KY 70
Route description
Livingston County
Kentucky Route 70 begins in the Livingston County seat of Smithland, Kentucky, originating at a junction with U.S. Route 60 (US 60). It travels eastward to a junction with KY 866, and reaches a dead end at Tiline, along the Cumberland River. KY 70 does not connect from Tiline to Dycusburg since the ferry service at that point was discontinued in 1951.
Crittenden and Caldwell counties
KY 70 returns to life at Dycusburg, on the Crittenden County side of the river. KY 295 ends at that same point. KY 70 moves on to join US 641 and KY 91 in southern Crittenden County, and all three routes enters Caldwell County near the community of Fredonia. KY 70 and 91 departs from US 641, and then the two state routes split not too long after. KY 91 goes southeast for Princeton, while KY 70 continues due east to go through mainly rural sections of northern Caldwell County, intersecting KY 293 just northeast of Princeton.
Hopkins and Muhlenberg counties
KY 70 crosses the Tradewater River into Hopkins County. It intersects KY 109 at Beulah, and then reaches Madisonville, the Hopkins County seat. It gets co-signed with US 41 in downtown Madisonville before breaking off and then traverses the Exit 114 interchange of Interstate 69 (I-69) (formerly Edward T. Breathitt Pennyrile Parkway exit 42) on the east side. It intersects KY 85 just east of town before KY 70 enters Muhlenberg County, while KY 85 provides access into McLean County.
After entering Muhlenberg County, KY 70 goes through mainly northern areas of that county, including intersections with Kentucky Routes 175, and 181, before reaching the Central City area, where it would join US 431 for a little while.
In Central City, US 431 and KY 70 both meet US 62, and then traverse the exit 58 interchange of the Wendell H. Ford Western Kentucky Parkway (also known as the WK Parkway). That interchange was a former toll booth site until the 1987 discontinuation of the WK Parkway's toll plazas.
The concurrently running US 431 and KY 70 continues southeastward from Central City through the intersection of KY 176 in Drakesboro, all the way to about 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Drakesboro. Much of US 431's concurrency with KY 70 is designated as part of a Kentucky Scenic Byway.
KY 70 leaves the US 431 concurrency at that point south of Drakesboro, and provides a scenic drive from there, past the old site of the Rochester Dam before crossing the Mud River into Butler County. Until 2021, steam from the Tennessee Valley Authority's Paradise Coal-firing plant can be seen from the highway between Drakesboro and Rochester.
Butler County
In Butler County, Kentucky Route 70 intersects KY 369 while going through Rochester. It then intersects Kentucky Route 106 (KY 106/Huntsville-Quality Road) not too far southeast of there, and would then go on to the communities of South Hill and Dunbar.
Not too far east of Dunbar, KY 70 intersects KY 1468 and enters the city of Morgantown. The route intersects an interchange of I-165, the former William H. Natcher Parkway. That intersection opened during the 1999-2000 fiscal year. Between I-165 and US 231/KY 79, KY 70 is known as Veterans Way and runs concurrently with US 231 Truck and KY 79 Truck.
KY 70 runs concurrently with U.S. Route 231 and Kentucky Route 79 from Morgantown, over the Green River into the community of Aberdeen. In Aberdeen, KY 70 actually departs US 231 a little bit after KY 79 does. KY 70 then intersects KY 79 for a final time, continuing east from Aberdeen through Huldeville and Jetson before arriving at Roundhill, where it intersects Kentucky Route 185 at an all-way stop.
The Caveland area (Edmonson, Barren, and Metcalfe counties)
Immediately after the intersection with KY 185, KY 70 enters Edmonson County, where it runs onward towards the communities of Huff and Windyville before it meets KY 259, and the two routes run concurrently to cross the Green River at Brownsville, the Edmonson County seat. This is KY 70's second crossing of the Green River. The two state routes run concurrently throughout the city of Brownsville, and splits just south of the entrance to the Edmonson County High School on the south side of town.
