Kentucky Route 70
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KY 70 |
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Maintained by KYTC | |||||||||||||
Length: | 275.965 mi[1] (444.123 km) | ||||||||||||
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West end: | US 60 in Smithland | ||||||||||||
Major junctions: |
KY 866 near Dycusburg
KY 295 in Dycusburg US 641 in Fredonia Pennyrile Pkwy in Madisonville Western KY Pkwy in Central City US 431 near Drakesboro Natcher Pkwy near Morgantown I-65 in Cave City US 68/KY 55/527 in Campbellsville US 127 in Liberty |
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East end: | US 150 near Brodhead | ||||||||||||
Counties: | Livingston, Crittenden, Caldwell, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Butler, Edmonson, Barren, Metcalfe, Green, Taylor, Casey, Pulaski, Lincoln, Rockcastle | ||||||||||||
Major cities: | Madisonville, Central City, Morgantown, Cave City, Greensburg, Campbellsville, Liberty | ||||||||||||
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Kentucky Route 70 is a long east-east state highway that originates at a junction with 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 U.S. 150 near Maretburg in Rockcastle.
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[edit] Route description
KY 70 includes concurrent designations with these routes:
- U.S. 641 and KY 91 from Fredonia to a point about two miles north
- KY 293 for about one mile near Fryer in Caldwell County
- KY 85 from Madisonville to a point about three miles east
- Alt U.S. 41 through downtown Madisonville
- U.S. 431 from Central City to a point about two miles south of Drakesboro
- U.S. 231 and KY 79 from Morgantown to a point about three miles north
- U.S. 68 from Sulphur Well (Metcalfe County), through Green County onward to Campbellsville
KY 70 is the main route through Mammoth Cave National Park in Barren and Edmonson counties.
[edit] Major intersections
- Wendell H. Ford Western Kentucky Parkway at Central City
- William H. Natcher Green River Parkway at Morgantown
- Both parkways are designated as portions of the future routing of the Interstate 66 extension.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- State Primary Road System in Livingston CountyPDF (17.8 KB)
- State Primary Road System in Crittenden CountyPDF (9.54 KB)
- State Primary Road System in Caldwell CountyPDF (20.6 KB)
- State Primary Road System in Hopkins CountyPDF (33.5 KB)
- State Primary Road System in Muhlenberg CountyPDF (22.0 KB)
- State Primary Road System in Butler CountyPDF (14.2 KB)
- State Primary Road System in Edmonson CountyPDF (20.4 KB)
- State Primary Road System in Barren CountyPDF (33.2 KB)
- State Primary Road System in Metcalfe CountyPDF (18.5 KB)
- State Primary Road System in Green CountyPDF (11.9 KB)
- State Primary Road System in Taylor CountyPDF (64.3 KB)
- State Primary Road System in Casey CountyPDF (13.8 KB)
- State Primary Road System in Pulaski CountyPDF (35.9 KB)
- State Primary Road System in Lincoln CountyPDF (24.1 KB)
- State Primary Road System in Rockcastle CountyPDF (23.7 KB)
- KY 70 at Kentucky Roads