgFile:To plate blue.svg
File:Western Kentucky Parkway.svg KY 181 to Western Kentucky Parkway – Greenville
Central City83.055133.664File:North plate.svg
File:US 431.svgFile:East plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 304.svg US 431 north (Phillip Stone Way) / KY 304 east (Front Street)		Northern/western end of concurrency with US 431; western terminus of KY 304
84.430135.877File:West plate.svg
File:US 62.svg US 62 west (Everly Brothers Boulevard)		Western end of concurrency with US 62
84.515136.014File:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 277.svg KY 277 north (West Reservoir Avenue) - Elijah Summers Elementary School, Dokken		Southern terminus of KY 277
85.298137.274File:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 2103.svg KY 2103 north (Ash Street)		Southern terminus of KY 2103
85.889138.225File:East plate.svg
File:US 62.svgFile:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 1031.svg US 62 east (Everly Brothers Parkway) / KY 1031 north (South 2nd Street) – Beaver Dam		Eastern end of concurrency with US 62; KY 1031 follows former routing of US 431; US 62 continues straight ahead while US 431/KY 70 turn right (US 62 to Beaver Dam)
86.589139.351File:West plate blue.svg
File:Western Kentucky Parkway.svg Western Kentucky Parkway west – Paducah		Exit 58 from WB parkway and ramp to WB parkway
86.689139.512File:East plate blue.svg
File:Western Kentucky Parkway.svg Western Kentucky Parkway east – Elizabethtown		Exit 58 from EB parkway and ramp to EB parkway
86.917139.879File:East plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 604.svg KY 604 east		Western terminus of KY 604
​87.629141.025File:South plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 2107.svg KY 2107 south		Northern terminus of KY 2107
​92.115148.245File:Connector plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 2107.svgFile:To plate.svg
File:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 2107.svg KY 2107 Conn. to KY 2107 north		Connector road to KY 2107, primarily for traffic heading south on 431/70
​92.185148.357File:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 2107.svg KY 2107 north		No access to 2107 North from SB 431/70; southern terminus of KY 2107
Drakesboro92.700149.186File:Elongated circle 176.svg KY 176 – Greenville, ParadiseBoulevard = WB, Avenue = EB
Browder94.333151.814File:South plate.svg
File:US 431.svg US 431 south – Dunmor, Lewisburg, Russellville		Southern/eastern end of US 431 concurrency
Ennis98.193158.026File:South plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 2270.svg KY 2270 south		Northern terminus of KY 2270
ButlerRochester103.312166.265File:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 369.svgFile:To plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 1117.svg KY 369 north (Russellville Street) to KY 1117		Southern terminus of KY 369
​105.066169.087File:South plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 106.svg KY 106 south (Huntsville-Quality Road) – Quality - Spartaville, Idlewood		Northern terminus of KY 106
​108.472174.569File:South plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 3205.svg KY 3205 south		Northern terminus of KY 3205
Morgantown112.133180.461File:South plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 2267.svg KY 2267 south (Dunbar-Leetown Road)		Northern terminus of KY 2267
112.709181.388File:West plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 1117.svg KY 1117 west (Provo Road)		Eastern terminus of KY 1117
115.016185.100File:East plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 1468.svg KY 1468 east (Gardner Lane Road)		Western terminus of KY 1468
115.512185.899File:South plate blue.svg
File:I-165.svgFile:South plate.svg
File:Truck plate.svg
File:US 231.svgFile:South plate.svg
File:Truck plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 79.svg I-165 south / US 231 Truck south / KY 79 Truck south – Bowling Green		Exit 27 from southbound I-165 Parkway and ramps to I-165 South; Begin concurrency with US 231 Truck and KY 79 Truck.
115.612186.059File:North plate blue.svg
File:I-165.svg I-165 north – Owensboro		Exit 27 from northbound I-165 and ramps to I-165 North
117.013188.314File:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 403.svgFile:East plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 2162.svg KY 403 north (Logansport Road) / KY 2162 east (Old Logansport Road)		Beginning of brief concurrency of KY 403; western terminus of KY 2162
117.103188.459File:South plate.svg
File:US 231.svgFile:South plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 79.svgFile:South plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 403.svg US 231 south (G.L. Smith Street) / KY 79 south / KY 403 south – Morgantown, Woodbury		Eastern end of the concurrencies with KY 403, US 231 Truck, and KY 79 Truck; southern end of concurrencies with US 231 and KY 79; US 231 Truck and KY 79 Truck ends
​117.847–
118.127		189.656–
190.107		Bridge over the Green River at Morgantown
Aberdeen118.916191.377File:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 79.svg KY 79 north (Caneyville Road) – Caneyville		Northrrn end of KY 79 concurrency
119.163191.774File:East plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 1328.svg KY 1328 east (Leonard Oak Road)		Western terminus of KY 1328
​119.874192.919File:North plate.svg
File:US 231.svgFile:To plate blue.svg
File:I-165.svg US 231 north (Beaver Dam Road) to I-165 – Beaver Dam, Hartford, Owensboro		Northern end of US 231 concurrency
Aberdeen120.605194.095File:Elongated circle 79.svg KY 79 (Caneyville Road)
Huldeville124.776200.808File:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 340.svg KY 340 north (Brooklyn Road)		Southern terminus of KY 340
Jetson129.635208.627File:West plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 1328.svg KY 1328 west (Millshed Road)		Eastern terminus of KY 1328
Whittinghill130.457209.950File:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 411.svg KY 411 north (Love Lee Road)		Southern terminus of KY 411
Roundhill135.432217.957File:Elongated circle 185.svg KY 185 – Big Reedy, Bowling Green
