Kentucky Route 63
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by KYTC | ||||
| Length: | 35.783 mi[1] (57.587 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| North end: |
   US 31E Bus. in Glasgow | |||
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  KY 87 / KY 100 at Gamaliel | ||||
| South end: |
 SR 56 just south of Gamaliel | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties: | Barren, Monroe | |||
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Kentucky Route 63 (KY 63) is a north–south state highway that traverses two counties in south central Kentucky.
Route description
KY 63 starts in downtown Glasgow (the Barren county seat) at an intersection with U.S. Route 31E Business (US 31E Bus.), a business loop of US 31E. KY 63 traverses the Louie B. Nunn Cumberland Parkway via an overpass. It closely follows KY 90 while on the south side, and then it goes into farmland south of the city.
It meets KY 1324 at Temple Hill. After going through Temple Hill, KY 63 then passes through more rural areas, and enters Monroe County at Mount Hermon, where it meets KY 678. It then enters Monroe County's seat, Tompkinsville, where it meets KY 163 and KY 100. KY 63 runs concurrently with KY 100 westbound. The two routes have intersections with KY 1446, and KY 1366. KY 63/KY 100 go southwestward towards Gamaliel, where the two routes split, and KY 63 meets KY 87. KY 63 goes southward and ends at the Tennessee state line south of Gamaliel, where it becomes State Route 56.
Most of the KY 63 corridor is recognized as a Kentucky Scenic Byway, which signifies that KY 63 provides a scenic drive through most of its course in Monroe and Barren counties. Also, KY 63, along with the first 10 miles (16 km) of KY 90 and parts of KY 70 between Mammoth Cave National Park and Cave City are parts of the "Cordell Hull Scenic Highway".
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Monroe | | 0.000 | 0.000 | SR 56 south (Gamaliel Road) / Ivan Holcomb Road | Continuation into Tennessee as TN-56 |
| Gamaliel | 1.211 | 1.949 | KY 87 north (West Main Street) | Southern terminus of KY 87 | |
| 1.300 | 2.092 | KY 100 west (Fountain Run Road) | South end of KY 100 overlap | ||
| | 6.271 | 10.092 |  KY 1860 east (Red Hill-Harlan Crossroads Road) – Harlan Crossroads | Western terminus of KY 1860 | |
| | 8.089 | 13.018 |  KY 1366 west (County House Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 1366 | |
| Tompkinsville | 9.457 | 15.220 |   KY 100 east (East 4th Street) / KY 163 – Tompkinsville-Monroe County Airport | North end of KY 100 overlap; 163 to the north and east; 100 to the east; 63 goes west; hospital and airport to the east | |
| 9.516 | 15.315 |  KY 2172 north (Spruce Street) | Southern terminus of KY 2172 | ||
| 9.625 | 15.490 | KY 2172 (South Jackson Street/North Jackson Street) | |||
| | 10.815 | 17.405 |  KY 859 north (Sulphur Lick Road) | Southern terminus of KY 859 | |
| | 13.440 | 21.630 |  KY 2452 north (Sand Lick Road) | Southern terminus of KY 2452 | |
| Mud Lick | 16.158 | 26.004 |  KY 870 south (Mud Lick-Flippin Road) | Northern terminus of KY 870 | |
| Mount Hermon | 20.816 | 33.500 |  KY 678 west (Stringtown-Flippin Road) – Flippin | South end of KY 678 overlap | |
| 20.836 | 33.532 | KY 678 east (Mount Hermon Road) | North end of KY 678 overlap | ||
| Barren | | 21.959 | 35.340 |  KY 820 west (Etoile Road) – Etoile | Eastern terminus of KY 820 |
| | 26.816 | 43.156 |  KY 1324 south (Temple Hill Road) | Northern terminus of KY 1324 | |
| Glasgow | 35.783 | 57.587 | US 31E Bus. (South Green Street) | Northern terminus | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ↑ Division of Planning (June 13, 2007). "Official Milepoint Route Log Extract". Highway Information System. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Archived from the original on April 30, 2007.
External links
- KY 63 at Kentucky Roads