Kentucky Route 8
 | This article needs to be updated. The reason given is: New routing in Campbell County. (September 2018) |
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by KYTC | ||||
| Length | 114.202 mi[1] (183.790 km) | |||
| Western segment | ||||
| Length | 78.819 mi[1] (126.847 km) | |||
| West end |  KY 237 near Francisville | |||
| Major intersections |   I-71 / I-75 in Covington   US 25 / US 42 / US 127 in Covington US 27 in Newport I-471 in Newport US 68 in Maysville | |||
| East end |  US 62 in Maysville | |||
| Eastern segment | ||||
| Length | 35.383 mi[1] (56.943 km) | |||
| West end |   KY 57 / in Concord | |||
| East end |  US 23 in South Portsmouth | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties | Boone, Kenton, Campbell, Pendleton, Bracken, Mason, Lewis, Greenup | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Kentucky Route 8 is a 114.202-mile-long (183.790 km) east–west state highway divided into two distinct segments across northern Kentucky. The western terminus of the route is at KY 237 near Francisville. The eastern terminus is at U.S. Route 23 in South Portsmouth. The two distinct segments of this route were not meant to be connected together.
KY 8 is named the Mary Ingles Highway for part of its length. It is rumored that she was the first white woman in Kentucky. Captured by Indians in Virginia in 1755 and taken to Ohio, she later escaped a salt-making party at Big Bone Lick and made her way across the Kentucky wilderness back home to Virginia.
Route description[]
Western segment[]
The western segment of KY 8, the longer of the two, extends 78.819 miles (126.847 km) between rural Boone County and Maysville. KY 8 begins 1.5 miles west of Kentucky Route 237 along River Road near Francisville.[1] The route runs parallel to the Ohio River as it heads eastward, passing through Covington, Newport, and Augusta before ending at an intersection with US 62 in Maysville.[2]
Eastern segment[]
The eastern segment of KY 8 extends for 39.933 miles (64.266 km) from Concord-Trinity Road west of Concord[1][3] to U.S. Route 23 in South Portsmouth west of South Shore.[4] The western terminus of this portion is a very narrow two-lane road that becomes gravel.
From in Vanceburg to its eastern terminus at US 23, KY 8 was formerly designated Kentucky Route 10, with KY 8 ending at KY 3037 (then KY 10). The road became part of KY 8 in the late-1990s after KY 10 was rerouted onto the AA Highway to the south.
Major intersections[]
Western segment[]
| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boone | | 1.528 | 2.459 |   KY 237 south (North Bend Road) to I-275 | Northern terminus of KY 237 |
| Taylorsport | 4.575 | 7.363 |  west (Tanner Road) to I-275 – Hebron | Eastern terminus of KY 2846 | |
| Constance | 8.458 | 13.612 |  KY 20 west (Petersburg Road) to I-275 | Eastern terminus of KY 20 | |
| Anderson Ferry Road - Anderson Ferry | |||||
| Kenton | Villa Hills | 9.617 | 15.477 |  KY 371 south (Amsterdam Road) | Northern terminus of KY 371 |
| Ludlow | 13.536 | 21.784 |  KY 1072 south (Deverill Street) | north terminus of KY 1072 | |
| Covington | 15.929 | 25.635 | West 3rd Street ( east) | Western terminus of KY 2374 | |
| 16.152 | 25.994 | I-71 / I-75 – Cincinnati, Lexington, Louisville | I-75 exit 192 | ||
| 16.312 | 26.252 | Philadelphia Street ( north) | |||
| 16.459 | 26.488 | US 25 / US 42 / US 127 (Main Street) | |||
| 16.551 | 26.636 | Johnson Street ( west) | Eastern terminus of KY 2374 | ||
| 16.918 | 27.227 |  KY 17 south (Scott Boulevard) | |||
| 16.999 | 27.357 | KY 17 north (Greenup Street) | |||
| Campbell | Newport | 17.621 | 28.358 |  KY 9 south (Central) | Northern terminus of KY 9 |
| 17.802 | 28.650 | US 27 south (York Street) | west end of US 27 overlap | ||
| 18.04 | 29.03 | US 27 north (Taylor Southgate Bridge) | east end of US 27 overlap; one-block overlap of US 27 north and KY 8 west; traffic circle | ||