Going east from Brownsville, KY 70 is the main route through Mammoth Cave National Park in Edmonson County, including the site of the former town of Elko. While traversing the park, KY 70 runs concurrently with the Mammoth Cave Parkway before entering Barren County. After a brief concurrency with KY 255 from Chaumont to near Highland Springs, KY 70 traverses the exit 53 interchange of I-65, and meeting the western terminus of KY 90 and then crosses US 31W, all three actions occur in Cave City, which is the core part of a tourism hotbed in Barren County because of the close proximity to the Mammoth Cave National Park.
Most of KY 70 from Brownsville to Cave City is designated as part of an official Kentucky Scenic Byway. KY 70 from the Mammoth Cave park's southeast boundary to the junction with KY 90 is part of the Cordell Hull Scenic Byway, most of which is the core route of the annual Roller Coaster Yard Sale, which includes parts of KY 90 and KY 63 in the southern part of the state.
After departing Cave City, KY 70 goes further east to cross U.S. Route 31E at Griderville, and heads for Hiseville, and then crosses into the northern part of Metcalfe County. After KY 70's entrance into Metcalfe County, it goes through Sulphur Well, and then beyond that point, KY 70 joins US 68.
Green and Taylor counties
Both KY 70 and U.S. Route 68 begins a concurrency going through northern Metcalfe County before entering Green County and go through Exie, and Greensburg to cross the Green River (this is KY 70's third Green River crossing). After running a concurrency with a third route, KY 61, US 68/KY 70 continues east into Taylor County, where it transitions from Central into the Eastern time zone. In Campbellsville, KY 70's companionship with US 68 ends, and KY 70 goes back to being a standalone highway. KY 70 is replaced with KY 55, which joined US 68 on the west side of Campbellsville, in terms of concurrency with US 68 for its course to Lebanon. KY 70, alone, continues eastward through eastern Taylor County to Elk Horn and Mannsville.
Casey, Lincoln, Pulaski, and Rockcastle counties
Kentucky Route 70 reaches Casey County, where it reaches Liberty, cross the Green River for a fourth time, and intersect US 127. After that KY 70 crosses the Green River for a fifth and final time, and traverses mainly rural areas of Casey, and then parts of southern Lincoln and northern Pulaski Counties. US 27 crosses KY 70 near Eubank, just north of Science Hill. KY 70 ends at its eastern terminus at a junction with US 150 near the Rockcastle County community of Broadhead, just west of Mount Vernon.
Points of interest along the route
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- John Prine Memorial Park at Rochester Dam.
- Rochester Dam (Lock and Dam #3)
- Charles Black City Park in Morgantown - home to the annual Green River Catfish Festival held in late June and early July.
- Mammoth Cave National Park (Official Page)
- Joppa Baptist Church and Cemetery (historical church building)
- Kentucky Action Park and Jesse James Riding Stables near Cave City is a major attraction in the region that identifies itself as a one-stop spot for family fun. The riding stable has won A Certificate of Excellence for 2012 by its guests, along with TripAdvisor.
- Guntown Mountain is a realistic replica of an Old West town accessible via a scenic skylift.
- Dinosaur World just 100 yards west of the I-65 Exit 53 interchange with KY 70.
- Lighthouse Restaurant - a roadside diner in Sulphur Well offering southern style dishes.
History
 | This section needs additional citations for verification. (July 2016) |
Before 1980
Kentucky Route 70 was one of the many charter routes when the Kentucky State Highway system was first started in the 1920s and 1930s
East of Cave City, KY 70 originally ran concurrently with US 31E from Griderville, into Hart County to Hardyville, and followed KY 88's present-day route to Greensburg. KY 70 between Griderville and Greensburg was rerouted to its current alignment via Hiseville and Sulphur Well no later than 1936.
At Dycusburg, KY 70 connected from Livingston County into southern Crittenden County via a ferry crossing on the Cumberland River. Ferry service in Dycusburg was discontinued in 1951.
In the Mammoth Cave area, parts of KY 70 was rerouted onto a more direct route between Brownsville and Cave City at sometime in the early half of the 1970s. The route originally ran onto the present-day Joppa Ridge Road, the first mile of Green River Ferry Road, a small portion of the Mammoth Cave Parkway (South Entrance Road) near the Visitors Center, and Cave City Road within the park, as well as the final 2 miles (3.2 km) of KY 255's designation north of Highland Springs.
