Kentucky Route 61

Kentucky Route 61
Preston Highway (portions)
Route information
Maintained by KYTC
Length:	151.333 mi[1] (243.547 km)
Major junctions
South end:	SR 53 near Peytonsburg
	Cumberland Parkway in Columbia US 68 / KY 70 in Greensburg US 31E in Hodgenville US 31W in Elizabethtown Western Kentucky Parkway in Elizabethtown I-65 in Elizabethtown US 62 in Boston I-65 in Lebanon Junction I-265 in Louisville I-65 in Louisville I-264 in Louisville US 150 in Louisville US 31E / US 60 in Louisville
North end:	US 31E / US 60 in Louisville
Location
Counties:	Cumberland, Adair, Metcalfe, Green, LaRue, Hardin, Nelson, Bullitt, Jefferson
Highway system
Highways in Kentucky Interstate US State Parkways ← US 60 US 62 →

Kentucky Route 61 (KY 61) is a 151.333-mile (243.547 km) long Kentucky State Highway extending north from the Tennessee state line in Cumberland County to Columbia in Adair County through to Greensburg in Green County. From there, the route traverses LaRue, Hardin and Bullitt counties to terminate in Jefferson County (where it is commonly signed as Preston Street or Preston Highway) at the junction of U.S. Route 31E (East Main Street) in downtown Louisville.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Cumberland	​	0.000	0.000	SR 53	Kentucky/Tennessee state line
	Peytonsburg	1.960	3.154	KY 2064 south (Hendricks Creek Road) – Hendricks Creek Resort[2]	Northern terminus of KY-2064
	​	2.754	4.432	KY 214 west (Kettle Creek Road)	Eastern terminus of KY-214
	​	3.354	5.398	KY 3108 (Red Banks Road/Cherry Tree Ridge Road) – Salvation Army Camp Paradise Valley	SA camp to the east
	​	6.343	10.208	KY 953 west (Judio Road)	To Dale Hollow Lake boat ramp; eastern terminus of KY-953
	Kettle	6.792	10.931	KY 485 north (Guthrie Chapel Road/Post Office Road)	Southern terminus of KY-485
	​	7.703	12.397	KY 449 north (Sulphur Creek Road) to KY 485 – Dale Hollow Lake State Park, Sulphur Creek boat dock
	Burkesville	12.869	20.711	KY 90 east (Albany Road)	Beginning of KY-90 concurrency
		13.484	21.700	KY 2276 west (Hill Street)	Only accessible from KY-61 South
		13.701	22.050	KY 90 west (Glasgow Road) – Glasgow	End of KY-90 concurrency
	​	16.536	26.612	KY 3140 north (Little Renox Creek Road)	Southern terminus of KY-3140
	​	17.080	27.488	KY 704 north (Crocus Creek Road)	Southern terminus of KY-704
	​	21.610	34.778	KY 3140 south (Garrett Creek Road)	Northern terminus of KY-3140
Adair	No major junctions
Metcalfe	No major junctions
Adair	​	28.555	45.955	KY 533 (Flat Rock Road)
	Sparksville	33.015	53.132	KY 768 west (Weed-Sparksville Road)	Begin KY-768 concurrency
		34.189	55.022	KY 768 east (Sparksville Road)	End KY-768 concurrency
	Flatwood	36.443	58.649	KY 2982 west (Jones Chapel Road)	Eastern terminus of KY-2982
	Columbia	38.739	62.344	Cumberland Parkway east	Exit 48 off Cumberland Parkway east and ramps to Cumberland Parkway east
		38.839	62.505	Cumberland Parkway west	Exit 48 off Cumberland Parkway west and ramps to Cumberland Parkway west
		39.039	62.827	KY 80 west (Edmonton Road)	Begin KY-80 concurrency
		40.409	65.032	KY 55 south / KY 80 east	End concurrency with KY-80, begin concurrency with KY-55
		41.513	66.809	KY 55 north / KY 439 east to KY 2287	End concurrency with KY-55; 61 turns left, 55 straight ahead, 439 to the right
		41.626	66.991	KY 2287 south	Northern terminus of KY-2287; only accessible from SB 61 (NB uses 439)
	​	42.894	69.031	KY 2973 south (Lampton Lane)	Northern terminus of KY-2973
	Milltown	46.469	74.785	KY 768 east (Milltown Road)	Western terminus of KY-768
	​	47.474	76.402	KY 532 west (Cedar Grove Road)	Eastern terminus of KY-532
Green	​	49.074	78.977	KY 767 north	Southern terminus of KY-767
	​	53.098	85.453	KY 487
