Kentucky Route 185
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by KYTC | ||||
| Length: | 33.509 mi[1] (53.928 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end: |
  US 68/KY 80 in Bowling Green | |||
 KY 70 at Roundhill | ||||
| North end: |
  US 62/KY 79 in Caneyville | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties: | Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Warren | |||
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Kentucky Route 185 is a north–south state highway traversing four counties in south-central Kentucky.
Route description
Route 185 begins at a junction with the cojoined US 68/KY 80 just north of downtown Bowling Green.
It continues on past the community of Richardsville before passing into eastern Butler County.
KY 185 bridges the Green River before passing into Butler County. Just before entering the northwestern side of Edmonson County, KY 185 junctions with KY 70, in the community of Roundhill.
After this junction, KY 185 continues north until it passes into Grayson County. The route traverses the Western Kentucky Parkway via an overpass, shortly before reaching its northern terminus in the city of Caneyville at a junction with US 62 and KY 79.
History
KY 185's run within Warren County was originally Kentucky Route 67 from the 1930s until the discontinuation of the Bear Creek Ferry around 1967/68. Ky 185's original south end was at Glenmore. The original KY 67 ran KY 185's present routing in Warren County, goes northeast to meet the ferry and enters Edmonson County near Segal and ended at Windyville, Kentucky at a junction with KY 70. The ferry provided a more direct route from Bowling Green to western Edmonson County. In the early 1950s, KY 185 was extended to follow a path from the Glenmore area to a junction with U.S. Route 31W at Bristow. After the de-commission of the ferry and KY 67, KY 185 in Warren County was re-routed to its current routing.[2][3][4] The current Kentucky Route 67 is now designated to follow the Industrial Parkway in Boyd and Greenup Counties in northeastern Kentucky just west of Ashland.
From 1967/68 until around 2010, KY 185's southern terminus was at US 68's junction with Kentucky Route 234 near the L&N Depot in Bowling Green. KY 185 ends at its current south terminus when US 68/KY 80 was rerouted onto the Vietnam Veterans Blvd (originally KY 880), and the other US 68 alignment was re-designated as US Route 68 Business.
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Warren | Bowling Green | 0.000 | 0.000 | US 68 (Veterans Memorial Lane) / KY 80 – Bowling Green, Glasgow | Southern terminus |
| 5.029 | 8.093 |  KY 526 – Bristow | Western terminus of KY 526 | ||
| Richardsville | 6.251 | 10.060 |  KY 263 – Richardsville | Southern terminus of KY 263 | |
| Anna | 8.507 | 13.691 |  KY 1320 – Girkin, Boiling Springs | Western terminus of KY 1320 | |
| Glenmore | 11.812 | 19.010 |  KY 1749 – Wingfield | Western terminus of KY 1749 | |
| Butler | Roundhill | 18.499 | 29.771 | KY 70 – Morgantown, Brownsville | Serves Mammoth Cave National Park and Nolin Lake |
| Edmonson | Big Reedy | 21.330 | 34.327 |  KY 238 (Big Reedy Road) | Serves Big Reedy Lake |
| 23.443 | 37.728 | KY 238 west (Big Reedy Road) | Serves Big Reedy Lake | ||
| 23.643 | 38.050 | KY 238 east (Sunfish School Road) – Sunfish | |||
| 24.738 | 39.812 |  KY 1075 east (Sunny Point Road) – Leitchfield | |||
| Grayson | Ready | 29.140 | 46.896 |  KY 411 – Jetson, Shrewsbury | Second junction of KY 411 at mile marker 29.155 |
| 29.145 | 46.904 |  KY 1655 (Wilson Church Road) | |||
| Caneyville | 31.358 | 50.466 |  KY 2766 (Quisenberry School-Caney Creek Road) | ||
| 33.509 | 53.928 |  KY 79 (Morgantown Street) to US 62 / Western Kentucky Parkway – Beaver Dam, Rosine, Leitchfield, Falls of Rough, Hardinsburg | Northern terminus | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
Points of interest along route
- Shanty Hollow Lake near Anna (Ky. Dept. Of Fish & Wildlife)
- The Corner Market at Roundhill