Kentucky Route 30

Kentucky Route 30 (KY 30) is an eastwest state highway in Kentucky managed by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.

Kentucky Route 30
KY 30 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by KYTC
Length102.023 mi[1] (164.190 km)
Major junctions
West end Hal Rogers Parkway / KY 354 in London
 
East end US 460 near Slayeraville
Location
CountiesLaurel, Jackson, Owsley, Breathitt, Magoffin
Highway system
KY 29US 31

It goes through Laurel, Jackson, Owsley, Breathitt, Magoffin Counties.

Route description

KY 30 begins at an intersection with the Hal Rogers Parkway in London, and goes north as a divided highway until it becomes an undivided two-lane highway about a mile up the road. The road is a recently constructed standard highway with 11ft wide lanes and shoulders on both sides of the road, with a speed limit of 55mph. The road continues through Greenmount into Jackson County. The road then goes through the hilly terrain of Jackson County, and runs past Annville and reaches US 421 at Tyner. At this point, the road is no longer a standard highway and runs as a concurrency to the northern part of Tyner, where it goes east towards Mummie. The road runs a very curvy route and reaches Owsley County where it continues to be curvy until it reaches another newly constructed standard highway at Travellers Rest, which continues past Vincent into Levi where the road intersects with KY 11. From here, the road follows a concurrent route with KY 11 into Booneville and heads west towards Breathitt County. From here, the road is curvy and goes into the town of Jackson where it then goes on another curvy route into Magoffin County where it meets its eastern terminus in Salyersville.

New alignment

Work has been done to improve the route of KY 30, to establish it as a corridor between London and the impoverished areas the road currently runs through. Beginning in 2003, KY 30 has been realigned on a ~7 mile segment between London and Greenmount, where construction stalled until 2010 when a ~15 mile segment was completed between Greenmount and Annville, where construction stalled again. In 2014, a ~5 mile segment was completed between Annville and Tyner. In a separate segment, a new ~7 mile alignment was constructed in Owsley County between Levi and Travellers Rest. It is estimated that the road will be completely connected as a new highway between Laurel, Jackson and Owsley Counties by 2022. Another development for the corridor may be under way for KY 11 between Levi and Beattyville to connect the realigned segment to another standard highway, to connect Lee, Powell, and Wolfe Counties to this new corridor that leads to London in Laurel County.

Major intersections

CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
LaurelLondon0.0000.000 Hal Rogers Parkway / KY 354 south (Tobacco Road) to I-75
2.7854.482 KY 1227
3.5675.741 KY 3094 west (Greenmount Bond Road) East BernstadtEastern terminus of KY 3094
5.6469.086 KY 1394 westEastern terminus of KY 1394
8.15513.124 KY 578 east (McWhorter-Victory Road)West end of KY 578 overlap
8.24613.271 KY 578 westEast end of KY 578 overlap
JacksonMoores Creek11.66318.770 KY 577
14.15322.777 KY 578 (Green Hill Road) Annville
Annville15.01324.161 KY 3444 (Medical Drive)
15.71525.291 KY 3629 north to KY 3630 AnnvilleSouthern terminus of KY 3629
16.09725.906 KY 3443 west (Welchburg Road) to KY 3630 AnnvilleWest end of KY 3443 overlap
16.19226.058 KY 3443 east (Welchburg Road)East end of KY 3443 overlap
18.68730.074 US 421 south ManchesterWest end of US 421 concurrency
18.83930.318 KY 1431 eastWestern terminus of KY 1431
Tyner18.97230.532 KY 3630 west AnnvilleEastern terminus of KY 3630; former routing of KY 30
19.78631.842 US 421 north McKeeEast end of US 421 concurrency
22.04735.481 KY 1431 westEastern terminus of KY 1431
Owsley28.38945.688 KY 1071 west (Pierson Fork Road)West end of KY 1071 overlap
28.76846.298 KY 1071 eastEast end of KY 1071 overlap
31.56050.791 KY 846 eastWestern terminus of KY 846
33.34853.668 KY 847 northSouthern terminus of KY 847
Vincent34.93156.216 KY 399 northSouthern terminus of KY 399
Travellers Rest38.96262.703 KY 847 southNorthern terminus of KY 847
39.30363.252 KY 11 northWest end of KY 11 concurrency
39.89264.200 KY 3504 eastWestern terminus of KY 3504
Booneville41.53266.839 KY 11 south ManchesterEast end of KY 11 concurrency
41.56366.889 KY 28 east (South Court Street) Buckhorn, Chavies, Grapevine, HazardWestern terminus of KY 28
42.61068.574 KY 3347 south (Shepherds Lane Road) – Owsley County High SchoolNorthern terminus of KY 3347
42.93169.091 KY 3346 northSouthern terminus of KY 3346
43.20469.530 KY 1411 northSouthern terminus of KY 1411
Lerose45.30372.908 KY 708 north Lone, TallegaSouthern terminus of KY 708
45.90173.870 KY 2024 southNorthern terminus of KY 2024
Breathitt51.46082.817 KY 1202 northSouthern terminus of KY 1202
53.42985.986 KY 1114 southNorthern terminus of KY 1114
54.81188.210 KY 315 south Buckhorn Lake State Resort ParkNorthern terminus of KY 315
54.97988.480 KY 3237 east CanoeWestern terminus of KY 3237
Shoulderblade55.93090.011 KY 2469 north Highland, AtholSouthern terminus of KY 2469
60.13896.783 KY 397 southNorthern terminus of KY 397
62.705100.914Town Hill RoadFormer KY 3504 east
Jackson63.271101.825 KY 52 west BeattyvilleEastern terminus of KY 52
64.804104.292 KY 205 north CamptonSouthern terminus of KY 205
65.383105.224 KY 15 to Mountain Parkway CamptonWest end of KY 15 concurrency
65.834105.950 KY 1812 south (Washington Avenue) QuicksandWest end of KY 1812 overlap
66.310106.716 Jett Drive (KY 3232 north)Lakeside Medical Center at the north end of the road
66.530107.070 KY 1812 north / KY 3068 west (Main Street)East end of KY 1812 overlap; western terminus of KY 3068
68.382110.050 KY 15 south HazardEast end of KY 15 concurrency
72.672116.954 KY 2436 north Julian Carroll AirportSouthern terminus of KY 2436
79.172127.415 KY 2466 northSouthern terminus of KY 2466
86.871139.805 KY 542 eastWestern terminus of KY 542
Magoffin94.360151.858 KY 1397 southNorthern terminus of KY 1397
96.611155.480 KY 1090 northSouthern terminus of KY 1090
97.778157.358 KY 378 westEastern terminus of KY 378
98.942159.232 KY 3337 westEastern terminus of KY 3337
100.068161.044 Mountain Parkway east Salyersville, PrestonsburgMountain Parkway exit 72
100.224–
100.249
161.295–
161.335
Mountain Parkway west Lexington
102.023164.190 US 460 / KY 7 West Liberty, Salyersville
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. Division of Planning. "Official Milepoint Route Log Extract". Highway Information System. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved May 1, 2017.

Kentucky Route 30 Study Report

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