U.S. Route 60 in Kentucky
U.S. Route 60 (US 60) is a major U.S. Highway in the American state of Kentucky. In the early days of the U.S. Highway System, US 60 was originally to be numbered as US 62. Following extensive lobbying and complaints filed by Kentucky governor William J. Fields to the American Association of State Highway Officials, the route was re-designated as US 60 before the system was finalized. In Kentucky, US 60 parallels the Ohio River (the northern boundary of the state). US 60 enters Kentucky from Cairo, Illinois, traveling northeast to Louisville, then takes a direct eastward route (near Interstate 64, I-64) to rejoin the Ohio River in downtown Ashland, Kentucky. Both US 60 and US 23 run concurrently from Ashland to Catlettsburg where US 60 turns east and enters Kenova, West Virginia.
Midland Trail[1] | ||||
US 60 highlighted in red | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by KYTC | ||||
Length | 494.876 mi[2] (796.426 km) | |||
Existed | November 11, 1926–present | |||
History | Was originally proposed as US 62 | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | ||||
East end | ||||
Location | ||||
Counties | Ballard, McCracken, Livingston, Crittenden, Union, Henderson, Daviess, Hancock, Breckinridge, Meade, Hardin, Jefferson, Shelby, Franklin, Woodford, Fayette, Clark, Montgomery, Bath, Rowan, Carter, Boyd | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Route description
US 60 is concurrent with US 51 and US 62 from the Ohio River bridge to the town of Wickliffe. At Wickliffe, US 60 separates from the other routes and heads generally northeast toward the city of Paducah. Between Wickliffe and Paducah, the towns of Barlow, La Center and Kevil are situated along the route.[1]
In Paducah, US 60 intersects with I-24, and I-24's business loop enters the city concurrent with US 60. In the midtown area, the route once again meets US 62, and also meets US 45. Once out of the city of Paducah, US 60 again veers to the northeast, generally following the Ohio River until reaching Smithland, where the route again turns to the east, passing through the small town of Burna. From Burna, US 60 passes through Salem.[1]
The next city along the route is Marion. At Marion, US 60 turns once more to the north, where it heads toward Sturgis. From Sturgis, the route continues generally northward to Morganfield. In recent years, a bypass of US 60 around the south and east sides of Morganfield has taken a great deal of traffic congestion out of the city.[1]
US 60 passes through Waverly and Corydon before reaching Henderson. At Henderson, the route intersects Kentucky Route 136 (KY 136), KY 425 and US 41A. US 41A is concurrent with US 60 along Green Street in the city of Henderson as it intersects with KY 812 and KY 351. At the US 41 interchange, US 41A ends and US 60 continues alone, bypassing the cities of Owensboro, Lewisport, Hawesville, and Hardinsburg.[1]
In Fort Knox, US 60 connects with US 31W, and they remain together until downtown Louisville. Originally built as a bypass route around downtown Louisville, US 60 Alt. used several existing roads running through Louisville to get between the east and south sides of town without having to travel through the heavily congested downtown or west ends of town. US 60 Alt. runs northeast to southwest from St. Matthews to Shively; including a stretch on one of Frederick Law Olmsted's last remaining parkways, Eastern Parkway. Before its completion and designation as I-264 in 1984, the Henry Watterson Expressway connecting Dixie Highway (US 31W/US 60) and Shelbyville Road (US 60) was signed US 60 Bypass.[1]
After passing Shelbyville, it continues through the state capital of Frankfort, becomes four lanes and then heads more south than east toward Versailles. In Versailles, US 60's eastbound lanes are very briefly the westbound lanes of US 62, which runs more south than west at that point. After turning east and intersecting the Bluegrass Parkway, US 60 is one of the major routes through Lexington. Shortly after entering Fayette County, the road becomes a 6 lane heavily traveled highway, known as Versailles Road. It passed Bluegrass Airport and Keeneland before intersecting with Lexington's beltway, New Circle Road. It is now a 4 lane road going into downtown Lexington. After downtown, it once again becomes a 6 lane road now known as Winchester Road. It passes several suburbs of Lexington before entering northern Hamburg and then intersects I-75 and from there roughly parallels I-64 and goes to Winchester and passes very near the Mountain Parkway but does not intersect with it. It proceeds to Mount Sterling, Morehead, past Carter Caves State Resort Park, on to Grayson and finally to Ashland. US 23 southbound follows US 60 eastbound into Catlettsburg, where they split at 35th Street. US 23 southbound continues straight as a four-lane highway, while US 60 eastbound turns onto 35th Street, passes Oakland Avenue, and enters Kenova, West Virginia via the Billy C. Clark Bridge.[1]
