Kentucky Route 1247

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Kentucky Route 1247

KY 1247 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by KYTC
Length41.340 mi[1] (66.530 km)
Major junctions
South end US 27 / KY 90 at Burnside
Major intersections
North end US 27 in Stanford
Location
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountiesPulaski, Lincoln
Highway system
KY 1246 KY 1248

Kentucky Route 1247 (KY 1247) is a 41.340-mile-long (66.530 km) secondary state highway in southeast-central Kentucky. It traverses Pulaski and Lincoln counties. The highway was formerly signed as U.S. Route 27 (US 27).

Route description

KY 1247 starts at a major interchange-style junction at Burnside where KY 90 begins its currency with US 27 southward into McCreary County. KY 1247 goes northward to cross the KY 914 (Somerset Bypass). It then traverses downtown Somerset, where it crosses two alignments of KY 80, the KY 80 Business first, and then the main KY 80 alignment.

Beyond that point while traversing the communities of Science Hill and Eubank and crossing KY 70 at Eubank,[2] KY 1247 closely follows US 27 for the remainder of the route's length. However, there are two occasions where it runs concurrently with US 27 in southern and central Lincoln County. KY 328 is the only other route that KY 1247 runs concurrently with at one point in southern Lincoln County.[3]

History

Most of KY 1247's current alignment north of Somerset was the original alignment of US 27 until the 1960s, when a streamlined alignment of US 27 was built in Lincoln and northern Pulaski County.

Since 2015, KY 1247 is now accessible from a new interchange of the recently extended Louie B. Nunn Cumberland Parkway.

Major intersections

CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
PulaskiBurnside0.0000.000 US 27 / KY 90Southern terminus
Somerset3.9506.357 KY 914
5.1418.274 KY 1580
5.2198.399 KY 3057
6.37810.264 KY 2292
6.85111.026 KY 2303
7.24411.658

KY 80 Bus. east
Southern end of KY 80 Bus. eastbound concurrency, one way eastbound
7.25311.673

KY 80 Bus. west
Northern end of KY 80 Bus. eastbound concurrency, southern end of KY 80 Bus. westbound concurrency
7.27811.713
KY 80 Bus.
Northern end of KY 80 Bus. eastbound concurrency, one way westbound
7.86412.656 KY 39
7.99212.862 KY 80
8.41413.541 KY 1575
Norwood11.68018.797 KY 2227
11.74218.897 US 27
Science Hill13.17121.197 KY 2309
13.88522.346 KY 635
14.76223.757 KY 2308
16.94927.277 KY 452
17.95128.889 US 27
19.04930.656 KY 1721
19.85231.949 US 27
Eubank22.27435.847 KY 70
Lincoln24.38139.237 US 27Southern end of US 27 concurrency
24.58839.571 US 27Northern end of US 27 concurrency
25.53841.099 KY 328Southern end of KY 328 concurrency
25.55741.130 KY 328Northern end of KY 328 concurrency
25.72241.396 US 27 / KY 328Southern end of US 27 concurrency, southern end of KY 328 concurrency
26.09041.988 US 27Northern end of US 27 concurrency
26.10942.018 KY 328Northern end of KY 328 concurrency
28.37445.664 KY 1781
29.94848.197 KY 501
30.82549.608 US 27
31.63750.915 US 27Southern end of US 27 concurrency
31.70051.016 US 27Northern end of US 27 concurrency
33.94654.631 US 27Southern end of US 27 concurrency
34.27455.159 US 27Northern end of US 27 concurrency
34.64355.753 US 27Southern end of US 27 concurrency
34.67755.807 US 27Northern end of US 27 concurrency
39.75763.983 US 27Southern end of US 27 concurrency
40.45365.103 US 27Northern end of US 27 concurrency
Stanford40.51565.203 KY 78Southern end of KY 78 concurrency
40.58865.320 KY 78Northern end of KY 78 concurrency
41.34066.530 US 27Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. "Official DMI Route Log". Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
  2. ^ "Signs & Sights from Pulaski County, Ky". Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  3. ^ DeLorme (2010). Kentucky Atlas and Gazetteer (Map). Yarmouth, ME: DeLorme. pp. 51, 68.[full citation needed]

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