Kentucky Route 3016
Route description
KY 3016 begins at KY 982 (New Lair Road) just north of that highway's bridge across the South Fork Licking River at the south city limit of Cynthiana. The highway heads northwest along Safety Way and veers onto Ladish Road just east of its bridge across the South Fork Licking River. West of the river, KY 3016 turns northeast onto Paris Pike, on which the highway runs concurrently with US 27 Bus. and KY 32. The route splits onto Old Leesburg Pike, which crosses and then parallels Grays Run and Paris Pike, which runs along the south side of Grays Run on its way to its river crossing and downtown Cynthiana. At Grays Run's confluence with the South Fork Licking River, KY 3016 curves north onto River Road, which the route follows to its northern terminus at a five-way intersection with KY 36, KY 356, and White Oak Pike. KY 36 heads east along Pleasant Street into downtown Cynthiana and north on Williamstown Road, and KY 356 heads west on Pleasant Street. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet classifies KY 3016 as a state secondary highway along its independent course; its concurrency with US 27 Bus. and KY 32 is a state primary highway.
History
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet established KY 3016 as a rural secondary highway between Paris Pike, which then included mainline US 27, and Pleasant Street through a May 4, 1987, official order. The agency reclassified the highway as a state secondary highway via an October 19, 2004, official order. The cabinet extended KY 3016 south from US 27 along Ladish Road and Safety Way to KY 982 after an August 5, 2014, official order. The highway's overlap with US 27 became one with US 27 Business after the mainline U.S. Highway was placed on the Cynthiana Bypass as ordered December 10, 2014.
Major intersections
The entire route is in Cynthiana, Harrison County.
mi | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
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0.000 | 0.000 | KY 982 (New Lair Road) – Lair | Southern terminus | ||
1.139 | 1.833 | US 27 Bus. south / KY 32 west (Paris Pike) – Paris, Connersville, Leesburg | South end of concurrency with US 27 Bus. and KY 32 | ||
1.310 | 2.108 | US 27 Bus. north / KY 32 east (Paris Pike) – Falmouth, Millersburg, Oddville | North end of concurrency with US 27 Bus. and KY 32 | ||
2.082 | 3.351 | KY 36 (Pleasant Street/Williamstown Road) / KY 356 west (Pleasant Street) / White Oak Pike – Williamstown | Northern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ Division of Planning (n.d.). "Official Milepoint Route Log Extract (Harrison County)". Highway Information System. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
- ^ Department of Planning (July 2017). "State Primary Road System Maps". Frankfort, KY: Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
- ^ Department of Planning (December 18, 2014). "Harrison County State Primary Road System" (PDF). Frankfort, KY: Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved September 27, 2017.