Kentucky Route 245 (KY 245) is a 19.439-mile (31.284 km) state highway in Kentucky that runs from U.S. Route 150 in southeastern to Bardstown to Kentucky Route 61 south of Shepherdsville.
 Kentucky Route 245 | ||||
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 KY 245 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by KYTC | ||||
| Length | 19.439 mi[1] (31.284 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  US 150 in Bardstown | |||
 US 62 in Bardstown I-65 near Shepherdsville | ||||
| North end |  KY 61 near Shepherdsville | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Kentucky | |||
| Counties | Nelson, Bullitt | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description
editThe highway begins at US 150 on the east-southeast side of Bardstown, just west of US 150's junction with the Bluegrass Parkway. It then serves as a northern bypass of Bardstown, intersecting US 62 and US 150 again, this time in an overlap with US 31E. From there, it travels primarily northwestward, passing along the northern side of the Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest. It then intersects with I-65 at exit 112 south of Shepherdsville before ending at KY 61.[2]
Points of interest
edit- Thomas Nelson High School
- Rooster Run general store
- Bernheim Forest
History
editThe highway was established as an unimproved JY 332 when the state's highway system began.[3] It was redesignated as KY 245 at some point between 1940 and 1957.[3]
Major intersections
edit| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Nelson | Bardstown | 0.000 | 0.000 |   US 150 (Springfield Road) to Bluegrass Parkway | Southern terminus |
| 2.334 | 3.756 | US 62 (Bloomfield Road) | |||
| 3.342 | 5.378 |  US 31E / US 150 (North Third Street) | |||
| | 5.150 | 8.288 |   KY 1430 south / Wedgewood Drive | Northern terminus of KY 1430 | |
| | 6.529 | 10.507 |   KY 332 east (Old Nazareth Road) / Stonehouse Road | Western terminus of KY 332 | |
| | 8.681 | 13.971 |  KY 509 east (Samuels Loop) / Hall Loop | Western terminus of KY 509 | |
| | 10.074 | 16.213 |   KY 523 north (Deatsville Road) / Marr Lane | Southern terminus of KY 523 | |
| Bullitt | | 13.294 | 21.395 |  KY 1604 north | Southern terminus of KY 1604 |
| | 17.590 | 28.308 |   KY 3219 west | Eastern terminus of KY 3219 | |
| | 18.759– 18.846 | 30.190– 30.330 | I-65 – Louisville, Elizabethtown | I-65 exit 112 | |
| | 19.439 | 31.284 | KY 61 | Northern terminus | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
edit- ^ a b Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. "Official DMI Route Log". Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
- ^ DeLorme (2010). Kentucky Atlas and Gazetteer (Map). DeLorme. pp. 35, 49.[full citation needed]
- ^ a b Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (1957). Official Kentucky State Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Frankfort: Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 22, 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2014.[full citation needed]
External links
edit- KY 245 at KentuckyRoads.com
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