History
When the first finalized proposal for the U.S. Highway System was presented by the Bureau of Public Roads in December 1925, the route between Ozark, Missouri and what would become U.S. Route 52 (US 52) in West Virginia near Ashland, Kentucky was originally proposed as US 62. The US 60 designation was proposed along a different highway from Los Angeles, California to Chicago, Illinois via Tulsa, Oklahoma.[3] On December 8, 1925, a complaint was registered by Kentucky governor William J. Fields over the placement of the US 60 designation, being unhappy no major U.S. Highways ending with the number "0" were planned through his state. Major U.S. Highways ending in "0" were planned to be the main east-west routes of the system. The two closest major east-west routes, US 50 and US 70, were planned to run through states located north and south of Kentucky. Fields therefore proposed the US 60 designation be re-routed through Kentucky.[4]
Fields' opposition to the original numbering plan led to an arranged meeting with the American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHO) Executive Committee in Chicago. Attending was Cyrus Avery, an AASHO committee leader representing the state of Oklahoma and a proponent of the Chicago to Los Angeles route. Avery disagreed with Fields' complaint and stated the US 60 designation should remain on the Chicago Los Angeles route. Following the meeting, the Executive Committee decided to retain the US 60 designation for the Chicago to Los Angeles route, taking the side of Avery. The Committee however, did attempt to rectify Kentucky's complaints by extending the eastern terminus of the proposed US 62 from its endpoint in West Virginia near Ashland to Newport News, Virginia. US 62 would also be extended from Ozark to Springfield, Missouri. Fields was not pleased with the US 62 extension and continued to campaign for US 60 to be routed through Kentucky. Fields later returned to AASHO with support from Kentucky's Congressional delegation and presented his argument to AASHO's chairman Thomas H. MacDonald on January 25, 1926. MacDonald agreed with Fields' argument and AASHO subsequently exchanged the number of the Los Angeles to Chicago route with the Newport News to Springfield route.[4]
Following the change, Avery opposed removing "US 60" from the Los Angeles to Chicago route, stating the state Oklahoma had already undergone extensive preparation for the "US 60" designation, producing official signage and printing maps in anticipation for the new number. Avery was further upset that the decision to re-designate the Chicago to Los Angeles route had been done without his knowledge or consent. Officials from Missouri also heavily protested the change in numbering. AASHO officials rebutted against Avery's complaints citing he had consented to a possible number swap in the earlier Chicago meeting. Nevertheless, AASHO, tried to present a compromise to both Fields and Avery, returning the US 60 designation to the route between Los Angeles and Springfield, but re-designating the Springfield to Chicago route as "US 60N" and the Springfield to Virginia Beach route as "US 60E". Neither side agreed with the compromise and demanded to have their way. Eventually, Avery and his allied proponents agreed to let Kentucky have "US 60" so long as the Chicago to Los Angeles Route became "US 66" instead of "US 62". Fields had no objection to this proposal as it meant his route would now be designated as "US 60".[4] When the finalized U.S. Highway system was approved on November 11, 1926, U.S. Route 60 was officially designated through Kentucky, giving the state a main U.S. Highway ending with the number "0".[5] US 60 was later extended to Los Angeles on June 8, 1931.[6] The route would later be truncated to Brenda, Arizona.[7]
Until 2010, US 60 passed through the city of Owensboro, while US 60 Bypass (Wendell H. Ford Expressway) skirted the city to its south. The city of Owensboro and state of Kentucky requested the decommissioning of US 60 within the city, and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials approved the request, making the expressway the main line of US 60. As of April 2011, signage has been changed, and US 60 now solely follows the expressway around Owensboro.
Especially in the eastern and central part of the state, US 60 has been largely replaced by I-64 for long distance travel, since both routes follow each other through much of this area. However, several cities in this area rely on US 60 to connect them to the Interstate. By contrast, in the western part of the state, US 60 is not paired with an Interstate Highway and serves a much more independent purpose, connecting communities located along and near the Ohio River.
