U.S. Route 23 in Kentucky

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This article is about the section of U.S. Route 23 in Kentucky. For the entire route, see U.S. Route 23.

U.S. Route 23

Country Music Highway
US 23 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by KYTC
Length157.765 mi[1] (253.898 km)
Major junctions
South end US 23 at Virginia state line
Major intersections
North end US 23 at Ohio state line
Location
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountiesLetcher, Pike, Floyd, Johnson, Lawrence, Boyd, Greenup
Highway system
← KY 22→ I-24

U.S. Route 23 (US 23) is a 157.765-mile-long (253.898 km) United States Numbered Highway in the state of Kentucky. It travels from the Virginia state line near Jenkins to the Ohio state line west of South Shore via Jenkins, Pikeville, Coal Run Village, Prestonsburg, Paintsville, Louisa, Catlettsburg, Ashland, Russell, Flatwoods, Raceland, Wurtland, Greenup, and South Shore.

Route description

US 23 enters Kentucky at the Virginia state line southeast of Jenkins. After a little over a mile, it intersects US 119 at a partial interchange on the Jenkins city line, and US 119 runs concurrently with US 23. The highway then head in a northeasterly direction, bypassing Jenkins. The two then meet US 460 at another partial interchange along the Levisa Fork in extreme southern Pikeville, and US 460 also joins the concurrency. The highway bypasses Pikeville along the Pikeville Cut-Through before US 119 splits off to the east. US 23/US 460 begins running northeast through Coal Run Village and around both Prestonsburg and Paintsville, where US 460 splits off to the west northwest of Paintsville. US 23 then begins running northeastward, before easing into a northerly direction, bypassing Louisa, after which it begins paralleling the Big Sandy River. The route intersects Interstate 64 (I-64) next to the Catlettsburg Refinery before entering the town of Catlettsburg, where it begins a concurrency with US 60. The highway continues north before curving to the northwest to enter Ashland, where US 60 splits off. After Ashland, US 23 continues to run northwestward, paralleling the Ohio River, and running through or around the towns of Russell, Flatwoods, Raceland, Wurtland, and Greenup. After Greenup, it switches to a more northward direction in parallel with the Ohio River before making a sharp change to the west, after which it enters South Shore. Just west of South Shore, US 23 meets the eastern terminus of the eastern segment of Kentucky Route 8 (HY 8), where it turns north and crosses into Portsmouth, Ohio, via the U.S. Grant Bridge across the Ohio River.

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmExitDestinationsNotes
Pound Gap0.0000.000
 US 23 south – Pound, Norton		Continuation into Virginia
Kentucky–Virginia line
LetcherJenkins1.142–
1.285		1.838–
2.068
 US 119 south – Whitesburg, Harlan		Partial interchange; southern end of US 119 concurrency
1.5002.414
 KY 3086 east (C&O Railroad Road)		Western terminus of KY 3086
2.4603.959
 To KY 805 – Jenkins, Fleming-Neon		Interchange via connector road and northbound entrance ramp
Pike​10.66317.160
 KY 3527 north		Southern terminus of KY 3527
Dorton11.65518.757
 KY 805 west		Eastern terminus of KY 805
​15.29124.608
 KY 611 south		Northern terminus of KY 611
​19.11130.756
 KY 1469 west (Penny Highway)		Eastern terminus of KY 1469
​21.18734.097
 KY 2167 south		Northern terminus of KY 2167
​22.50336.21515
 KY 3174 east		Interchange; western terminus of KY 3174; Future rerouting of US 460 east; Corridor Q
Pikeville26.104–
26.374		42.010–
42.445