A 1950 highway planning survey conducted by the Kentucky Department of Highways and the United States Department of Agriculture showed that the segment between KY 70's original eastern entrance to Mammoth Cave National Park and its crossing of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in downtown Cave City was the most heavily traveled segment of the route.
Recent route changes and improvements
The low underpass under railroad tracks near Eubank just west of the US 27 junction has been closed and bypassed with a highway overpass just north of old route. The new roadway is wider and has no restrictions.
Improvements were completed in Liberty in early 2013 to widen KY 70 from near Green River bridge, to Connector Road, as part of the Dry Ridge Hill reconstruction project. Future plans include major upgrades further east past the Casey County High School with improvements ending near KY 501.
Reconstruction of KY 70 west of Liberty from KY 1547 to KY 206 area near Creston. Further plans would create a more direct route for KY 70 to connect Liberty to Campbellsville.
Bear Creek Bridge Closure (2024)
In January 2024, the KYTC announced that the bridge over Bear Creek just east of the KY 187 junction in the Huff community of Edmonson County would be closed for three months, beginning February 5, for a bridge replacement project.
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Livingston | Smithland | 0.000 | 0.000 |  US 60 | Western terminus | ||
| | 6.850 | 11.024 |   KY 2232 south (Sugar Creek Road) | Northern terminus of KY 2232 | |||
| | 11.386 | 18.324 |  KY 866 south (Paradise Road)/Tyline Road | KY 70 ends in Livingston County at this point | |||
| Gap in route due to closure of ferry (Tyline Road follows former KY 70 route east to river) | |||||||
| Crittenden | Dycusburg | 11.386 | 18.324 |  KY 295 south | Northern terminus of KY 295; KY 70 continues at this point | ||
| | 11.822 | 19.026 |   KY 902 east (Fredonia Road) | Western terminus of KY 902 | |||
| Frances | 16.805 | 27.045 |   KY 855 north | Begin concurrency with KY 855 | |||
| | 17.381 | 27.972 | KY 855 south | End KY 855 concurrency | |||
| |   US 641 north / KY 91 north | Beginning of concurrency with US 641 and KY 91 | |||||
| Caldwell | Fredonia | 23.652 | 38.064 |  KY 902 west (Bakers Lane) | Beginning of KY 902 concurrency | ||
| 23.773 | 38.259 | KY 902 east (Piney Lane) | Ending of KY 902 concurrency | ||||
| 23.997 | 38.619 | US 641 south (Cassidy Avenue) | End of concurrency with US 641 | ||||
| 24.489 | 39.411 | KY 91 sout2h (Marion Road) | End of KY 91 concurrency | ||||
| Flat Rock | 29.408 | 47.328 |  KY 1077 north (Rowland Cemetery Road) | Southern terminus of KY 1077 | |||
| | 33.185 | 53.406 |  KY 139 (Farmersville Road) | ||||
| Fryer | 37.936 | 61.052 |  KY 293 south | Beginning of KY 293 concurrency | |||
| | 38.920 | 62.636 | KY 293 north | End of KY 293 concurrency | |||
| Hopkins | | 40.972 | 65.938 |  KY 291 north (Dalton Road) | Southern terminus of KY 291 | ||
| | 45.244 | 72.813 |  KY 2273 west (Fergustown Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 2273 | |||
| Beulah | 46.823 | 75.354 |  KY 109 (Rabbit Ridge Road/Charleston Road) | ||||
| Richland | 52.058 | 83.779 |  KY 1337 east (Earlington Road) | Western terminus of KY 1337 | |||
| Madisonville | 56.970 | 91.684 |  KY 1302 west (Pleasant View Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 1302 | |||
| 57.459 | 92.471 |  KY 2274 south (Legion Drive) | Northern terminus of KY 2774 | ||||
