Kentucky Route 238

Kentucky Route 238
	KY 238 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by KYTC
Length	13.42 mi[1] (21.60 km)
Major junctions
West end	KY 185 near Big Reedy
	KY 185 at Big Reedy ; KY 187 at Sunfish
East end	KY 259 at Bee Spring
Location
Counties	Edmonson
Highway system

Kentucky Route 238 (KY 238) is a rural secondary east–west state highway that traverses northern Edmonson County in west-central Kentucky.

Route description

KY 238 starts at a junction with KY 185 near Big Reedy, which is about five miles (8.0 km) north of Roundhill. It traverses the Big Reedy Creek twice, because the first four miles (6.4 km) of KY 238 is a loop around Big Reedy, and it intersects KY 185 for a second time, and runs concurrently with KY 185 for 0.2 miles (0.32 km).

KY 238 continues east and intersects KY 187 (Sunfish Road) at Sunfish, and KY 238 runs concurrency with that route also for about 0.8 miles (1.3 km). KY 238 splits from KY 187 and heads east, while KY 187 continues north towards Grayson County. KY s238 crosses the Bear Creek and then ends in Bee Spring at an intersection with KY 259.

History

KY 238 began existence solely as an access road to Big Reedy Lake near the unincorporated community of Big Reedy. [2]At pone point between 1937 and 1958, KY 238 expanded to include Sunfish School Road, which would connect Big Reedy with the KY 187 corridor, as well as another extension to serve as a loop that goes back to KY 185. [3] KY 238 was expanded once again to run concurrent with KY 187, and utilize Sunfish-Bee Spring Road to connect with KY 259 at Bee Spring sometime between 1960 and 1977.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Edmonson County.

Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
	0.000	0.000	KY 185 (Caneyville Road)	Western terminus
Big Reedy	3.497	5.628	KY 185 south (Caneyville Road) – Roundhill	Southern end of KY 185 overlap
Big Reedy	3.697	5.950	KY 185 north (Caneyville Road) – Caneyville	Northern end of KY 185 overlap
Sunfish	7.247	11.663	KY 187 south (Sunfish Road) to KY 70 – Brownsville	Southern end of KY187 overlap
	7.593	12.220	KY 2330 west (Sunfish-Sunny Point Road)
	8.334	13.412	KY 187 north (Sunfish) – Leitchfield	Northern end of KY 187 overlap
Bee Spring	13.420	21.597	KY 259 – Leitchfield, Brownsville	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

References

"Official DMI Route Log". Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (1937) (PDF). Edmonson County Route Planning Map. Retrieved October 7, 2014.
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (1958) (PDF). Edmonson County Highway Map (Map). Retrieved October 7, 2014.

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[log-1] "Official DMI Route Log". Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved December 26, 2012.

[edco-37-2] Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (1937) (PDF). Edmonson County Route Planning Map. Retrieved October 7, 2014.

[edmonson1958-3] Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (1958) (PDF). Edmonson County Highway Map (Map). Retrieved October 7, 2014.