Kentucky Route 353

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Kentucky Route 353
Russell Cave Road
Route information
Maintained by KYTC
Length	19.940 mi[1][2][3] (32.090 km)
Major junctions
South end	KY 4 in Lexington
Major intersections	US 460 in
North end	US 62 in Broadwell
Location
Counties	Fayette, Bourbon, Harrison
Highway system
Kentucky State Highway System Interstate US State Parkways
← KY 352 → KY 354

Kentucky Route 353 (KY 353) (Russell Cave Road) a 19.940-mile-long (32.090 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The highway connects Fayette, Bourbon, and Harrison counties with Lexington.

Route description[]

Fayette County[]

KY 353 begins at an intersection with KY 4 (New Circle Road) in the central part of Lexington, within Fayette County, where the roadway continues as Russell Cave Road. It travels to the northeast and curves to the north-northeast. It passes Elkhorn Park and the Northside Branch of the Lexington Public Library. It travels just east of Martin Luther King Park and crosses over I-64/I-75. It intersects KY 1973 (Iron Works Pike). It passes and a building that houses radio stations WLAP and WMXL. The highway curves to the northeast. It crosses over and then curves to the north-northeast. It intersects the western terminus of (Greenwich Pike) and curves to the north-northwest. At an intersection with the eastern terminus of (Old Lemons Mill Road), it curves to the north-northeast. The highway curves to the northeast and crosses over . It curves to the north-northeast and intersects the western terminus of (Hume Bedford Pike). It then leaves the city limits of Lexington and enters Bourbon County.^[1]

Bourbon and Harrison counties[]

KY 353 curves to the north-northwest and enters . There, it intersects U.S. Route 460 (US 460; Georgetown Road). It curves to the north-northeast. It curves to the northeast and begins paralleling Townsend Creek. It curves to the north-northeast and crosses over the creek. At this bridge, it leaves the creek. It curves to the north-northeast and begins paralleling . It curves to the north and crosses over the creek, where it enters Harrison County. It curves to the north-northeast and crosses over . It curves to the northwest and enters Broadwell, where it meets its northern terminus, an intersection with US 62 (Leesburg Pike).^[2][3]

Major intersections[]

KY 353 curves to the north-northwest and enters . There, it intersects U.S. Route 460 (US 460; Georgetown Road). It curves to the north-northeast. It curves to the northeast and begins paralleling Townsend Creek. It curves to the north-northeast and crosses over the creek. At this bridge, it leaves the creek. It curves to the north-northeast and begins paralleling . It curves to the north and crosses over the creek, where it enters Harrison County. It curves to the north-northeast and crosses over . It curves to the northwest and enters Broadwell, where it meets its northern terminus, an intersection with US 62 (Leesburg Pike).^[2][3]

County	Location	mi[1][2][3]	km	Destinations	Notes
Fayette	Lexington	0.000	0.000	KY 4 (New Circle Road)	Southern terminus
		3.712	5.974	KY 1973 (Iron Works Pike)
		6.746	10.857	east	Western terminus of KY 1876
		7.100	11.426	west (Old Lemons Mill Road)	Eastern terminus of KY 1962
		10.323	16.613	east (Hume Bedford Pike)	Western terminus of KY 1939
Bourbon		12.176	19.595	US 460 (Georgetown Road) – Georgetown, Paris
Harrison	Broadwell	19.940	32.090	US 62 (Leesburg Pike) – Georgetown, Cynthiana	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also[]

•  U.S. Roads portal
•  United States portal

References[]