Major intersections
County | Location | mi[2] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Ohio River | 0.000– 0.904 | 0.000– 1.455 | Continuation into Cairo, Illinois | ||
Cairo Ohio River Bridge | |||||
Ballard | Wickliffe | 4.653 | 7.488 | East end of US 51 / US 62 / Great River Road overlap | |
5.171 | 8.322 | Southern terminus of KY 1186 | |||
| 6.468 | 10.409 | Northern terminus of KY 1186 | ||
Gum Corners | 8.585 | 13.816 | Northern terminus of KY 1280 | ||
| 8.913 | 14.344 | Western terminus of KY 1368 | ||
Barlow | 11.053 | 17.788 | North 4th Street (KY 1776 north) | Southern terminus of KY 1776 | |
11.228 | 18.070 | Southern terminus of KY 1105 | |||
La Center | 15.298 | 24.620 | Northern terminus of KY 802 | ||
15.400 | 24.784 | Western end of KY 358 concurrency | |||
15.483 | 24.917 | Eastern end of KY 358 concurrency | |||
16.628 | 26.760 | Western terminus of KY 1774 | |||
| 17.268 | 27.790 | Southern terminus of KY 310 | ||
Kevil | 20.468 | 32.940 | Western terminus of KY 1791 | ||
20.489 | 32.974 | Western end of KY 473 concurrency | |||
20.620 | 33.185 | Eastern end of KY 473 concurrency | |||
21.433 | 34.493 | Western end of KY 2532 concurrency | |||
McCracken | | 21.636 | 34.820 | Eastern end of KY 2532 overlap | |
| 22.496 | 36.204 | Southern terminus of KY 995 | ||
| 23.603 | 37.985 | Southern terminus of KY 1154 | ||
| 24.208 | 38.959 | Magruder Road (KY 3520 east) | Western terminus of KY 3520 | |
| 25.019 | 40.264 | |||
| 25.513 | 41.059 | |||
| 27.099 | 43.612 | |||
| 27.762 | 44.679 | |||
| 29.044 | 46.742 | |||
| 30.004 | 48.287 | Northern terminus of KY 3529 | ||
| 30.721 | 49.441 | Eastern terminus of KY 3529 | ||
Paducah | 31.177 | 50.175 | |||
32.214– 32.376 | 51.843– 52.104 | I-24 exit 4; western end of I-24 Bus. concurrency | |||
34.095 | 54.871 | Northern terminus of KY 731 | |||
34.764 | 55.947 | Eastern end of I-24 Bus. concurrency | |||
34.992 | 56.314 | Western end of US 45 concurrency | |||
35.680 | 57.421 | Southern terminus of US 45 Bus. | |||
35.928 | 57.821 | Eastern end of US 45 concurrency; western end of US 62 concurrency | |||
36.826 | 59.266 | Northern terminus of KY 994 | |||
38.850 | 62.523 | Western terminus of KY 284 | |||
40.078 | 64.499 | Eastern terminus of US 60 Bus.; northern terminus of KY 1954 | |||
Reidland | 41.832 | 67.322 | Business access | Interchange; former US 60 east; closed to thru traffic | |
42.547 | 68.473 | Eastern end of US 62 overlap | |||
Tennessee River | 42.985– 43.510 | 69.178– 70.023 | George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge | ||
Livingston | Ledbetter | Former US 60 west | |||
| 49.265 | 79.284 | Southern terminus of KY 3489 | ||
| 50.658 | 81.526 | Northern terminus of KY 3489 | ||
| 51.163 | 82.339 | |||
Smithland | 54.798 | 88.189 | Southern terminus of KY 967 | ||
55.147 | 88.750 | ||||
55.271 | 88.950 | Northern terminus of KY 967 | |||
55.398 | 89.154 | Western terminus of KY 70 | |||
| 55.684– 56.028 | 89.615– 90.168 | Smithland Bridge over Cumberland River | ||
| 58.460 | 94.082 | Southern terminus of KY 137 | ||
Burna | 63.178 | 101.675 | Eastern terminus of KY 763 | ||
63.767 | 102.623 | Southern terminus of KY 135 | |||
64.000 | 102.998 | Eastern terminus of KY 1433 | |||
Salem | 70.613 | 113.641 | Western end of KY 133 concurrency | ||
70.752 | 113.864 | ||||
71.063 | 114.365 | Eastern end of KY 133 concurrency | |||
Crittenden | | 72.991 | 117.468 | Northern terminus of KY 855 | |
| 77.303 | 124.407 | Southern terminus of KY 297 | ||
| 79.511 | 127.961 | Southern terminus of KY 1668 | ||
Marion | 80.493 | 129.541 | Southern terminus of KY 981 | ||
81.582 | 131.294 | Western end of KY 91 concurrency | |||
81.754 | 131.570 | Northern terminus of KY 506 | |||
81.879 | 131.771 | Eastern end of KY 91 concurrency | |||
| 87.578 | 140.943 | Southern terminus of KY 1901 | ||
Mattoon | 88.025 | 141.663 | |||
