Kentucky Route 245

Kentucky Route 245
Route information
	Maintained by KYTC
Length	19.439 mi[1] (31.284 km)
Major junctions
South end	US 150 in Bardstown
	US 62 in Bardstown; US 31E / US 150 in Bardstown; I-65 near Shepherdsville
North end	KY 61 near Shepherdsville
Location
Counties	Nelson, Bullitt
Highway system

Kentucky Route 245 (KY 245) is a 19.439-mile (31.284 km) state highway in Kentucky that runs from U.S. Route 150 in southeastern to Bardstown to Kentucky Route 61 south of Shepherdsville.

Route description

The highway begins at US 150 on the east-southeast side of Bardstown, just west of US 150's junction with the Bluegrass Parkway. It then serves as a northern bypass of Bardstown, intersecting US 62 and US 150 again, this time in an overlap with US 31E. From there, it travels primarily northwestward, passing along the northern side of the Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest. It then intersects with I-65 at exit 112 south of Shepherdsville before ending at KY 61.[2]

Points of interest

Thomas Nelson High School
Rooster Run general store
Bernheim Forest

History

The highway was established as an unimproved JY 332 when the state's highway system began.[3] It was redesignated as KY 245 at some point between 1940 and 1957.[3]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Nelson	Bardstown	0.000	0.000	US 150 (Springfield Road) to Bluegrass Parkway	Southern terminus
		2.334	3.756	US 62 (Bloomfield Road)
		3.342	5.378	US 31E / US 150 (North Third Street)
		5.150	8.288	KY 1430 south / Wedgewood Drive	Northern terminus of KY 1430
		6.529	10.507	KY 332 east (Old Nazareth Road) / Stonehouse Road	Western terminus of KY 332
		8.681	13.971	KY 509 east (Samuels Loop) / Hall Loop	Western terminus of KY 509
		10.074	16.213	KY 523 north (Deatsville Road) / Marr Lane	Southern terminus of KY 523
Bullitt		13.294	21.395	KY 1604 north	Southern terminus of KY 1604
		17.590	28.308	KY 3219 west	Eastern terminus of KY 3219
		18.759– 18.846	30.190– 30.330	I-65 – Louisville, Elizabethtown	I-65 exit 112
		19.439	31.284	KY 61	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. "Official DMI Route Log". Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
DeLorme (2010). Kentucky Atlas and Gazetteer (Map). DeLorme. pp. 35, 49.
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (1957). Official Kentucky State Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Frankfort: Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 22, 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2014.

External links

KY 245 at KentuckyRoads.com

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[log-1] Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. "Official DMI Route Log". Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved August 23, 2018.

[2] DeLorme (2010). Kentucky Atlas and Gazetteer (Map). DeLorme. pp. 35, 49.

[ky1939-3] Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (1957). Official Kentucky State Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Frankfort: Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 22, 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2014.