	​			KY 565 east	Western terminus of KY-565
	Greensburg	57.239	92.117	US 68 / KY 70 west – Edmonton	Begin concurrency with US-68/KY-70
		58.670	94.420	KY 417 east (East Columbia Avenue)	Western terminus of KY-417
		59.572	95.872	US 68 / KY 70 east – Campbellsville	End concurrency with US-68/KY-70
	​	59.996	96.554	KY 793 east	Western terminus of KY-793
	​	61.174	98.450	KY 88 west – Munfordville	Eastern terminus of KY-88
	Summersville	64.768	104.234	KY 323
	Bloyds Crossing	67.728	108.998	KY 569
	​	69.164	111.309	KY 424 east	Western terminus of KY-424
	​	70.015	112.678	KY 565 south	Northern terminus of KY-565
	​	72.718	117.028	KY 2762 north	Southern terminus of KY-2762
LaRue	Mount Sherman	76.598	123.273	KY 1906 west – Magnolia	Eastern terminus of KY-1906
	​	78.042	125.596	KY 1192
	​	79.284	127.595	KY 584 north (Mt. Tabor Road)	Southern terminus of KY-584
	Buffalo	80.874	130.154	KY 470 south – Magnolia	Begin KY-470 overlap
		81.463	131.102	KY 470 north	End KY-470 overlap
	Hodgenville	83.753	134.787	US 31E south – Magnolia	Begin concurrency with US-31E
		83.904	135.030	Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park
		85.313	137.298	US 31E north (Lincoln Farm Road) / KY 1618 east (Lincoln Parkway)	End concurrency with US-31E; western terminus of KY-1618; 61 continues to the west as Lincoln Parkway; 1618 to the east; US-31E to the north
		86.409	139.062	KY 84 (Tanner Road)
		87.175	140.295	KY 2462 east (West Main Street)	Western terminus of KY-2462
		87.756	141.230	KY 3204 east (Tonieville Road)	Western terminus of KY-3204
	Tonieville	90.807	146.140	KY 2760 east to KY 210	Western terminus of KY-2760
Hardin	​	91.794	147.728	KY 1135
	Elizabethtown	98.1941	158.0281	US 31W south / Western Kentucky Parkway west / US 31W Truck north to US 31W Byp. / I-65 / Bluegrass Parkway – Lexington, Louisville, Nashville, Paducah	Eastern terminus of Western Kentucky Parkway (to Owensboro/Paducah); I-65 just west of intersection (south to Nashville, north to BG Parkway/Lex/Lou); truck route follows parkway to US-31W Bypass; begin concurrency with US-31W
		98.436	158.417	KY 210 east (Hodgenville Road) to KY 567	Western terminus of KY-210
		97.156	156.357	KY 1136 north (New Glendale Road)	Southern terminus of KY-1136
		98.934	159.219	US 31W south	North and south lanes split around courthouse here (southern end of one-way south/north split)
		98.998	159.322	US 31W south	North end of split (south 31W accessible to the left)
				US 62 west to US 31W north / I-65 / Bluegrass Parkway – Fort Knox	End concurrency with US-31W and begin concurrency with US-62; 31W continues to the north while 61 turns east to follow 62
		99.707	160.463	Panther Lane to Elizabethtown High School
		100.637	161.960	KY 3005 west (Ring Road)	Western terminus of KY-3005
		101.451	163.270	I-65 south / US 62 Truck west to Bluegrass Parkway – Nashville	Exit 94 from Southbound I-65 and ramp to I-65 South/West US-62 truck route; Bluegrass Parkway is the next exit on I-65 South
		101.594	163.500	I-65 north / US 62 Truck east – Louisville	Exit 94 from Northbound I-65 and ramp to I-65 North/East US-62 truck route
	Younger Creek	108.292	174.279	KY 583 south	Northern terminus of KY-583
Nelson	​	109.642	176.452	KY 52 east	Western terminus of KY-52
	Boston	112.027	180.290	US 62 east	End concurrency with US-62
Bullitt	Lebanon Junction	118.303	190.390	I-65 north – Louisville	Exit 105 from I-65 North and ramps to I-65 North
		118.603	190.873	I-65 south – Nashville	Exit 105 from I-65 South and ramps to I-65 South
		119.212	191.853	KY 434 west (Main Street)	Eastern terminus of KY-434
	​	122.242	196.729	KY 733 east (Wilson Creek Road)	Western terminus of KY-733
	Belmont	124.032	199.610	KY 251 south (Belmont Road)	Northern terminus of KY-251
