Kentucky Route 55
Route map:
 US 42 / KY 36 in Prestonville | ||||
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | Kentucky | |||
| Counties | Russell, Adair, Taylor, Marion, Washington, Nelson, Spencer, Shelby, Henry, Trimble, Carroll | |||
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Kentucky Route 55 (KY 55) is a 140.858-mile-long (226.689 km)
Commonwealth of Kentucky
.
The route originates at a junction with U.S. Route 127 in Freedom, Russell County. The route continues through Columbia in Adair County to U.S. Route 68 in Campbellsville, Taylor County, where KY 55 joins US 68 east to Lebanon in Marion County. In Lebanon, KY 55 separates from US 68 and proceeds northward through Springfield in Washington County, Bloomfield in Nelson County, and Taylorsville and Elk Creek in Spencer County. In Shelby County it passes through Finchville and Shelbyville and continues north through Eminence in Henry County. Roughly three miles south of New Castle, KY 55 intersects U.S. Route 421. The two routes run concurrent for eight miles (13 km) before splitting near Campbellsburg. KY 55 continues north to Prestonville, where it ends at an intersection with U.S. Route 42 and Kentucky Route 36 on the bank of the Ohio River.
Route description
Russell County through Taylor County
The route originates at a junction with
KY 55 Business
.
The route continues northward, bypassing the Green River Lake State Park, and on to U.S. Route 68 in Campbellsville, Taylor County, where KY 55 joins US 68 east, and also runs concurrently with KY 70 for the remaining of that route's concurrency with US 68. US 68 and KY 55 continues north into Marion County.
Marion County through Spencer County
At Lebanon, KY 55 splits from US 68 and continues to Springfield, Washington County, running into downtown Springfield and crossing US 150. It continues north-northwestwardly into eastern Nelson County, providing access to the Bluegrass Parkway and US 62 at Bloomfield. KY 55 goes further north to Spencer County, and goes through Taylorsville.
Shelby County through Carroll County
From
KY 55 Business and becomes the Shelbyville Bypass (Freedom's Way). The Shelbyville Bypass opened up in November 2010, and is a 4.5 mile 4-lane divided highway.[3] The Shelbyville Bypass runs north then curves east, crossing KY 53 near Shelby County West Middle School. The route continues east, crossing over Clear Creek and ends north of Shelbyville at an intersection with KY 55 Business. North of the Shelbyville Bypass, KY 55 becomes Eminence Pike and narrows to two-lanes as it heads north passing open fields and houses before entering into Henry County
roughly 8 miles (13 km) further north.
Alternatively, the business district within city limits of Shelbyville provides an alternative to taking the bypass. Running concurrently with US60 East (US60East; Main Sreet; KY Route 55 North) through Shelbyville, KY Route 55X can be picked up just a few miles later and just a mile or so south of the terminus of the KY 55 Bypass.
In Henry County, KY 55 enters the city of KY 316 at its eastern terminus and continues northward into Carroll County
just over 1 mile (1.6 km) from the Trimble County-Henry County line.
In Carroll County, KY 55 curves toward the northeast, passing
US 42/KY 36, just west of the Kentucky River and south of the Ohio River
. The entire route remains two-lanes throughout Henry, Trimble, and Carroll counties.