| 58.380 | 93.954 |   US 41 south (South Main Street) / KY 481 south (East McLaughlin Avenue) | Southern/western end of concurrency with US 41; northern terminus of KY 481 | ||||
| 59.103 | 95.117 |  US 41 north (North Main Street) / KY 262 west (West Center Street) | Northern/eastern end of concurrency with US 41; eastern terminus of KY 262 | ||||
| 61.598 | 99.132 |   I-69 south – Hopkinsville | Exit 114 from SB I-69 & ramps to SB I-69 (formerly the Pennyrile Parkway) | ||||
| 61.742 | 99.364 |    KY 254 north (Brown Road) to I-69 north – Henderson | Exit 114 from NB I-69; ramp to NB I-69 is off KY 254 | ||||
| | 64.156 | 103.249 |  KY 1221 south (Pond River-Colliers Road) | Northern terminus of KY 1221 | |||
| | 65.199 | 104.928 |  KY 85 east (Anton Road) – Sacramento | KY 70 turns right (east) along Central City Road here; Anton Road continues straight as KY 85; western terminus of KY 85 | |||
| | 65.310 | 105.106 |  KY 6113 south (Bethlehem Lane) | Northern terminus of KY 6113 | |||
| Muhlenberg | Earles | 75.192 | 121.010 |  KY 175 south | Beginning of KY 175 concurrency | ||
| | 74.082 | 119.223 | KY 175 north | Ending of KY 175 concurrency | |||
| | 78.610 | 126.511 |   KY 181 to Western Kentucky Parkway – Greenville | ||||
| Central City | 83.055 | 133.664 |   US 431 north (Phillip Stone Way) / KY 304 east (Front Street) | Northern/western end of concurrency with US 431; western terminus of KY 304 | |||
| 84.430 | 135.877 |  US 62 west (Everly Brothers Boulevard) | Western end of concurrency with US 62 | ||||
| 84.515 | 136.014 |  KY 277 north (West Reservoir Avenue) - Elijah Summers Elementary School, Dokken | Southern terminus of KY 277 | ||||
| 85.298 | 137.274 |  KY 2103 north (Ash Street) | Southern terminus of KY 2103 | ||||
| 85.889 | 138.225 |  US 62 east (Everly Brothers Parkway) / KY 1031 north (South 2nd Street) – Beaver Dam | Eastern end of concurrency with US 62; KY 1031 follows former routing of US 431; US 62 continues straight ahead while US 431/KY 70 turn right (US 62 to Beaver Dam) | ||||
| 86.589 | 139.351 |  Western Kentucky Parkway west – Paducah | Exit 58 from WB parkway and ramp to WB parkway | ||||
| 86.689 | 139.512 |  Western Kentucky Parkway east – Elizabethtown | Exit 58 from EB parkway and ramp to EB parkway | ||||
| 86.917 | 139.879 |  KY 604 east | Western terminus of KY 604 | ||||
| | 87.629 | 141.025 |  KY 2107 south | Northern terminus of KY 2107 | |||
| | 92.115 | 148.245 |   KY 2107 Conn. to KY 2107 north | Connector road to KY 2107, primarily for traffic heading south on 431/70 | |||
| | 92.185 | 148.357 | KY 2107 north | No access to 2107 North from SB 431/70; southern terminus of KY 2107 | |||
| Drakesboro | 92.700 | 149.186 |  KY 176 – Greenville, Paradise | Boulevard = WB, Avenue = EB | |||
| Browder | 94.333 | 151.814 | US 431 south – Dunmor, Lewisburg, Russellville | Southern/eastern end of US 431 concurrency | |||
| Ennis | 98.193 | 158.026 |  KY 2270 south | Northern terminus of KY 2270 | |||
| Butler | Rochester | 103.312 | 166.265 |   KY 369 north (Russellville Street) to KY 1117 | Southern terminus of KY 369 | ||
| | 105.066 | 169.087 |  KY 106 south (Huntsville-Quality Road) – Quality - Spartaville, Idlewood | Northern terminus of KY 106 | |||
| | 108.472 | 174.569 |  KY 3205 south | Northern terminus of KY 3205 | |||
| Morgantown | 112.133 | 180.461 |  KY 2267 south (Dunbar-Leetown Road) | Northern terminus of KY 2267 | |||
| 112.709 | 181.388 | KY 1117 west (Provo Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 1117 | ||||
| 115.016 | 185.100 |  KY 1468 east (Gardner Lane Road) | Western terminus of KY 1468 | ||||