| 18.553 | 29.858 | I-471 to I-275 – Cincinnati | I-471 exit 5 | ||
| Fort Thomas | 25.310 | 40.732 |  KY 445 north (River Road) | Southern terminus of KY 445 | |
| Highland Heights | 25.689 | 41.342 |  south (Winters Lane) | north terminus of KY 2926 | |
| Silver Grove | 26.472 | 42.603 |  west (Industrial Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 1998 | |
| 28.189 | 45.366 |  KY 547 south (Four Mile Pike) – Alexandria | Northern terminus of KY 547 | ||
| 35.192 | 56.636 |   west (Oneonta Road) to KY 9 | Eastern terminus of KY 1566 | ||
| 36.766 | 59.169 |  west (Painter Road) to KY 9 | east terminus of KY 2921 | ||
| | 37.316 | 60.054 |  west (New Richmond Road) to KY 9 | Eastern terminus of KY 1996 | |
| Mentor | 41.689 | 67.092 |  KY 735 west (Smith Road) to KY 9 | east terminus of KY 735 | |
| Pendleton | 43.618 | 70.196 |   west (Ivor Road) to KY 9 (AA Hwy.) | Eastern terminus of KY 2828 | |
| Carntown | 45.467 | 73.172 |  KY 154 west – Peach Grove | Eastern terminus of KY 154 | |
| Bracken | Foster | 48.688 | 78.356 |  (Foster Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 2228 |
| 48.936 | 78.755 |  south (Lenoxburg Foster Road) – Lenoxburg | Northern terminus of KY 1019 | ||
| Bradford | 52.813 | 84.994 |  south (Bradford Road) to KY 9 | Northern terminus of KY 1109 | |
| Wellsburg | 55.293 | 88.985 |  south (Wellsburg Woolcott Road) | Northern terminus of KY 1159 | |
| Augusta | 61.326 | 98.695 |  KY 19 south (Augusta-Chatham Road) | Northern terminus of KY 19 | |
| 61.431 | 98.864 |  KY 435 south (Augusta Minerva Road) | Northern terminus of KY 435 | ||
| Mason | Dover | 67.824 | 109.152 |  south (Dover Minerva Road) | Northern terminus of KY 1235 |
| 69.906 | 112.503 |  KY 576 south (Tuckahoe Road) | north terminus of KY 576 | ||
| Maysville | 74.114 | 119.275 |  south (Charleston Bottoms Road) | Northern terminus of KY 1597 | |
| 75.686 | 121.805 | US 68 / to AA Highway (KY 9) – Ripley, OH, Aberdeen, OH | interchange | ||
| 77.542 | 124.792 |  west (Jersey Ridge Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 3056 | ||
| 78.819 | 126.847 | US 62 (Third Street / Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge / US 68 Bus.) | Eastern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Eastern segment[]
| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis | Concord | 0.000 | 0.000 | KY 57 south / west | Western terminus |
| Vanceburg | 12.622 | 20.313 |  south (Clarksburg Road) to KY 9 (AA Hwy.) | Northern terminus of KY 3037 | |
| 12.962 | 20.860 |  KY 59 south / Main Street | Northern terminus of KY 59; former east | ||
| 13.310 | 21.420 | Second Street | former west | ||
| | 15.891 | 25.574 |  east | Western terminus of KY 3020 | |
| Garrison | 22.063 | 35.507 |  south (Kinney Road) | north terminus of KY 1306 | |
| 23.011 | 37.033 |  south (Montgomery Road) | Northern terminus of KY 3311 | ||
| | 24.016 | 38.650 |  To KY 10 (via ) | Northern terminus of KY 8C | |
| Quincy | 24.916 | 40.098 |  south (Briary Road) | Northern terminus of KY 1021 | |
| Greenup | South Portsmouth | 34.360 | 55.297 |    US 23 Truck north / north (Carl Perkins Bridge) to US 52 – Portsmouth | west end of US 23 Truck overlap |
| 35.383 | 56.943 | US 23 (U.S. Grant Bridge) – Greenup, Ashland, Portsmouth | east end of US 23 Truck overlap | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References[]
- ^ a b c d e Division of Planning. "Official Milepoint Route Log Extract". Highway Information System. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
- ^ Google (June 8, 2009). "Maysville, KY" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 8, 2009.
- ^ Google (June 8, 2009). "Concord, KY" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 8, 2009.
- ^ Google (June 8, 2009). "South Shore, KY" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 8, 2009.
External links[]
- State highways in Kentucky