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell | Freedom | 0.000 | 0.000 |  US 127 – Jamestown, Wolf Creek Dam, Albany | Southern terminus | ||
| | 0.520 | 0.837 |  KY 2284 | Southern terminus of KY 2284 | |||
| | 2.027 | 3.262 |  KY 1058 | Eastern terminus of KY 1058 | |||
| Olga | 4.309 | 6.935 |  KY 379 – Creelsboro, Russell Springs | ||||
| Adair | | 8.460 | 13.615 |  KY 1313 | Northern terminus of KY 1313 | ||
| Glens Fork | 11.499 | 18.506 |  KY 900 | Northern terminus of KY 900 | |||
| 11.505 | 18.516 |  KY 768 | Southern end of KY 768 overlap | ||||
| 11.670 | 18.781 | KY 768 | Northern end of KY 768 overlap | ||||
| | 14.304 | 23.020 |   KY 92 east (Montpelier Road) | west terminus of KY 92 | |||
| | 17.455 | 28.091 |  KY 704 – Burkesville | Northern terminus of KY 704 | |||
KY 6177 (Industrial Drive) – Columbia | Southern terminus of KY 55 Bus. | ||||||
| 19.061 | 30.676 |    KY 61 south / KY 80 (Burkesville Street) | Southern end of KY 61 overlap | ||||
| | 20.165 | 32.452 |   KY 439 (Greensburg Street) – Greensburg | Western terminus of KY 439/Northern end of KY 61 overlap | |||
| | 21.594 | 34.752 |  KY 767 (Dillon Street) | ||||
| | 23.221 | 37.371 |   KY 55 Bus. south (Campbellsville Street) | Northern terminus of KY 55 Bus. | |||
| | 23.365 | 37.602 |  KY 551 (Knifley Road) | Southern terminus of KY 551 | |||
| | 25.434 | 40.932 |  KY 530 (Cane Valley Road) | Southern terminus of KY 530 | |||
| Cane Valley | 27.407 | 44.107 |  KY 2972 (Cane Valley Mill Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 2972 | |||
| | 28.112 | 45.242 |  KY 633 (Farris Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 633 | |||
| | 28.891 | 46.496 |  KY 682 (Cane Valley Road) – Holmes Bend Recreation Area | Western terminus of KY 682 | |||
| Coburg | 28.983 | 46.644 |  KY 1913 (Coburg Lane) | Eastern terminus of KY 1913 | |||
KY 565 west (Ebenezer Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 565 | ||||||
| Burdick | 26.788 | 43.111 |  KY 1701 south (Milder Creek Road) | north terminus of KY 1701 | |||
| 27.009 | 43.467 |  KY 3183 north (Old Columbia Road) | Southern terminus of KY 3183 | ||||
| Hatcher | 27.851 | 44.822 |  KY 1061 (Lone Valley Road) – Green River Reservoir State Park | ||||
| | 29.308 | 47.167 |  KY 1625 (Blue Hole Road) | Southern terminus of KY 1625 | |||
| | 30.371 | 48.877 | KY 3183 south (Old Columbia Road) | Northern terminus of KY 3183 | |||
| Southern end of US 68 / KY 70 overlap | |||||||
| see US 68 | |||||||
US 68 east (West Main Street) – Danville | Northern end of US 68 overlap | ||||||
| 51.338 | 82.621 |      KY 49 north (Loretto Road) / KY 52 west to KY 84 – Bardstown | Southern end of KY 49 / KY 52 overlap | ||||
| 51.491 | 82.867 | KY 52 east) | Northern end of KY 49 / KY 52 overlap | ||||
| 51.669 | 83.153 | Spalding Avenue (KY 55S south) | Northern terminus of KY 55S | ||||
| 51.886 | 83.502 |  KY 429 north (St. Rose Road) | Southern terminus of KY 429 | ||||
| 52.716 | 84.838 |   US 68 east | Southern end of KY 2154 overlap | ||||
| 52.968 | 85.244 | US 68 west / KY 55 south | Northern end of KY 2154 overlap | ||||
| Washington | | 57.494 | 92.528 |  KY 3165 (Old Lebanon Road) | Northern terminus of KY 3165 | ||
| | 58.574 | 94.266 |   KY 3164 / KY 528 (Lebanon Road) – Springfield | Eastern terminus of KY 3164/Western terminus of KY 528 | |||
US 150 Bus. east / KY 152 east (Main Street) / KY 555 north to US 150 / Bluegrass Parkway – Springfield, Lincoln Homestead State Park | Southern end of US 150 Bus. / KY 152 overlap | ||||||
| 60.408 | 97.217 |   | Northern end of US 150 Bus. / KY 152 overlap | ||||
| | 61.442 | 98.881 | US 150 | ||||
| | 65.719 | 105.764 |  KY 438 east (Beechland Road) | Western terminus of KY 438 | |||
KY 458 (Mt. Zion Road) | Western terminus of KY 458 | ||||||
| | 69.313 | 111.548 |  KY 529 south (Valley Hill Road) | north terminus of KY 529 | |||
| Nelson | | 72.669 | 116.949 |  KY 1858 west (Stringtown Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 1858 | ||
| | 75.125 | 120.902 |  Bluegrass Parkway – Elizabethtown, Lexington | Bluegrass Parkway exit 34 | |||
| | 75.649 | 121.745 |  KY 2738 (Tunnel Mill Road) | Western terminus of KY 2738 | |||