| 115.512 | 185.899 |     I-165 south / US 231 Truck south / KY 79 Truck south – Bowling Green | Exit 27 from southbound I-165 Parkway and ramps to I-165 South; Begin concurrency with US 231 Truck and KY 79 Truck. | ||||
| 115.612 | 186.059 | I-165 north – Owensboro | Exit 27 from northbound I-165 and ramps to I-165 North | ||||
| 117.013 | 188.314 |   KY 403 north (Logansport Road) / KY 2162 east (Old Logansport Road) | Beginning of brief concurrency of KY 403; western terminus of KY 2162 | ||||
| 117.103 | 188.459 | US 231 south (G.L. Smith Street) / KY 79 south / KY 403 south – Morgantown, Woodbury | Eastern end of the concurrencies with KY 403, US 231 Truck, and KY 79 Truck; southern end of concurrencies with US 231 and KY 79; US 231 Truck and KY 79 Truck ends | ||||
| | 117.847– 118.127 | 189.656– 190.107 | Bridge over the Green River at Morgantown | ||||
| Aberdeen | 118.916 | 191.377 | KY 79 north (Caneyville Road) – Caneyville | Northrrn end of KY 79 concurrency | |||
| 119.163 | 191.774 |  KY 1328 east (Leonard Oak Road) | Western terminus of KY 1328 | ||||
| | 119.874 | 192.919 | US 231 north (Beaver Dam Road) to I-165 – Beaver Dam, Hartford, Owensboro | Northern end of US 231 concurrency | |||
| Aberdeen | 120.605 | 194.095 | KY 79 (Caneyville Road) | ||||
| Huldeville | 124.776 | 200.808 |  KY 340 north (Brooklyn Road) | Southern terminus of KY 340 | |||
| Jetson | 129.635 | 208.627 | KY 1328 west (Millshed Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 1328 | |||
| Whittinghill | 130.457 | 209.950 |  KY 411 north (Love Lee Road) | Southern terminus of KY 411 | |||
| Roundhill | 135.432 | 217.957 |  KY 185 – Big Reedy, Bowling Green | ||||
| Edmonson | Huff | 139.293 | 224.170 |  KY 187 north (Sunfish Road) – Leitchfield | Southern terminus of KY 187 | ||
| | 141.820 | 228.237 |  KY 655 east (Segal Road) | Western (clockwise) terminus of KY 655 | |||
| Windyville | 142.796 | 229.808 | KY 655 west (Segal Road) – Asphalt | Eastern (counterclockwise) terminus of KY 655 | |||
| | 143.904 | 231.591 |  KY 1365 north (Grassland-Black Gold Road) | Southern terminus of KY 1365 | |||
| Brownsville | 145.394 | 233.989 |  KY 259 north – Bee Spring, Leitchfield, Nolin Lake State Park | Begin KY 259 concurrency | |||
| 146.074 | 235.083 |  KY 183 north (Lock Road) | Southern terminus of KY 183 | ||||
| 146.222– 146.464 | 235.321– 235.711 | Bridge over KY 183 (Lock Road), the Green River, and CR-1203 | |||||
| 147.203 | 236.900 |  KY 2184 north (Washington Street) – Brownsville City Park, Green River Amphitheater, Camp Joy | Southern terminus of KY 2184 | ||||
| 147.551 | 237.460 | Houchin's Ferry Road | Alternate route to Edmonson County High School | ||||
| 147.613 | 237.560 | Wildcat Way | Connects to Edmonson County High School | ||||
| 147.843 | 237.930 |  KY 259 south (South Main Street) to KY 101 – Rhoda, Smiths Grove, Bowling Green | End concurrency with KY 259 | ||||
| Mammoth Cave | 152.517 | 245.452 |  KY 2325 south (Silent Grove Church Road) | Northern terminus of KY 2325 | |||
| 157.617 | 253.660 | Mammoth Cave Parkway north – Visitor Center/Cave Tours | Main entrance to Mammoth Cave National Park; beginning of concurrency with Mammoth Cave Parkway | ||||
| 160.117 | 257.683 |   Mammoth Cave Parkway / KY 255 south to I-65 south – Park City | End concurrency with Mammoth Cave Parkway; begin concurrency with KY 255 | ||||
| Barren | Highland Springs | 161.890 | 260.537 | KY 255 north – Frozen Niagara Entrance, Mammoth Cave Tours/Visitors Center | End concurrency with KY 255 | ||
