Kentucky Route 70

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Kentucky Route 70 marker

Kentucky Route 70
Route information
Maintained by KYTC
Length: 275.965 mi[1] (444.123 km)
Major junctions
West end: US 60 in Smithland
  KY 866 near Dycusburg

KY 295 in Dycusburg
US 641 in Fredonia
Pennyrile Pkwy. in Madisonville
Western Kentucky Pkwy. in Central City
US 431 near Drakesboro
Wm.H. Natcher Pkwy. near Morgantown
I-65 in Cave City
US 68 / KY 55 / KY 527 in Campbellsville

US 127 in Liberty
East end: US 150 near Brodhead
Location
Counties: Livingston, Crittenden, Caldwell, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Butler, Edmonson, Barren, Metcalfe, Green, Taylor, Casey, Pulaski, Lincoln, Rockcastle
Highway system
← KY 69 KY 71 →

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.

The low underpass under railroad tracks near Eubank KY has been closed and bypassed with a highway overpass just north of old route. The new roadway is wider and has no restrictions.

KY 70 does not connect between Tiline and Dycusburg. Previous ferry service has been discontinued for a number of years.

Route description

KY 70 includes concurrent designations with these routes:

KY 70 is the main route through Mammoth Cave National Park in Barren and Edmonson counties. Improvements were completed in Liberty in early 2013 to widen KY 70 from near Green River bridge, to Connector Road, as part of the Dry Ridge Hill reconstruction project. Future plans include major upgrades further east past High School with improvements ending near KY 501. Reconstruction of KY 70 west of Liberty from KY 1547 to KY 206 area near Creston. Further plans would create a more direct route for KY 70 to connect Liberty to Campbellsville.

Major intersections

Both parkways are designated as portions of the future routing of the Interstate 66 extension.
  • Interstate 65 at Cave City
  • US 127 south of Liberty via KY 70 bypass. Eliminated dangerous curves and major flooding issues as well as congestion in downtown Liberty, making travel through downtown much safer now.

References

  1. ↑ "Kentucky Transportation Cabinet - Division of Planning - Highway Information System Official Milepoint Route Log Extract". Retrieved 2007-06-13. 

External links

There is a low clearance on KY 70. It is in the town of Eubank and is 1.2 miles (1.9 km) West of US 27.

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