Hoods | 89.632 | 144.249 | Southern terminus of KY 365 | ||
Union | Sullivan | 96.833 | 155.838 | Western end of KY 109 concurrency | |
96.940 | 156.010 | Southern terminus of KY 141 | |||
| 98.362 | 158.298 | Western end of KY 923 concurrency | ||
| 98.499 | 158.519 | Eastern end of KY 923 concurrency | ||
Sturgis | 100.995 | 162.536 | Northern terminus of KY 365 | ||
101.067 | 162.652 | Eastern end of KY 109 concurrency | |||
| 102.317 | 164.663 | Western end of KY 270 concurrency | ||
| 102.593 | 165.107 | Eastern end of KY 270 concurrency | ||
| 105.911 | 170.447 | Western terminus of KY 950 | ||
| 107.547 | 173.080 | Western terminus of KY 1176 | ||
Hamner | 108.685 | 174.912 | Northern terminus of KY 492 | ||
| 110.808 | 178.328 | Western terminus of US 60 Business route; southern terminus of KY 3393 | ||
Morganfield | 111.735 | 179.820 | Western end of KY 130 concurrency | ||
112.072 | 180.362 | Eastern end of KY 130 concurrency | |||
112.168 | 180.517 | Southern terminus of KY 359 | |||
112.333 | 180.782 | Northern terminus of KY 2091 | |||
113.447 | 182.575 | Eastern terminus of US 60 Bypass | |||
115.896 | 186.517 | Northern terminus of KY 2835 | |||
| 116.411 | 187.345 | Western end of KY 141 concurrency | ||
| 117.098 | 188.451 | Eastern end of KY 141 concurrency | ||
Waverly | 117.451 | 189.019 | |||
117.798 | 189.578 | Southern terminus of KY 669 | |||
117.911 | 189.759 | Eastern terminus of KY 2094 | |||
118.063 | 190.004 | Southern terminus of KY 760 | |||
Henderson | | 123.488 | 198.735 | Northern terminus of KY 1557 | |
Corydon | 124.399 | 200.201 | Northern terminus of KY 145 | ||
124.827 | 200.890 | ||||
Henderson | 130.175 | 209.496 | Western end of KY 136 concurrency | ||
131.748 | 212.028 | Western end of US 41 Alt. concurrency | |||
133.190 | 214.349 | Eastern end of KY 136 concurrency | |||
134.577 | 216.581 | Southern terminus of KY 351 | |||
135.894 | 218.700 | Interchange; US 41 exit 81; eastern end of US 41 Alt. concurrency. West end of Future I-69 overlap. | |||
Future I-69 Bridge North to Indiana. East end of Future I-69 overlap. | |||||
| 140.721 | 226.468 | Northern terminus of KY 2183 | ||
| 141.871 | 228.319 | Western end of KY 1078 overlap | ||
| 142.398 | 229.167 | Eastern end of KY 1078 concurrency | ||
| 142.976 | 230.098 | Western terminus of KY 2243 | ||
Spottsville | 145.034 | 233.410 | Southern terminus of KY 1078; eastern terminus of KY 2243 | ||
| 145.043– 145.251 | 233.424– 233.759 | Spottsville Bridge over the Green River | ||
Beals | 145.599 | 234.319 | Western terminus of KY 811 | ||
Reed | 148.431 | 238.877 | Eastern terminus of KY 811 | ||
| 149.355 | 240.364 | Eastern terminus of KY 3344 | ||
Daviess | | 151.956 | 244.549 | Northern terminus of KY 3236 | |
Stanley | 155.231 | 249.820 | Northern terminus of KY 1554 | ||
| 157.498 | 253.468 | |||
| 160.290 | 257.962 | Southern terminus of KY 3067 | ||
| 160.752 | 258.705 | |||
Owensboro | 161.097 | 259.260 | At-grade intersection; west end of freeway; southern terminus of KY 331 | ||
161.464 | 259.851 | Exit 10 | |||
162.408 | 261.370 | Exit 11 | |||
163.260 | 262.742 | Exit 12 | |||
165.112 | 265.722 | Exit 14 | |||
167.086 | 268.899 | Exit 16; Western end of US 231 concurrency | |||
168.166 | 270.637 | Exit 17; I-165 exits 70A-B; trumpet interchange; formerly the | |||
169.383 | 272.596 | Exit 18 | |||
| 170.783 | 274.849 | Exit 19; former routing of US 60 | ||
| 172.997 | 278.412 | Exit 21 | ||
| 174.534 | 280.885 | Hawes Boulevard | At-grade intersection; eastern end of freeway | |
| 178.628 | 287.474 | Eastern end of US 231 concurrency | ||
Maceo | 179.650 | 289.119 | |||
Hancock | Lewisport | 185.029 | 297.775 | ||
| 188.890 | 303.989 | Southern terminus of KY 1957 | ||
| 190.514 | 306.603 | Southern terminus of KY 1605 | ||
| 190.938 | 307.285 | Southern terminus of KY 3543 | ||
| 191.353 | 307.953 | Northern terminus of KY 271 | ||
| 193.748 | 311.807 | Southern terminus of KY 3101 | ||