| Cave City | 165.303 | 266.029 | I-65 south – Nashville | Exit 53 to/from 65 south | |||
| 165.403 | 266.190 | I-65 north – Louisville | Exit 53 to/from 65 north | ||||
| 165.548 | 266.424 |  KY 90 east (Happy Valley Road) – Glasgow | Western terminus of KY 90; 70 turns north here while 90 begins directly east | ||||
| 166.966 | 268.706 |   US 31W (Dixie Highway) – Horse Cave, Park City, Bowling Green, Caverna Memorial Hospital | |||||
| 167.645 | 269.798 |  KY 2195 east (Old Lexington Road) | Western terminus of KY 2195 | ||||
| | 168.601 | 271.337 |  KY 685 south (Wilson Road) | Northern terminus of KY 685 | |||
| | 172.063 | 276.909 |  US 31E (Jackson Highway) – Hodgenville, Glasgow, Barren River Lake S.R.P. | ||||
| Hiseville | 175.336 | 282.176 |  KY 740 | ||||
| | 176.635 | 284.266 |  KY 314 north (Center Road) – Center | Southern terminus of KY 314 | |||
| | 177.167 | 285.123 |  KY 2131 west (Corral Hill-Halfway Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 2131 | |||
| Metcalfe | Knob Lick | 182.340 | 293.448 |   KY 640 south / KY 2435 north | Northern terminus of KY 640; southern terminus of KY 2435 | ||
| 182,953 | 294,434 |  KY 1243 north | Southern terminus of KY 1243 | ||||
| | 186.457 | 300.073 |  KY 869 north | Southern terminus of KY 869 | |||
| | 195.326 | 314.347 |   US 68 west to Cumberland Parkway – Edmonton | Beginning of concurrency with US 68 | |||
| Green | | 197.933 | 318.542 |  KY 729 north (Little Barren Road) | Southern terminus of KY 729 | ||
| | 202.083 | 325.221 |  KY 487 north (Little Barren Road) | Southern terminus of KY 487 | |||
| | 203.606 | 327.672 |  KY 218 west – Horse Cave | Eastern terminus of KY 218 | |||
| Greensburg | 209.461 | 337.095 |  KY 61 south – Columbia | Begin concurrency with KY 61 | |||
| 210.892 | 339.398 |  KY 417 east (Legion Park Road) | Western terminus of KY 417 | ||||
| 211.794 | 340.849 | KY 61 west – Hodgenville | End concurrency with KY 61 | ||||
| | 214.135 | 344.617 |  KY 793 west | Eastern terminus of KY 793 | |||
| Taylor | | 215.948 | 347.535 |  KY 2764 west | Eastern terminus of KY 2764 | ||
| | 216.297 | 348.096 |  KY 883 north | Southern terminus of KY 883 | |||
| Campbellsville | 219.893 | 353.883 |  KY 323 (Friendship Pike/West Main Street) | Friendship Pike to the west, West Main Street to the east | |||
| 220.788 | 355.324 |   KY 55 south / KY 210 west – Columbia, Green River Reservoir State Park, Hodgenville | Begin concurrency with KY 55; eastern terminus of KY 210 | ||||
| 221.585 | 356.606 | KY 323 west (North Columbia Avenue) | Eastern terminus of KY 323 | ||||
| 221.725 | 356.832 |  KY 527 north (North Central Avenue) / US 68 east / KY 55 north (East Broadway Street) – Lebanon | End concurrency with US 68/KY 55; 70 continues to the east on South Central Avenue | ||||
| 222.805 | 358.570 |  KY 372 south (Smith Ridge Road) | Northern terminus of KY 372 | ||||
| 223.606 | 359.859 |  KY 3518 north (Watertower Bypass) | |||||
| | 225.893 | 363.540 |  KY 76 east (Kniffey Road) – Elkhorn, Pikes Ridge Recreation Area | Western terminus of KY 76 | |||
| | 226.752 | 364.922 |  KY 1799 north (Reids Chapel Road) | Southern terminus of KY 1799 | |||
| Acton | 228.368 | 367.523 |   KY 1798 east (Stoner Creek Road) / KY 2784 north (Wooleyville Road) | Western terminus of KY 1798; southern terminus of KY 2784 | |||
| Mannsville | 231.637 | 372.784 |  KY 337 north (Bradfordsville Road) – Bradfordsville | Southern terminus of KY 337 | |||
| 231.957 | 373.299 |  KY 659 east (Raikes Hill Road) | Western terminus of KY 659 | ||||
