Kentucky Route 40
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by KYTC | ||||
| Length: | 42.339 mi[1][2][3] (68.138 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end: |
  US 460 / KY 7 in Salyersville | |||
| East end: | Kermit, WV | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties: | Magoffin, Johnson, Martin | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Kentucky Route 40 (KY 40) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The road begins at a junction with U.S. Route 460 / KY 7 in Salyersville in Magoffin County, then continues eastward through Paintsville in Johnson County. KY 40 ends in Martin County at an intersection with KY 292 and an access bridge to US 52 at the West Virginia border. The road was featured during the 1980s in a song by Ricky Skaggs, "Highway 40 Blues".
KY 40 originally extended west to Frankfort. US 460 replaced the entire route west of Paintsville in the 1940s, but in about 1980 it was moved onto a new alignment east of Salyersville, and KY 40 was extended back west.
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Magoffin | Salyersville |  US 460 / KY 7 to Mountain Parkway – West Liberty, Paintsville | |||
 KY 2020 east | |||||
| Falcon |  KY 1081 west | ||||
 KY 1437 west | |||||
| Johnson |  KY 825 east | ||||
| Oil Springs |  KY 580 east | Western end of KY 580 overlap | |||
| KY 580 west | Eastern end of KY 580 overlap | ||||
| Barnetts Creek | KY 580 west | ||||
 KY 2275 west – Paintsville Lake State Park | |||||
 KY 172 west – Flat Gap | |||||
| Paintsville |  US 23 / US 460 – Ashland, Salyersville, Prestonsburg, Louisa | Interchange | |||
 KY 321 | |||||
  KY 321 Bus. south (College Street) | |||||
 KY 1428 south (Depot Road) | |||||
 KY 581 north – Jenny Wiley Grave, Johnson County Thealka Park | |||||
 KY 3388 south | |||||
 KY 1107 south – Van Lear | Western end of KY 1107 overlap | ||||
 KY 1145 north | |||||
| KY 1107 north | Eastern end of KY 1107 overlap | ||||
 KY 3389 south (Dicey Branch) | |||||
 KY 2040 north – Offutt | |||||
 KY 1596 south | |||||
 KY 3390 north – Whitehouse, Chestnut | |||||
| Martin | Tomahawk |  KY 1224 south | |||
| Stidham |  KY 1884 north | ||||
 KY 645 – Paintsville, Louisa, Prestonsburg | |||||
| Inez |  KY 3 north – Clifford, Louisa | Western end of KY 3 overlap | |||
| KY 3 south (Old Middle Fork) | Eastern end of KY 3 overlap | ||||
 KY 908 north | Western end of KY 908 overlap | ||||
| KY 645 west | |||||
| KY 908 south | Eastern end of KY 908 overlap | ||||
 KY 2032 south (Little Rockcastle Road) | |||||
| Beauty |  KY 2031 north (Big Elk Road) | ||||
| Warfield |  KY 292 north | Western end of KY 292 overlap | |||
| KY 292 south | Eastern end of KY 292 overlap | ||||
| Virginia Avenue - Kermit, WV | West Virginia state line (Kermit Bridge over Tug Fork) | ||||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
- ↑ "Magoffin County State Secondary Road System" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-08-02.
- ↑ "Johnson County State Secondary Road System" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-08-02.
- ↑ "Martin County State Secondary Road System" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-08-02.