Hawesville | 194.336 | 312.753 | Western end of KY 69 concurrency; eastern terminus of KY 1389 | ||
194.442 | 312.924 | Northern terminus of KY 2181 | |||
194.878 | 313.626 | Western terminus of KY 3199 | |||
| 195.876 | 315.232 | Eastern end of KY 69 concurrency | ||
| 197.762 | 318.267 | Western end of KY 3199 concurrency | ||
| 198.112 | 318.830 | Southern terminus of KY 1406 | ||
| 199.316 | 320.768 | Eastern end of KY 3199 concurrency | ||
Breckinridge | | 202.443 | 325.800 | Western end of KY 144 concurrency | |
| 202.851 | 326.457 | Western terminus of US 60 Business | ||
Cloverport | 204.153 | 328.552 | |||
205.035 | 329.972 | Eastern terminus of US 60 Business | |||
| 207.730 | 334.309 | Eastern end of KY 144 concurrency | ||
Hardinsburg | 214.527 | 345.248 | |||
| 216.062 | 347.718 | West end of KY 259 overlap | ||
Hardinsburg | 216.815 | 348.930 | Old U.S. 60 – Hardinsburg Business District, Airport, Hospital | ||
| 217.985 | 350.813 | |||
Harned | 219.096 | 352.601 | Eastern end of KY 259 concurrency; western end of KY 79 concurrency | ||
| 219.566 | 353.357 | Western terminus of KY 1401 | ||
Garfield | 222.986 | 358.861 | Western end of KY 86 concurrency | ||
Hensley | 224.387 | 361.116 | Eastern end of KY 86 concurrency | ||
| 228.527 | 367.779 | Western end of KY 333 concurrency | ||
| 228.880 | 368.347 | Eastern end of KY 333 concurrency | ||
Irvington | 231.060 | 371.855 | Eastern end of KY 79 concurrency | ||
231.351 | 372.323 | ||||
Meade | | 235.068 | 378.305 | ||
| 236.180 | 380.095 | Western end of KY 941 concurrency | ||
| 236.203 | 380.132 | Eastern end of KY 941 concurrency | ||
| 239.659 | 385.694 | Western end of KY 1238 concurrency | ||
| 239.692 | 385.747 | Eastern end of KY 1238 concurrency | ||
Hog Wallow | 241.553 | 388.742 | Northern terminus of KY 313 | ||
| 243.521 | 391.909 | Northern terminus of KY 2726 | ||
| 245.118 | 394.479 | Northern terminus of KY 1882 | ||
Fort Knox | 248.539 | 399.985 | Western end of US 31W concurrency | ||
Muldraugh | 248.934 | 400.620 | Brandenburg Station Road – Fort Knox truck route | Interchange | |
250.249 | 402.737 | ||||
Hardin | West Point | 253.958 | 408.706 | Southern terminus of US 31W Business | |
255.315 | 410.890 | Salt River Drive – Fort Duffield | |||
255.689 | 411.492 | Northern terminus of US 31W Business | |||
Salt River | 255.729– 255.897 | 411.556– 411.826 | James Young Memorial Bridge | ||
Jefferson | Louisville | 257.730 | 414.776 | Western terminus of KY 44 | |
262.753 | 422.860 | Eastern terminus of KY 1849 | |||
263.053 | 423.343 | KY 841 Exit 1 | |||
263.403 | 423.906 | Southern terminus of KY 907; access to KentuckyOne Health Medical Center Jewish Southwest | |||
267.503 | 430.504 | ||||
Louisville–Shively line | 269.050 | 432.994 | Southern terminus of KY 2051 | ||
Shively | 270.358– 270.670 | 435.099– 435.601 | I-264 exit 8 | ||
271.153 | 436.378 | No left turn from either direction of US 60; western terminus of US 60 Alt.; eastern terminus of KY 2049 | |||
Louisville | 273.547 | 440.231 | |||
275.463 | 443.315 | Western end of US 150 concurrency | |||
276.105 | 444.348 | Eastern end of US 150 concurrency | |||
277.155 | 446.038 | I-64 exit 4; no direct access from I-64 west to US 60 or I-64 east to US 60 west; no access from US 60 west to Roy Wilkins Avenue | |||
277.757 | 447.007 | Northern terminus of KY 1020 | |||
277.848 | 447.153 | Eastern end of US 31W concurrency; western end of US 31E concurrency | |||
278.408 | 448.054 | ||||
278.848 | 448.762 | No access from US 60 west to US 31E south | |||
279.266 | 449.435 | Eastern end of US 31E concurrency; western end of US 42 concurrency; left two lanes go to 31E, right two lanes go to 42 | |||
279.888 | 450.436 | I-64 exit 7 | |||
280.071 | 450.731 | Eastern end of US 42 concurrency | |||
282.806 | 455.132 | Cannons Lane (KY 2048 south) | |||
283.530 | 456.297 | Eastern terminus of US 60 Alt. | |||