EdmonsonHuff139.293224.170File:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 187.svg KY 187 north (Sunfish Road) – Leitchfield		Southern terminus of KY 187
​141.820228.237File:East plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 655.svg KY 655 east (Segal Road)		Western (clockwise) terminus of KY 655
Windyville142.796229.808File:West plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 655.svg KY 655 west (Segal Road) – Asphalt		Eastern (counterclockwise) terminus of KY 655
​143.904231.591File:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 1365.svg KY 1365 north (Grassland-Black Gold Road)		Southern terminus of KY 1365
Brownsville145.394233.989File:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 259.svg KY 259 north – Bee Spring, Leitchfield, Nolin Lake State Park		Begin KY 259 concurrency
146.074235.083File:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 183.svg KY 183 north (Lock Road)		Southern terminus of KY 183
146.222–
146.464		235.321–
235.711		Bridge over KY 183 (Lock Road), the Green River, and CR-1203
147.203236.900File:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 2184.svg KY 2184 north (Washington Street) – Brownsville City Park, Green River Amphitheater, Camp Joy		Southern terminus of KY 2184
147.551237.460Houchin's Ferry RoadAlternate route to Edmonson County High School
147.613237.560Wildcat WayConnects to Edmonson County High School
147.843237.930File:South plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 259.svgFile:To plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 101.svg KY 259 south (South Main Street) to KY 101 – Rhoda, Smiths Grove, Bowling Green		End concurrency with KY 259
Mammoth Cave152.517245.452File:South plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 2325.svg KY 2325 south (Silent Grove Church Road)		Northern terminus of KY 2325
157.617253.660Mammoth Cave Parkway north – Visitor Center/Cave ToursMain entrance to Mammoth Cave National Park; beginning of concurrency with Mammoth Cave Parkway
160.117257.683File:South plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 255.svgFile:To plate blue.svg
File:South plate blue.svg
File:I-65.svg Mammoth Cave Parkway / KY 255 south to I-65 south – Park City		End concurrency with Mammoth Cave Parkway; begin concurrency with KY 255
BarrenHighland Springs161.890260.537File:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 255.svg KY 255 north – Frozen Niagara Entrance, Mammoth Cave Tours/Visitors Center		End concurrency with KY 255
Cave City165.303266.029File:South plate blue.svg
File:I-65.svg I-65 south – Nashville		Exit 53 to/from 65 south
165.403266.190File:North plate blue.svg
File:I-65.svg I-65 north – Louisville		Exit 53 to/from 65 north
165.548266.424File:East plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 90.svg KY 90 east (Happy Valley Road) – Glasgow		Western terminus of KY 90; 70 turns north here while 90 begins directly east
166.966268.706File:US 31W.svgFile:Hospital sign.svg US 31W (Dixie Highway) – Horse Cave, Park City, Bowling Green, Caverna Memorial Hospital
167.645269.798File:East plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 2195.svg KY 2195 east (Old Lexington Road)		Western terminus of KY 2195
​168.601271.337File:South plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 685.svg KY 685 south (Wilson Road)		Northern terminus of KY 685
​172.063276.909File:US 31E.svg US 31E (Jackson Highway) – Hodgenville, Glasgow, Barren River Lake S.R.P.
Hiseville175.336282.176File:Elongated circle 740.svg KY 740
​176.635284.266File:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 314.svg KY 314 north (Center Road) – Center		Southern terminus of KY 314
​177.167285.123File:West plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 2131.svg KY 2131 west (Corral Hill-Halfway Road)		Eastern terminus of KY 2131
MetcalfeKnob Lick182.340293.448File:South plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 640.svgFile:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 2435.svg KY 640 south / KY 2435 north		Northern terminus of KY 640; southern terminus of KY 2435
182,953294,434File:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 1243.svg KY 1243 north		Southern terminus of KY 1243
​186.457300.073File:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 869.svg KY 869 north		Southern terminus of KY 869
​195.326314.347File:West plate.svg
File:US 68.svgFile:To plate blue.svg
File:Cumberland Parkway.svg US 68 west to Cumberland Parkway – Edmonton		Beginning of concurrency with US 68
Green​197.933318.542File:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 729.svg KY 729 north (Little Barren Road)		Southern terminus of KY 729
​202.083325.221File:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 487.svg KY 487 north (Little Barren Road)		Southern terminus of KY 487
​203.606327.672File:West plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 218.svg KY 218 west – Horse Cave		Eastern terminus of KY 218
Greensburg209.461337.095File:South plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 61.svg KY 61 south – Columbia		Begin concurrency with KY 61
210.892339.398File:East plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 417.svg KY 417 east (Legion Park Road)		Western terminus of KY 417
211.794340.849File:West plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 61.svg KY 61 west – Hodgenville		End concurrency with KY 61
​214.135344.617File:West plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 793.svg KY 793 west		Eastern terminus of KY 793
Taylor​215.948347.535File:West plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 2764.svg KY 2764 west		Eastern terminus of KY 2764
​216.297348.096File:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 883.svg KY 883 north		Southern terminus of KY 883
Campbellsville219.893353.883File:Elongated circle 323.svg KY 323 (Friendship Pike/West Main Street)Friendship Pike to the west, West Main Street to the east
220.788355.324File:South plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 55.svgFile:West plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 210.svg KY 55 south / KY 210 west – Columbia, Green River Reservoir State Park, Hodgenville		Begin concurrency with KY 55; eastern terminus of KY 210