	Clermont	126.102	202.941	KY 245 south (Clermont Road) – Boston, Jim Beam distillery, Bernheim Forest	Northern terminus of KY-245
	​	126.462	203.521	KY 1494 north (Beech Grove Road)	Southern terminus of KY-1494
	Bardstown Junction	127.332	204.921	KY 3219 east (Chapeze Lane)	Western terminus of KY-3219
	Shepherdsville	129.610	208.587	KY 480 east (Cedar Grove Road)	Western terminus of KY-480
		129.897	209.049	KY 1494 south (Beech Grove Road)	Northern terminus of KY-1494
		130.652	210.264	KY 480 Conn. east (Old Preston Highway South)	Western terminus of KY-480 connector
		131.187	211.125	KY 44 (4th Street) to US 31W / US 60 / I-65 – Mt. Washington	Mt. Washington and I-65 to the east, US-31W/US-60 to the west
		131.342	211.374	KY 2673 north (West Blue Lick Road)	Southern terminus of KY-2673
	Gap in Knob	132.952	213.966	KY 1020 north (Coral Ridge Road) – Coral Ridge	Southern terminus of KY-1020
	Fox Chase	135.097	217.418	KY 1526 east (Bells Mill Road)	Begin concurrency with KY-1526
	Hebron Estates	135.883	218.682	KY 1450 north (West Hebron Road)	Southern terminus of KY-1450
	Pioneer Village	136.047	218.946	KY 1526 west (John Harper Highway) to I-65	End concurrency with KY-1526
		136.756	220.087	KY 2553 north (Old Preston Highway North) to KY 1116 (Zoneton Road)	Southern terminus of KY-2553
	Zoneton	137.729	221.653	KY 1116 east (Old Preston Highway North)	Western terminus of KY-1116
Jefferson	Louisville	138.989	223.681	KY 2053 east (Mt. Washington Road)	Western terminus of KY-2053
		140.129	225.516	I-265 (Gene Snyder Freeway) / KY 841	Ramps from KY-61 north to I-265
		140.304	225.797	I-265 east (Gene Snyder Freeway) / KY 841	Ramp from KY-61 south to I-265 east (exit 12 from I-265 east just south of here)
		140.504	226.119	I-265 west (Gene Snyder Freeway) / KY 841	Ramp from KY-61 south to I-265 west (exit 12 from I-265 west just south of here)
		140.791	226.581	KY 2845 east (East Manslick Road)	Western terminus of KY-2845
		141.516	227.748	Southern High School
		141.958	228.459	KY 1450 south (Blue Lick Road)	Northern terminus of KY-1450
		142.292	228.997	KY 1065 (Outer Loop) to I-65 – Jefferson Mall	Mall to the east, I-65 to the west
		143.699	231.261	KY 1747 (Fern Valley Road)
		145.586	234.298	I-65 north to I-264	Exit 130 from I-65 north and ramps to I-65 north
		145.699	234.480	To I-65 south (Grade Lane) – Nashville, Kentucky Air National Guard
		146.329	235.494	I-264 east
		146.808	236.265	To I-264 (Phillips Lane) – Kentucky Exposition Center, Kentucky Kingdom
		148.376	238.788	KY 61 Conn. (Harrison Avenue)	Connector to KY-61 south (north and south are split here)
		148.448	238.904	US 60 Alt. (Eastern Parkway)
		149.296	240.269	I-65 south – Nashville	Begin brief concurrency with I-65; no access to ramp from southbound Preston Street
		149.543	240.666	I-65 north – Indianapolis	End concurrency; exit 134A off I-65 North; ramp to I-65 south from Preston Street/KY-61S in same general area
		150.876	242.811	US 150 (East Broadway)
		151.235	243.389	US 31E / US 60 east (East Market Street)
		151.333	243.547	US 31E / US 60 west (East Main Street)	Northern terminus of KY-61
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

See also

• Roads in Louisville, Kentucky

References

External links

• "State Primary Road System in Adair County" (PDF).  (29.4 KB)
• "State Primary Road System in Bullitt County" (PDF).  (23.2 KB)
• "State Primary Road System in Cumberland County" (PDF). 
• "State Primary Road System in Green County" (PDF).  (11.9 KB)
• "State Primary Road System in Hardin County" (PDF).  (38.1 KB)
• "State Primary Road System in Jefferson County" (PDF).  (57.4 KB)
• "State Primary Road System in LaRue County" (PDF).  (20.6 KB)
• KentuckyRoads.com KY 61