| | 234.824 | 377.913 | KY 1798 west (Stoner Creek Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 1798 | |||
| | 235.682 | 379.293 |  KY 1752 west (Speck Ridge Road) / KY 659 west (Bass Ridge Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 1752; eastern terminus of KY 659 | |||
| Casey | | 236.660 | 380.867 |  KY 1742 south (Roley Road) | Begin concurrency with KY 1742 | ||
| | 236.834 | 381.147 | KY 1742 north (Dry Creek Road) | End concurrency with KY 1742 | |||
| |  KY 1859 north (Chicken Gizzard Road) | Southern terminus of KY 1859 | |||||
| Clementsville | 240.297 | 386.721 |  KY 551 north (Possum Trot Road) | Begin concurrency with KY 551 | |||
| 240.345 | 386.798 | KY 551 south (Knifely Road) | End concurrency with KY 551 | ||||
| | 243.677 | 392.160 |  KY 2970 south (Moxley Road) | Northern terminus of KY 2970 | |||
| | 244.663 | 393.747 |  KY 206 west | Eastern terminus of KY 206 | |||
| | 245.745 | 395.488 |  KY 1615 north | Southern terminus of KY 1615 | |||
| | 247.957 | 399.048 |  KY 1547 north (White Oak Road) | Southern terminus of KY 1547 | |||
| Liberty | 249.271 | 401.163 |   KY 70 Bus. east (Campbell Street) | Western terminus of KY 70 Business. Former routing of KY 70 | |||
| 249.883 | 402.148 |  US 127 south (Wallace Wilkinson Boulevard) – Russell Springs | Begin concurrency with US 127 | ||||
| 251.464 | 404.692 | US 127 north (Wallace Wilkinson Boulevard) / KY 70 Bus. west (Campbellsville Street) – Danville, Liberty | End concurrency with US 127; eastern terminus of KY 70 Business | ||||
| 252.302 | 406.041 |  KY 1649 east (Dry Ridge Road) | Western terminus of KY 1649 | ||||
| 252.539 | 406.422 |  KY 817 north | Southern terminus of KY 817 | ||||
| Yosemite | 258.691 | 416.323 |  KY 198 north | Southern terminus of KY 198 | |||
| | 259.594 | 417.776 |  KY 501 north (Grove Ridge Road) | Begin concurrency with KY 501 | |||
| | 260.267 | 418.859 | KY 501 south | End concurrency with KY 501 | |||
| | 265.546 | 427.355 |  KY 837 | ||||
| Pulaski | | 270.365 | 435.110 |  KY 635 east | Western terminus of KY 635 | ||
| Lincoln | | 273.106 | 439.522 |  KY 328 east | Western terminus of KY 328 | ||
| Pulaski | Eubank | 275.592 | 443.522 |  KY 1247 | |||
| 278.132 | 447.610 |  US 27 – Stanford, Somerset | |||||
| Clarence | 283.424 | 456.127 |  KY 865 north | Southern terminus of KY 865 | |||
| | 287.629 | 462.894 |  KY 3267 north (Arnie Gentry Road) | ||||
| Rockcastle | Willailla | 288.879 | 464.906 |  KY 3273 west (Owen School Road) | Beginning of concurrency with KY 3273 | ||
| 289.357 | 465.675 | KY 3273 east (Level Green Road) – Level Green | End of concurrency with KY 3273 | ||||
| Quail | 290.544 | 467.585 |  KY 618 (Quail Road) | ||||
| | 292.632 | 470.946 |  KY 1650 west – Ottawa | Eastern terminus of KY 1650 | |||
| | 294.962 | 474.695 |   US 150 to I-75 – Stanford, Mount Vernon | Eastern terminus | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Special routes
Kentucky Route 70 Bypass (Cave City)
  Kentucky Route 70 Bypass | |
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| Location | Cave City, Kentucky |
| Existed | 1960s–2010 |
Kentucky Route 70 Bypass was a supplemental bypass route in Cave City, Kentucky. The route encompassed the first 0.819 miles (1.318 km) of KY 90 (Happy Valley Road), and US 31W from the KY 90 junction to the KY 70 junction in downtown Cave City. Although the route was known as KY 70 Bypass, by the mid-2000s, it was only signed as a trailblazer sign along the two specified routes.