221.585356.606File:West plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 323.svg KY 323 west (North Columbia Avenue)		Eastern terminus of KY 323
221.725356.832File:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 527.svgFile:East plate.svg
File:US 68.svgFile:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 55.svg KY 527 north (North Central Avenue) / US 68 east / KY 55 north (East Broadway Street) – Lebanon		End concurrency with US 68/KY 55; 70 continues to the east on South Central Avenue
222.805358.570File:South plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 372.svg KY 372 south (Smith Ridge Road)		Northern terminus of KY 372
223.606359.859File:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 3518.svg KY 3518 north (Watertower Bypass)
​225.893363.540File:East plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 76.svg KY 76 east (Kniffey Road) – Elkhorn, Pikes Ridge Recreation Area		Western terminus of KY 76
​226.752364.922File:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 1799.svg KY 1799 north (Reids Chapel Road)		Southern terminus of KY 1799
Acton228.368367.523File:East plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 1798.svgFile:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 2784.svg KY 1798 east (Stoner Creek Road) / KY 2784 north (Wooleyville Road)		Western terminus of KY 1798; southern terminus of KY 2784
Mannsville231.637372.784File:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 337.svg KY 337 north (Bradfordsville Road) – Bradfordsville		Southern terminus of KY 337
231.957373.299File:East plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 659.svg KY 659 east (Raikes Hill Road)		Western terminus of KY 659
​234.824377.913File:West plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 1798.svg KY 1798 west (Stoner Creek Road)		Eastern terminus of KY 1798
​235.682379.293File:West plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 1752.svgFile:West plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 659.svg KY 1752 west (Speck Ridge Road) / KY 659 west (Bass Ridge Road)		Eastern terminus of KY 1752; eastern terminus of KY 659
Casey​236.660380.867File:South plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 1742.svg KY 1742 south (Roley Road)		Begin concurrency with KY 1742
​236.834381.147File:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 1742.svg KY 1742 north (Dry Creek Road)		End concurrency with KY 1742
​File:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 1859.svg KY 1859 north (Chicken Gizzard Road)		Southern terminus of KY 1859
Clementsville240.297386.721File:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 551.svg KY 551 north (Possum Trot Road)		Begin concurrency with KY 551
240.345386.798File:South plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 551.svg KY 551 south (Knifely Road)		End concurrency with KY 551
​243.677392.160File:South plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 2970.svg KY 2970 south (Moxley Road)		Northern terminus of KY 2970
​244.663393.747File:West plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 206.svg KY 206 west		Eastern terminus of KY 206
​245.745395.488File:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 1615.svg KY 1615 north		Southern terminus of KY 1615
​247.957399.048File:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 1547.svg KY 1547 north (White Oak Road)		Southern terminus of KY 1547
Liberty249.271401.163File:East plate.svg
File:Business plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 70.svg KY 70 Bus. east (Campbell Street)		Western terminus of KY 70 Business. Former routing of KY 70
249.883402.148File:South plate.svg
File:US 127.svg US 127 south (Wallace Wilkinson Boulevard) – Russell Springs		Begin concurrency with US 127
251.464404.692File:North plate.svg
File:US 127.svgFile:West plate.svg
File:Business plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 70.svg US 127 north (Wallace Wilkinson Boulevard) / KY 70 Bus. west (Campbellsville Street) – Danville, Liberty		End concurrency with US 127; eastern terminus of KY 70 Business
252.302406.041File:East plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 1649.svg KY 1649 east (Dry Ridge Road)		Western terminus of KY 1649
252.539406.422File:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 817.svg KY 817 north		Southern terminus of KY 817
Yosemite258.691416.323File:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 198.svg KY 198 north		Southern terminus of KY 198
​259.594417.776File:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 501.svg KY 501 north (Grove Ridge Road)		Begin concurrency with KY 501
​260.267418.859File:South plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 501.svg KY 501 south		End concurrency with KY 501
​265.546427.355File:Elongated circle 837.svg KY 837
Pulaski​270.365435.110File:East plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 635.svg KY 635 east		Western terminus of KY 635
Lincoln​273.106439.522File:East plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 328.svg KY 328 east		Western terminus of KY 328
PulaskiEubank275.592443.522File:Elongated circle 1247.svg KY 1247
278.132447.610File:US 27.svg US 27 – Stanford, Somerset
Clarence283.424456.127File:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 865.svg KY 865 north		Southern terminus of KY 865
​287.629462.894File:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 3267.svg KY 3267 north (Arnie Gentry Road)
RockcastleWillailla288.879464.906File:West plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 3273.svg KY 3273 west (Owen School Road)		Beginning of concurrency with KY 3273
289.357465.675File:East plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 3273.svg KY 3273 east (Level Green Road) – Level Green		End of concurrency with KY 3273
Quail290.544467.585File:Elongated circle 618.svg KY 618 (Quail Road)
​292.632470.946File:West plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 1650.svg KY 1650 west – Ottawa		Eastern terminus of KY 1650
​294.962474.695File:US 150.svgFile:To plate blue.svg
File:I-75.svg US 150 to I-75 – Stanford, Mount Vernon		Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Special routes