 US 460 east (Shelbiana Road) / KY 80 east		Interchange; southern end of US 460/KY 80 concurrency
30.26048.699
 KY 1426 west (Island Creek Road)		Southern end of KY 1426 concurrency
30.38248.895
 KY 3496 north		At-grade intersection; south end of freeway; southern terminus of KY 3496
30.89749.72423
 KY 1426 east (Hambley Boulevard) – Downtown Pikeville		Interchange; northern end of KY 1426 concurrency
31.66550.96024 KY 1384 – PikevilleNorth end of freeway
32.14451.731
 KY 1460 south		Partial interchange includes northbound entrance ramp
32.92852.992
 KY 3495 south		Northern terminus of KY 3495
33.61054.090
 US 119 north / Cassidy Boulevard – Meta, Williamson WV		Northern end of US 119 concurrency
​34.69755.839
 KY 3227 east (Stone Coal Road)		Western terminus of KY 3227
​36.78359.197
 KY 2061 north (Cowpen Road)		Southern terminus of KY 2061
​38.92262.639
 KY 3218 east (Senator Kelsey E Friend Boulevard)		Western terminus of KY 3218
​40.12564.575
 KY 1384 east (Hurricane Road)		Western terminus of KY 1384
FloydHarold41.01666.009


 KY 680 west to KY 979 south		Eastern terminus of KY 680
​42.57068.510
 KY 2557 west		Eastern terminus of KY 2557
Banner49.10579.027
 KY 1426 east – Dana		Western terminus of KY 1426
Allen50.68581.570 KY 1428 – Allen, Martin
Watergap52.92285.170

 KY 80 west / KY 302 north – Martin, Hazard		Interchange; northern end of KY 80 concurrency; southern terminus of KY 302
​53.63286.312
 KY 3384 north		Southern terminus of KY 3384
Prestonsburg55.84789.877 KY 114 – Prestonsburg, LexingtonInterchange; future eastern terminus of Mountain Parkway
​57.63692.756
 KY 1427 west (Abbott Creek Road)		Eastern terminus of KY 1427
​57.95293.265
 KY 1428 south (University Drive)		Northern terminus of KY 1428
​60.21896.911 KY 1100 (Little Paint Road)
​60.59297.513

 KY 3 north (Bays Branch Road) to KY 1100		Southern terminus of KY 3
Johnson​62.269100.212
 KY 1100 south		Northern terminus of KY 1100
Paintsville64.119103.190
 KY 1750 south		Northern terminus of KY 1750
64.540103.867
 KY 1428 north		Southern terminus of KY 1428
66.169106.489 KY 825Partial interchange includes northbound entrance ramp
68.858110.816
 US 460 west / KY 40 – Salyersville, Paintsville		Interchange; northern end of US 460 concurrency; northbound exit and southbound entrance
69.075111.165

 KY 40 to US 460 west – Paintsville, Salyersville		Interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance
​70.099112.813
 KY 321 south		Northern terminus of KY 321
​71.117114.452
 KY 201 north		Southern terminus of KY 201
Nippa73.326118.007
 KY 1559 west		Eastern terminus of KY 1559
​73.789118.752
 KY 993 south		Northern terminus of KY 993
​78.269125.962
 KY 3224 south (Wiley Branch Spur)		Northern terminus of KY 3224
Lawrence​83.908135.037
 KY 645 east		Western terminus of KY 645
​84.989136.777
 KY 1760 north		Southern terminus of KY 1760
​85.508137.612
 KY 581 south		Northern terminus of KY 581
​89.740144.423
 KY 2038 east (McClure Branch Road)		Western terminus of KY 2038
​93.657150.726
 KY 2565 north		Southern terminus of KY 2565
​93.933151.171
 KY 3395 west (Isaac Branch Road)		Eastern terminus of KY 3395
​95.965154.441
 KY 32 Connector south to KY 32		Northern terminus of KY 32 Connector
​97.407156.761 KY 3
​100.627161.943
 KY 3398 west (Fuller Branch Road)		Eastern terminus of KY 3398
​107.534173.059
 KY 707 south		Northern terminus of KY 707
Boyd​110.987178.616 KY 752 (Durbin Road)
​114.098183.623 KY 757 (Whites Creek Road)
​115.043185.144
 KY 2842 east		Western terminus of KY 2842
​118.521190.741
 KY 3 south		Northern terminus of KY 3
​118.593–
118.733		190.857–
191.082		 I-64 – Huntington, LexingtonI-64 exit 191
​119.009191.526
 KY 538 west (Lake Bonita Road)		Eastern terminus of KY 538
Catlettsburg120.393193.754 KY 3294 (36th Street)
120.473193.882
 US 60 east (35th Street)		Southern end of US 60 concurrency
121.533195.588
 KY 2535 east (23rd Street)		Western terminus of KY 2535
121.653195.782
 KY 168 north		Southern terminus of KY 168
122.206196.671
 KY 3294 west (Center Street)		Eastern terminus of KY 3294
Ashland125.019201.199