| | 75.867 | 122.096 |  US 62 west – Bardstown | Southern end of US 62 overlap | |||
| Bloomfield | 78.164 | 125.793 |  US 62 east / KY 48 west – Fairfield | Northern end of US 62 overlap | |||
KY 458 south (Chaplin Road) | north terminus of KY 458 | ||||||
| | 81.654 | 131.409 |  KY 1066 east (Franklin Road) | Western terminus of KY 1066 | |||
| | 83.728 | 134.747 |  KY 1392 south | north terminus of KY 1392 | |||
| | 84.220 | 135.539 |  KY 2239 north (Overlook Road) – Taylorsville Lake State Park | Southern terminus of KY 2239 | |||
| | 85.759 | 138.016 |  KY 652 south (Little Union Road) – Fairfield | ||||
| | 87.526 | 140.859 |  KY 2885 south (West River Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 2885 | |||
| Taylorsville | 87.816 | 141.326 |  KY 44 west (Main Street) – Mount Washington | Southern end of KY 44 overlap | |||
 KY 3200 east (East Main Street) – Mount Eden | |||||||
| 88.519 | 142.458 | KY 44 east (Little Mount Road) – Taylorsville Lake State Park | Northern end of KY 44 overlap | ||||
| |  To Elk Creek Road / KY 1633 | ||||||
| | 92.561 | 148.962 |  KY 1169 (Normandy Road) | ||||
| Elk Creek | 93.271 | 150.105 |   KY 155 north / KY 1663 south – Louisville | Northern terminus of KY 1663/Southern terminus of KY 155 | |||
KY 148 (Fisherville Road) | |||||||
| 97.753 | 157.318 |  KY 1848 north (Buck Creek Road) | south terminus of KY 1848 | ||||
I-64 – Louisville, Lexington | I-64 exit 32 | ||||||
| | 102.727 | 165.323 |  KY 2862 north (Pearce Industrial Road) | south terminus of KY 2862 | |||
| | 103.465 | 166.511 |  KY 55 Bus. north (Shelbyville Road) – Louisville, Shelbyville | ||||
| | 105.683 | 170.080 |  KY 53 (LaGrange Road) | ||||
| | 107.967 | 173.756 | KY 55 Bus. south (Eminence Pike) | Northern terminus of KY 55 Bus. | |||
| Henry | Eminence | 116.555 | 187.577 |  KY 1899 north (Mulberry Pike) | south terminus of KY 1899 | ||
| 117.226 | 188.657 |  KY 22 west (West Broadway) – Louisville | Southern end of KY 22 overlap | ||||
| 117.328 | 188.821 | KY 22 east (Elm Street) – Owenton | Northern end of KY 22 overlap | ||||
| | 120.074 | 193.240 |  KY 1861 west (Sunnyside Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 1861 | |||
| | 120.410 | 193.781 | US 421 south (Castle Highway) – Frankfort | Southern end of US 421 overlap | |||
| see US 421 | |||||||
| | 128.694 | 207.113 |   I-71 – Bedford | Northern end of US 421 overlap | |||
KY 316 west | Eastern terminus of KY 316 | ||||||
KY 549 north | Southern terminus of KY 549 | ||||||
| | 138.363 | 222.674 |  I-71 | ||||
| | 140.405 | 225.960 |  KY 549 south | Northern terminus of 549 | |||
US 42 / KY 36 | Northern terminus | ||||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Special routes
Columbia business route
Kentucky Route 55 Business | |
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| Location | Columbia |
| Length | 3.025 mi[1] (4.868 km) |
Kentucky Route 55 Business (KY 55 Business) is a business route of KY 55 in
KY 439, it turns toward the north. KY 55 Business intersects KY 206
as it continues its northward path out of Columbia. A little over 1 mile (1.6 km) north of KY 206, KY 55 Business ends at an intersection with KY 55 (Columbia Bypass).
Lebanon spur
Kentucky Route 55 Spur | |
|---|---|
| Location | Lebanon |
| Length | 0.255 mi[1] (410 m) |
Kentucky Route 55 Spur (KY 55 Spur) in
US 68
in the heart of downtown Lebanon.
Shelbyville business route
Kentucky Route 55 Business | |
|---|---|
| Location | Shelbyville |
| Length | 5.150 mi[1] (8.288 km) |
| Existed | 2010[3]–present |
Kentucky Route 55 Business (KY 55 Business) is a business route of KY 55 in
KY 2268
, it continues north for roughly 0.8 miles (1.3 km) before ending at KY 55 north of Shelbyville.
References
- ^ a b c d Division of Planning. "Official Milepoint Route Log Extract". Highway Information System. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved July 5, 2013.
- ^ Lisa King. "State gives green light for traffic signal". The Sentinel-News. Retrieved July 5, 2013.
- ^ a b c Staff. "Shelbyville bypass opens after delay". Business First. Retrieved July 5, 2013.
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