Kentucky Route 70 Bypass (Cave City)

LocationCave City, Kentucky
Existed1960s–2010

Kentucky Route 70 Bypass was a supplemental bypass route in Cave City, Kentucky. The route encompassed the first 0.819 miles (1.318 km) of KY 90 (Happy Valley Road), and US 31W from the KY 90 junction to the KY 70 junction in downtown Cave City. Although the route was known as KY 70 Bypass, by the mid-2000s, it was only signed as a trailblazer sign along the two specified routes.[48]

Kentucky Route 70 Business (Liberty)

LocationLiberty, Casey County
Length2.800 mi[1] (4.506 km)
Existed2013–present

Kentucky Route 70 Business (KY 70 Bus.) is a business route of KY 70 in Liberty, Kentucky. It accounts with the old KY 70 alignment in downtown Liberty. It was formed after KY 70 was rerouted to a new junction with US 127]. The business route starts just west of Liberty, and it goes through downtown to end at the intersection with US 127 and the re-routed regular KY 70, which resumes after the intersection. The regular alignment of KY 70 was rerouted to a new intersection with US 127, then it gets co-joined with US 127 north to re-join the original route of KY 70 near downtown Liberty.[49][50] The entire route is in Liberty, Casey County.

mi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
0.0000.000File:Elongated circle 70.svgFile:To plate.svg
File:US 127.svg KY 70 (Campbellsville Road) to US 127 – Campbellsville, Liberty		Western terminus
2.2913.687File:East plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 2312.svg KY 2312 east		Western terminus of KY-2312
2.3383.763File:West plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 2312.svgFile:North plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 49.svg KY 2312 west / KY 49 north – Bradfordsville, Lebanon		Southern terminus of KY-49; eastern terminus of KY-2312
2.4743.982File:South plate.svg
File:Elongated circle 2313.svg KY 2313 south (Randolph Street)		Northern terminus of KY-2313
2.8004.506File:US 127.svgFile:Elongated circle 70.svg US 127 (Wallace Wilkinson Boulevard) / KY 70 (Middleburg Road) – Danville, Russell Springs, Yosemite, EubankEastern terminus; KY 70 east straight ahead
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Kentucky Transportation Cabinet - Division of Planning - Highway Information System Official Milepoint Route Log Extract". Retrieved 2015-03-21.
  2. ↑ DeLorme (2010). Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer (Map). 1:150000. Yarmouth, ME: DeLorme. p. 59. § F10. ISBN 0-89933-340-0.
  3. ↑ DeLorme (2010). Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer (Map). 1:150000. Yarmouth, ME: DeLorme. p. 60. § F1 and E2. ISBN 0-89933-340-0.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kentucky Department of State Highways (September 15, 1939). Road Map of Kentucky (PDF) (Map). c. 1:760,320. Frankfort: Kentucky Department of State Highways.
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  25. ↑ Barren County Route Planning Map 1996[permanent dead link‍]
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