St. Matthews | 283.614 | 456.432 | No left turn from either direction | ||
283.773 | 456.688 | Willis Avenue (KY 2241) | |||
Louisville | 285.508– 285.715 | 459.481– 459.814 | I-264 exit 20 | ||
Louisville | 285.836 | 460.008 | Western terminus of KY 146 | ||
Hurstbourne–Lyndon– Louisville tripoint | 287.828 | 463.214 | |||
Douglass Hills | 289.544 | 465.976 | Northern terminus of KY 913 | ||
Middletown | 289.746 | 466.301 | |||
291.755 | 469.534 | Western terminus of KY 3084 | |||
292.041– 292.125 | 469.994– 470.130 | I-265 exit 27 | |||
Louisville | 294.789 | 474.417 | Eastwood Cut-Off Road (KY 2841 east) | ||
294.975 | 474.716 | ||||
295.359 | 475.334 | Eastwood Cut-Off Road (KY 2841 west) | |||
Shelby | Simpsonville | 300.488 | 483.589 | Western end of KY 1848 concurrency | |
301.012 | 484.432 | Eastern end of KY 1848 concurrency | |||
| 305.770 | 492.089 | Western end of KY 55 Bus. concurrency | ||
Shelbyville | 306.616 | 493.451 | Northern terminus of KY 2862 | ||
306.846 | 493.821 | Mack Walters Road (KY 2861 south) | |||
307.158 | 494.323 | Western end of KY 53 concurrency | |||
308.016 | 495.704 | North 7th Street - Eminence, New Castle, Clear Creek Park | Former KY 55 north | ||
Veachland | 308.844 | 497.036 | Eastern end of KY 53 / KY 55 Bus. concurrency | ||
| 310.324 | 499.418 | Southern terminus of KY 1871 | ||
| 312.161 | 502.374 | Northern terminus of KY 714 | ||
Peytona | 316.784 | 509.814 | |||
Graefenburg | 319.562 | 514.285 | |||
320.426 | 515.676 | Crab Orchard Road (KY 2256 west) | |||
Franklin | | 320.940 | 516.503 | NOrthern terminus of KY 151 | |
| 323.389 | 520.444 | |||
Frankfort | 325.644 | 524.073 | Northern terminus of KY 2817 | ||
326.615 | 525.636 | Airport Road – Capital City Airport | |||
326.802 | 525.937 | Frankfort Regional Medical Center to the south | |||
327.503 | 527.065 | Lafayette Drive (KY 2271 east) – Kentucky Capitol | |||
328.394 | 528.499 | Southern terminus of KY 1211 | |||
328.589 | 528.813 | Bridge Street | to Singing Bridge | ||
328.747 | 529.067 | Shelby Street (KY 2259 south) | |||
328.825 | 529.193 | Western end of KY 420 concurrency | |||
328.880– 329.014 | 529.281– 529.497 | War Mothers Memorial Bridge over the Kentucky River | |||
329.028 | 529.519 | Eastern end of KY 420 concurrency | |||
329.746 | 530.675 | Northern terminus of KY 1784 | |||
329.810 | 530.778 | Northern terminus of KY 1659; KSU to the north on University Boulevard | |||
331.139 | 532.917 | Western end of US 421 concurrency;Cloverleaf interchange | |||
332.582 | 535.239 | Interchange; eastern end of US 421 concurrency | |||
332.838 | 535.651 | Hanly Lane (KY 2821 south) | |||
| 333.724– 333.872 | 537.077– 537.315 | I-64 exit 58 | ||
| 344.071 | 553.729 | Western end of KY 1681 concurrency | ||
| 334.434 | 538.219 | Eastern end of KY 1681 concurrency | ||
Woodford | | 344.750 | 554.821 | Old Versailles Road (KY 3361 north) | |
| 336.648 | 541.782 | Northern terminus of KY 3360 | ||
McKees Crossroads | 337.890 | 543.781 | |||
Versailles | 342.072 | 550.512 | Western end of US 62 concurrency | ||
342.440 | 551.104 | Eastern end of US 62 concurrency; western terminus of US 60 Bus. | |||
343.895 | 553.445 | Eastern terminus of US 60 Bus. | |||
| 345.793 | 556.500 | Bluegrass Parkway exit 72; eastern terminus of Bluegrass Parkway | ||
Jesse | 347.122 | 558.639 | |||
Fayette | Lexington | 347.887 | 559.870 | Western terminus of KY 1968 | |
349.467 | 562.413 | Southern terminus of KY 1969 | |||
350.685 | 564.373 | Man o' War Boulevard/Keeneland Boulevard – Airport, Keeneland | Airport to the south, Keeneland to the north | ||
351.998– 352.398 | 566.486– 567.130 | KY 4 exit 5 | |||
352.821 | 567.810 | Eastern terminus of KY 1968 | |||
354.524 | 570.551 | Southern terminus of KY 1723 | |||
355.263 | 571.740 | Southern terminus of KY 922 | |||
355.492 | 572.109 | Jefferson Street (KY 1928 north) to Cox Street | Westbound access only; southern terminus of KY 1928 | ||
