Kentucky Route 155
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Country | United States | |
State | Kentucky | |
Counties | Jefferson, Spencer | |
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Kentucky Route 155 (KY 155) is a 20.788-mile-long (33.455 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The route originates at a junction with U.S. Route 31E and US 150 (Bardstown Road) in Louisville, Kentucky. On the other side of intersection, KY 155 becomes a local road called Trevilian Way. KY 155 continues through several Louisville suburbs to Jeffersontown, Kentucky and into Spencer County, where it eventually merges with Kentucky Route 55 a few miles north of Taylorsville, Kentucky.
It is known locally as Taylorsville Road from its northern terminus until a junction with
It is 4 to 6 lanes through much of Jefferson County, and is a major thoroughfare connecting Louisville's inner east side neighborhoods with suburban shopping and business areas, such as the
History
KY 155's history is relatively lengthy, the intersection with Bardstown Road (once called the Bardstown Turnpike) was originally known as Doup's Point, the home of a major Louisville family. In 1848 legislation was passed authorizing the construction of a spur route from the Bardstown Turnpike near Doup's Point to Taylorsville, by way of Jeffersontown. The route, initially called the Louisville and Taylorsville Pike, was completed by the late 19th century and was expanded to 4 lanes in the 1960s.[2] In the early 1990s, as a part of improvements to I-264 and its interchanges, KY 155 was widened to 6 lanes south of the interchange and local access roads were built parallel to it, to provide easier access for residents whose driveways had previously opened onto the highway.
Major intersections
County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Spencer | Elk Creek | 0.000 | 0.000 | KY 55 / KY 1633 south – Taylorsville, Shelbyville | Southern terminus |
| 2.518 | 4.052 | KY 3192 south – Wilsonville | Northern terminus of KY 3192 | |
KY 1531 south (Routt Road) | South end of KY 1531 overlap | ||||
8.504 | 13.686 | KY 1531 north (Taylorsville Road) – Finchville | Sorth end of KY 1531 overlap | ||
8.950 | 14.404 | Hatmaker Trail ( KY 2265 south) | |||
10.305 | 16.584 | I-65 | I-265 exit 23 | ||
12.494 | 20.107 | KY 913 north (Blankenbaker Parkway) | Southern terminus of KY 913 | ||
Jeffersontown | 13.271 | 21.358 | KY 1819 (Ruckriegel Parkway) | ||
I-64 | |||||
Louisville | 17.837 | 28.706 | KY 1932 (Breckenridge Lane) | ||
18.951 | 30.499 | I-264 (Watterson Expressway) | I-264 exit 17 | ||
19.348 | 31.138 | Dutchmans Lane ( KY 2048 north) | |||
20.788 | 33.455 | US 31E / US 150 (Bardstown Road) | Northern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
See also
- Roads in Louisville, Kentucky
References
- ^ a b Commonwealth of Kentucky. "Official DMI Route Log". Retrieved 27 December 2012.
- ^ "Seneca Gardens history". Archived from the original on 2007-03-17. Retrieved 2007-04-08.