Kentucky Route 302

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Kentucky Route 302
Route information
Maintained by KYTC
Length	19.0 mi[1][2] (30.6 km)
Major junctions
South end	US 23 / US 460 / KY 80 in Watergap
North end	in Hager Hill
Location
Counties	Floyd, Johnson
Highway system
Kentucky State Highway System Interstate US State Parkways
← KY 301 → KY 303

Kentucky Route 302 (KY 302) is a 19.0-mile-long (30.6 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The highway connects mostly rural areas of Floyd and Johnson counties with Watergap and Hager Hill.

Route description[]

Floyd County[]

KY 302 begins at an interchange with US 23/US 460/KY 80 in Watergap within Floyd County. It travels to the north-northeast, paralleling , and crosses over the creek twice. It enters , where it crosses over some railroad tracks and travels over Levisa Fork. On the north side of the bridge, it enters , where it begins to parallel and intersects (Lake Drive). After it leaves Lancer, it intersects the western terminus of (Corn Fork Road), where it leaves the creek. The highway then enters the Jenny Wiley State Resort Park and curves to the north-northwest and begins paralleling Dewey Lake. It curves to the southwest and then to the northwest. It crosses over just before intersecting the eastern terminus of (Maggie Mountain Road). KY 302 curves to the northeast and then to the southwest. After it curves to the northwest, it crosses over . Just after it intersects the eastern terminus of , it turns right, to the north-northeast, and leaves the park. The highway winds its way to the northeast and crosses . It then leaves the lake and then begins to parallel the creek. It crosses over . It curves to the north and crosses . Then, enters Johnson County.^[1]

Johnson County[]

KY 302 intersects the western terminus of before it travels under an overpass that carries KY 3. It curves to the southwest and then to the west-northwest. It crosses over and curves to the north-northeast. There, it leaves Johns Creek and travels through Nero. The highway curves to the northwest and crosses . It intersects the northern terminus of (Johns Creek Road). KY 302 curves to the northeast and enters Van Lear. There, it curves back to the northwest, crosses over , begins to parallel the creek, and crosses the creek twice. It intersects just before it crosses Levisa Fork a second time on the . It then enters West Van Lear. The highway curves to the east-northeast and intersects (South Clay Avenue) and the western terminus of (Boyd Street). At this intersection, the highway curves to the north-northwest. One block later, it intersects the western terminus of (Meek Street). One block after that is the western terminus of (Richmond Street). Yet another block later, it has a second intersection with KY 2558 (McClure Street/North Clay Avenue). At this intersection, it curves to the southwest. It curves to the northwest and intersects the western terminus of (Duncan Avenue). One block later, it intersects the western terminus of (Stafford Street). Then, the highway curves to the west-northwest, crosses over some railroad tracks and then , and meets its northern terminus, an intersection with in Hager Hill.^[1][2]

Major intersections[]

County	Location	mi[1][2]	km	Destinations	Notes
Floyd	Watergap	0.0	0.0	US 23 (Winchester Road) / US 460 / KY 80 – Pikeville, Paintsville, Hazard	Southern terminus
		2.4	3.9	(Lake Drive)
	​	3.2	5.1	east (Corn Fork Road)	Western terminus of KY 3386
	Jenny Wiley State Resort Park	5.5	8.9	west (Maggie Mountain Road)	Eastern terminus of KY 3024
		9.6	15.4	west	Eastern terminus of KY 3051
Johnson	​	12.5	20.1	east to KY 3	Western terminus of KY 3507
	​	15.1	24.3	south (Johns Creek Road)	Northern terminus of KY 2381
	​	17.8	28.6
	Levisa Fork	17.9	28.8
	West Van Lear	18.2	29.3	(South Clay Avenue/Boyd Street) / east (Boyd Street)	Western terminus of KY 3127
		18.3	29.5	east (Meek Street)	Western terminus of KY 3128
		18.3	29.5	east (Richmond Street)	Western terminus of KY 3129
		18.4	29.6	(McClure Street/North Clay Avenue)
		18.5	29.8	east (Duncan Avenue)	Western terminus of KY 3130
		18.6	29.9	east (Stafford Street)	Western terminus of KY 3131
	Hager Hill	19.0	30.6		Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also[]

•  U.S. Roads portal
•  United States portal

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