355.666 | 572.389 | Western end of US 27 / US 68 concurrency; UK straight ahead on Maxwell Street | |||
355.848 | 572.682 | ||||
362.283 | 583.038 | Eastern end of US 27 / US 68 concurrency; western end of US 25 / US 421 concurrency; short overlap of US 60 west / US 25 south / US 421 south | |||
362.999 | 584.190 | Eastern end of US 25 / US 421 concurrency | |||
364.873– 364.929 | 587.206– 587.296 | KY 4 exit 13 | |||
366.843– 367.000 | 590.377– 590.629 | I-75 exit 110 | |||
368.210 | 592.577 | Northern terminus of KY 1425 | |||
370.495 | 596.254 | ||||
371.306 | 597.559 | Southern terminus of KY 859 | |||
372.768 | 599.912 | Western terminus of KY 1923 | |||
Clark | Old Pine Grove | 357.147 | 574.772 | Southern terminus of KY 1678 | |
Winchester | 378.771 | 609.573 | |||
380.768 | 612.787 | ||||
380.863 | 612.940 | South Main Street (KY 2344 south) | |||
381.122 | 613.356 | ||||
381.270 | 613.595 | Northern terminus of KY 15 | |||
382.258 | 615.185 | ||||
| 384.721 | 619.148 | Southern terminus of KY 1961 | ||
| 388.039– 388.139 | 624.488– 624.649 | I-64 exit 101 | ||
Montgomery | Reid Village | 394.329 | 634.611 | Southern terminus of KY 2346 | |
Mount Sterling | 395.570 | 636.608 | St. Joseph Mt. Sterling Hospital to the north | ||
396.085 | 637.437 | western end of KY 713 concurrency | |||
396.316 | 637.809 | Western end of US 460 / KY 11 concurrency | |||
396.387 | 637.923 | Eastern end of US 460 / KY 11 concurrency; St. Joseph Mt. Sterling Hospital to the north | |||
396.555 | 638.193 | Eastern end of KY 713 concurrency | |||
| 397.137 | 639.130 | Old Owingsville Road | Former KY 647 east | |
| 398.444 | 641.233 | Eastern terminus of KY 686 | ||
Ewington | 399.510 | 642.949 | Former KY 647 west; western terminus of KY 1331 | ||
| 399.833– 399.985 | 643.469– 643.713 | I-64 exit 113 | ||
Bath | Flat Creek | 403.354 | 649.135 | Eastern terminus of KY 537 | |
| 406.612 | 654.379 | Eastern terminus of KY 1198 | ||
Owingsville | 410.280 | 660.282 | Western end of KY 36 concurrency | ||
410.692 | 660.945 | Eastern end of KY 36 concurrency | |||
| 411.073 | 661.558 | Southern terminus of KY 111 | ||
| 412.900 | 664.498 | |||
| 412.965– 413.126 | 664.603– 664.862 | I-64 exit 123 | ||
| 414.590 | 667.218 | Northern terminus of KY 965 | ||
| 418.866 | 674.099 | Western end of KY 211 concurrency | ||
Salt Lick | 419.655 | 675.369 | Eastern end of KY 211 concurrency | ||
| 422.739 | 680.332 | |||
Rowan | Farmers | 423.348 | 681.313 | Western terminus of KY 2522 | |
Bath | 423.645 | 681.791 | |||
Rowan | 423.808 | 682.053 | Old KY 801 (KY 1722 north) | ||
424.084 | 682.497 | ||||
424.321 | 682.878 | Eastern terminus of KY 2522 | |||
Lakeview Heights | 426.266 | 686.009 | Southern terminus of KY 3319 | ||
Brandy | 429.272 | 690.846 | Western terminus of KY 2342 | ||
Morehead | 430.559 | 692.918 | Northern terminus of KY 519 | ||
431.074 | 693.746 | Western end of KY 32 concurrency | |||
431.835 | 694.971 | University Boulevard – Morehead State University | |||
433.143 | 697.076 | Eastern end of KY 32 concurrency | |||
Gates | 436.316 | 702.183 | Southern terminus of KY 799 | ||
Hays Crossing | 437.911 | 704.749 | Western terminus of KY 174 | ||
Carter | | 440.892 | 709.547 | Northern terminus of KY 3296 | |
Upper Tygart | 443.906 | 714.397 | Southern terminus of KY 1662 | ||
Globe | 446.016 | 717.793 | Eastern terminus of KY 1626 | ||
| 447.008 | 719.390 | Western terminus of KY 2078 | ||
| 448.817 | 722.301 | Eastern terminus of KY 174 | ||
Olive Hill | 449.019 | 722.626 | Southern terminus of KY 2531 | ||
449.445 | 723.312 | Eastern terminus of KY 2078 | |||
449.589 | 723.543 | Western terminus of KY 2 | |||
449.792 | 723.870 | Railroad Street (KY 2528 east) | |||
449.898 | 724.041 | Western terminus of KY 986; one-way southbound | |||
450.127 | 724.409 | ||||
