| U.S. Route 68 | |
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| Length: | 560 mi[1] (901 km) |
| Existed: | 1926[1] – present |
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| West end: | US 62 at Reidland, KY |
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I-24 near Cadiz, KY |
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| North end: | I-75 at Findlay, OH |
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U.S. Route 68 is an east–west United States highway that runs for 560 miles (900 km) from northwest Ohio to western Kentucky. The highway's western terminus is at U.S. Route 62 in Reidland, Kentucky. Its eastern terminus is at Interstate 75 in Findlay, Ohio. It is signed east–west in Kentucky and north–south in Ohio
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US 68 is designated as a "Scenic Highway" throughout Kentucky. The majority of the route winds through forested, hilly terrain.
US 68 passes several Civil war battle sites. The Battle of Tebbs Bend Historic Civil War Site is located near Campbellsville and the Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site is outside Perryville.
US 68 hosts an annual 400-Mile yard sale for 4 days in early summer.[2]
US 68 through Campbellsville and Lebanon is slated for expansion to begin in 2008. The long-term goal is to widen and make safer the entire US 68 corridor through Kentucky as part of the Heartland Parkway project,[3][4]
Sections in Kentucky have been improved in recent years. The Paris Pike which was completed in 2003. Work is currently in progress to make US 68 four lanes through Land Between the lakes.
U.S. 68 takes a north–south route throughout much of Ohio. For much of the route, it roughly parallels Interstate 75 as in runs south from its junction with said interstate to the Kentucky Border. The route is an important connector for cities and villages in western Ohio. It also is used as the Springfield, Ohio bypass.
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