 US 23 Bus. north		Southern terminus of US 23 Bus.; northbound outbound access and southbound inbound access only
126.8204.1
 US 60 west (11th Street)		One-way street, inbound access only from US 60
126.863204.166

 US 60 west (10th Street) to US 52		One-way street, outbound access only to US 60 east; northern end of US 60 concurrency
127.050204.467

 US 23 Bus. south		Northern terminus of US 23 Bus.; southbound outbound access and northbound inbound access only
West Mall EntranceInterchange; to Ashland Town Center; northbound exit only
128.411206.657
 KY 168 south (Hoods Creek Pike) / Russell Road		Northern terminus of KY 168
Westwood128.806207.293
 KY 5 south (Bellefonte Princess Road)		Northern terminus of KY 5
GreenupRussell129.299208.087
 KY 693 west (Diederich Boulevard)		Eastern terminus of KY 693
130.224209.575
 KY 1725 south (Ashland Drive)		Northern terminus of KY 1725
131.020210.856
 KY 244 west (Belfont Street) / Oakley C. Collins Bridge Road		Eastern terminus of KY 224; southern terminus of the Oakley C. Collins Bridge (Ironton-Russell Bridge)
131.069210.935
 KY 750 west (Kenwood Drive)		Eastern terminus of KY 750
131.652211.873
 KY 2543 east (Ferry Street)		Western terminus of KY 2543
Flatwoods132.143212.664
 KY 207 south (Argillite Road)		Northern terminus of KY 207
Raceland133.295214.518
 KY 3105 west (Winters Drive) / Winters Drive		Eastern terminus of KY 3105
133.509214.862 KY 750 (Pond Run Road)
​135.558218.159
 KY 693 west (Chinns Bridge Road) / Chinns Branch Road
Wurtland136.581219.806 KY 503 (Uhlens Branch Road)
136.950220.400
 KY 67 (Industrial Parkway) to I-64
137.061220.578
 KY 3105 east (Wurtland Avenue)		Western terminus of KY 3105
Greenup138.638223.116
 KY 410 north (Main Street)		Southern terminus of KY 410
139.253224.106

 KY 1 south (Kentucky Road) / KY 2541 north (Walnut Street)		Northern terminus of KY 1; southern terminus of KY 2541
140.179225.596 KY 2 (Washington Street)
140.738226.496
 KY 2541 south		Northern terminus of KY 2541
​140.898226.753
 KY 3307 south (Whetstone Road)		Northern terminus of KY 3307
​141.609227.898
 KY 827 west (Coal Branch Road)		Eastern terminus of KY 827
Lloyd143.050230.217
 KY 3116 north (Ohio River Road)		Southern terminus of KY 3116
​145.510234.176 KY 10 (AA Hwy.) – Maysville, Alexandria, Vanceburg, Portsmouth Oh.Access road to the Jesse Stuart Memorial Bridge
​146.524235.808
 KY 3116 south (Ohio River Road)		Northern terminus of KY 3116
​148.011238.201
 KY 1043 north (Linneman Lane)		Southern terminus of KY 1043
​152.544245.496
 KY 3117 west		Eastern terminus of KY 3117
​153.038246.291
 KY 2542 north (Johnson Lane)		Southern terminus of KY 2542
​153.448246.951
 KY 3117 east		Western terminus of KY 3117
​153.864247.620
 KY 1043 south		Northern terminus of KY 1043
South Shore155.726250.617
 KY 1082 west (KZ Ratliff Lane)		Eastern terminus of KY 1082
155.942250.964 KY 7 (Main Street)
​157.765253.898



 US 23 Truck north / KY 8 west to US 52 – Vanceburg		Southern terminus of US 23 Truck; eastern terminus of KY 8; southern terminus of the U.S. Grant Bridge
Ohio RiverU.S. Grant Bridge
Kentucky–Ohio line

 US 23 north (Chillicothe Street)		Continuation into Ohio
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Official DMI Route Log". Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved June 18, 2017.

External links

U.S. Route 23
Previous state:
Virginia 		Kentucky Next state:
Ohio
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