450.262 | 724.626 | Railroad Street (KY 2528 west) | one-way eastbound | ||
450.317 | 724.715 | Old US 60 (KY 2529 north) | |||
451.315 | 726.321 | Southern terminus of KY 1025 | |||
| 451.836 | 727.160 | Northern terminus of KY 3298 | ||
Counts Crossroads | 453.350 | 729.596 | Western end of KY 182 concurrency | ||
| 453.767– 453.956 | 730.267– 730.571 | I-64 exit 161 | ||
| 454.645 | 731.680 | Southern terminus of KY 209 | ||
| 455.360 | 732.831 | Eastern end of KY 182 concurrency | ||
| 461.793 | 743.184 | Western terminus of KY 1947 | ||
Grayson | 464.542 | 747.608 | Western end of KY 1 concurrency | ||
467.289 | 752.029 | Western terminus of KY 3297 | |||
465.204 | 748.673 | Eastern end of KY 1 concurrency | |||
| 467.289 | 752.029 | Eastern terminus of KY 3297 | ||
| 471.118 | 758.191 | Western end of KY 207 concurrency | ||
| 471.149 | 758.241 | Eastern end of KY 207 concurrency | ||
| 474.373 | 763.429 | Western terminus of KY 854 | ||
Boyd | Coalton | 475.486– 475.713 | 765.221– 765.586 | I-64 exit 181 | |
476.349 | 766.609 | Northern terminus of KY 966 | |||
Princess | 477.758 | 768.877 | Southern terminus of KY 5 | ||
| 479.442 | 771.587 | Northern terminus of KY 180; western terminus of KY 3294 | ||
| 480.494 | 773.280 | Northern terminus of KY 3291 | ||
Rockdale | 481.974 | 775.662 | Western terminus of KY 538 | ||
| 483.435 | 778.013 | Southern terminus of KY 716 | ||
Ashland | 484.036 | 778.980 | Northern terminus of KY 1012 | ||
484.294 | 779.396 | Eastern terminus of KY 766 | |||
485.057 | 780.624 | Eastern terminus of KY 1134 | |||
485.573 | 781.454 | Western terminus of KY 2534 | |||
486.237 | 782.523 | ||||
487.636 | 784.774 | Western end of US 23 Bus. concurrency; southern terminus of US 23S | |||
487.779 | 785.004 | Eastern end of US 23 Bus. concurrency | |||
487.828 | 785.083 | Western end of US 23 concurrency | |||
489.859 | 788.352 | Southern terminus of US 23 Bus. | |||
Catlettsburg | 492.672 | 792.879 | Eastern terminus of KY 3294 | ||
493.225 | 793.769 | Southern terminus of KY 168 | |||
493.345 | 793.962 | ||||
493.956 | 794.945 | Louisa Street Connector to KY 3294 | Northbound exit only | ||
494.320 | 795.531 | 34th Street (KY 1174 east) | |||
494.405 | 795.668 | Eastern end of US 23 concurrency | |||
494.495 | 795.813 | ||||
Big Sandy River | 494.632– 494.876 | 796.033– 796.426 | Billy C. Clark Bridge | ||
Continuation into Kenova, West Virginia | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
- Roads in Louisville, Kentucky
References
- Google (August 20, 2019). "Map of U.S. Route 60 in Kentucky" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
- "Official DMI Route Log". Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved June 18, 2017.
- Joint Board on Interstate Highways (1925). Report of Joint Board on Interstate Highways, October 30, 1925, Approved by the Secretary of Agriculture, November 18, 1925 (Report). Washington, DC: United States Department of Agriculture. OCLC 733875457, 55123355, 71026428. Retrieved November 14, 2017 – via Wikisource.
- Weingroff, Richard F. (April 7, 2011). "From Names to Numbers: The Origins of the US Numbered Highway System". Highway History. Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved June 10, 2011.
- Bureau of Public Roads & American Association of State Highway Officials (November 11, 1926). United States System of Highways Adopted for Uniform Marking by the American Association of State Highway Officials (Map). 1:7,000,000. Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey. OCLC 32889555. Retrieved November 7, 2013 – via Wikimedia Commons.
- Weingroff, Richard (June 18, 2003). "U.S. Route 666: "Beast of a Highway"?". Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
- Arizona Department of Transportation (2008). "2008 ADOT Highway Log" (PDF). Phoenix: Arizona Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 8, 2008.
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