Kentucky Route 70 Business (Liberty)
 Kentucky Route 70 Business | |
|---|---|
| Location | Liberty, Casey County |
| Length | 2.800 mi (4.506 km) |
| Existed | 2013–present |
Kentucky Route 70 Business (KY 70 Bus.) is a business route of KY 70 in Liberty, Kentucky. It accounts with the old KY 70 alignment in downtown Liberty. It was formed after KY 70 was rerouted to a new junction with US 127]. The business route starts just west of Liberty, and it goes through downtown to end at the intersection with US 127 and the re-routed regular KY 70, which resumes after the intersection. The regular alignment of KY 70 was rerouted to a new intersection with US 127, then it gets co-joined with US 127 north to re-join the original route of KY 70 near downtown Liberty.
The entire route is in Liberty, Casey County.
| mi | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.000 | 0.000 | KY 70 (Campbellsville Road) to US 127 – Campbellsville, Liberty | Western terminus | ||
| 2.291 | 3.687 |  KY 2312 east | Western terminus of KY-2312 | ||
| 2.338 | 3.763 |  KY 2312 west / KY 49 north – Bradfordsville, Lebanon | Southern terminus of KY-49; eastern terminus of KY-2312 | ||
| 2.474 | 3.982 |  KY 2313 south (Randolph Street) | Northern terminus of KY-2313 | ||
| 2.800 | 4.506 | US 127 (Wallace Wilkinson Boulevard) / KY 70 (Middleburg Road) – Danville, Russell Springs, Yosemite, Eubank | Eastern terminus; KY 70 east straight ahead | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
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External links
- "State Primary Road System in Livingston County" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-04-09. Retrieved 2007-06-11. (17.8 KB)
- "State Primary Road System in Crittenden County" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-04-09. Retrieved 2007-06-11. (9.54 KB)
- "State Primary Road System in Caldwell County" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-04-09. Retrieved 2007-06-11. (20.6 KB)
- "State Primary Road System in Hopkins County" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-04-09. Retrieved 2007-06-11. (33.5 KB)
- "State Primary Road System in Muhlenberg County" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-04-09. Retrieved 2007-06-11. (22.0 KB)
- "State Primary Road System in Butler County" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-04-09. Retrieved 2007-06-11. (14.2 KB)
- "State Primary Road System in Edmonson County" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-04-09. Retrieved 2007-06-11. (20.4 KB)
- "State Primary Road System in Barren County" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-06-29. Retrieved 2007-06-11. (33.2 KB)
- "State Primary Road System in Metcalfe County" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-06-15. Retrieved 2007-06-11. (18.5 KB)
- "State Primary Road System in Green County" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-04-09. Retrieved 2007-06-11. (11.9 KB)
- "State Primary Road System in Taylor County" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-04-09. Retrieved 2007-06-11. (64.3 KB)
- "State Primary Road System in Casey County" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-04-09. Retrieved 2007-06-11. (13.8 KB)
- "State Primary Road System in Pulaski County" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-06-15. Retrieved 2007-06-11. (35.9 KB)
- "State Primary Road System in Lincoln County" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-04-09. Retrieved 2007-06-11. (24.1 KB)
- "State Primary Road System in Rockcastle County" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-04-09. Retrieved 2007-06-11. (23.7 KB)
- KY 70 at Kentucky Roads