Kentucky Route 8

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Kentucky Route 8

Map
Route information
Maintained by KYTC
Length112.674 mi[1] (181.331 km)
Western segment
Length77.291 mi[1] (124.388 km)
West end KY 237 near Francisville
Major intersections I-71 / I-75 in Covington
US 25 / US 42 / US 127 in Covington
US 27 in Newport
I-471 in Newport
US 68 in Maysville
East end US 62 in Maysville
Eastern segment
Length35.383 mi[1] (56.943 km)
West end KY 57 / KY 3550 in Concord
East end US 23 in South Portsmouth
Location
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountiesBoone, Kenton, Campbell, Pendleton, Bracken, Mason, Lewis, Greenup
Highway system
← KY 7→ KY 9

Kentucky Route 8 is a 112.674-mile-long (181.331 km) east–west state highway divided into two distinct segments across northern Kentucky. The western terminus of the route is at Kentucky Route 237 near Francisville. The eastern terminus is at U.S. Route 23 in South Portsmouth. The two distinct segments of this route were not meant to be connected together. KY 8 from its west end in Boone County to Augusta in Bracken County is designated as a part of an identified corridor for bikes named the Ramblin' River Tour by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO).[2]

KY 8 is named the Mary Ingles Highway for part of its length. It is rumored that she was the first white woman in Kentucky. Captured by Indians in Virginia in 1755 and taken to Ohio, she later escaped a salt-making party at Big Bone Lick and made her way across the Kentucky wilderness back home to Virginia.

Route description

Western segment

The western segment of KY 8, the longer of the two, extends 78.819 miles (126.847 km) between rural Boone County and Maysville. KY 8 begins 1.5 miles west of Kentucky Route 237 along River Road near Francisville.[1] The route runs parallel to the Ohio River as it heads eastward, passing through Covington, Newport, and Augusta before ending at an intersection with US 62 in Maysville.[3]


KY 8 has been re-routed from its original path along Mary Ingles Highway in Fort Thomas due to a landslide.[4] According to Mike Bezold, a member of the Kentucky Transport Cabinet, the cost to repair the damaged section of road would be $50 million despite having a low amount of drivers.[5] Now, KY 8 follows Kentucky Route 1998 out of Silver Grove until it meets up with US 27 in Cold Spring. It then returns to its original route in Newport, but creates a small spur through Bellevue and Dayton. Its previous route along Mary Ingles Highway in Fort Thomas has since been replaced with Kentucky Route 445 to between Industrial Road and River Road. The rest of the route up to Dayton has since been reclassified as Kentucky Route 6335.[4] The Ramblin' River Tour which inhabits the part of the KY 8 that has been closed has not been redesignated as bicycles are still able to pass the landslide with ease.[2]

Eastern segment

The eastern segment of KY 8 extends for 39.933 miles (64.266 km) from Concord-Trinity Road west of Concord[1][6] to U.S. Route 23 in South Portsmouth west of South Shore.[7] The western terminus of this portion is a very narrow two-lane road that becomes gravel.

From Kentucky Route 3037 in Vanceburg to its eastern terminus at US 23, KY 8 was formerly designated Kentucky Route 10, with KY 8 ending at KY 3037 (then KY 10). The road became part of KY 8 in the late-1990s after KY 10 was rerouted onto the AA Highway to the south.

Major intersections

Landslide on former section of Kentucky Route 8 in Fort Thomas

Western segment

CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Boone​0.0000.000

 KY 237 south (North Bend Road) to I-275		Northern terminus of KY 237
Taylorsport3.0474.904

 KY 2846 west (Tanner Road) to I-275 – Hebron		Eastern terminus of KY 2846
Constance6.93011.153

 KY 20 west (Petersburg Road) to I-275		Eastern terminus of KY 20
7.84212.620Anderson Ferry Road - Anderson Ferry
KentonVilla Hills8.08913.018
 KY 371 south (Amsterdam Road)		Northern terminus of KY 371
Ludlow12.00819.325
 KY 1072 south (Deverill Street)		Northern terminus of KY 1072
Covington14.40123.176West 3rd StreetFormer western terminus of KY 2374
14.62423.535 I-71 / I-75 – Cincinnati, Lexington, LouisvilleI-75 exit 192
14.78423.793Philadelphia StreetFormer KY 3090
14.93124.029 US 25 / US 42 / US 127 (Main Street)
15.02324.177Johnson StreetFormer eastern terminus of KY 2374
15.39024.768
 KY 17 south (Scott Boulevard)
15.47124.898
 KY 17 north (Greenup Street)
CampbellNewport16.09325.899
 KY 9 south (Central)		Northern terminus of KY 9
16.47226.509


 US 27 north (Taylor Southgate Bridge) / KY 8 Bus. east		Traffic circle at north end of US 27/KY 8 one-way split, west end of US 27 overlap, KY 8 Business was KY 8 until 2018
17.17127.634 KY 1120 (East 10th Street)
17.53328.217
 KY 1892 east (Carothers Road)		Western terminus of KY 1892
Fort Thomas18.99030.561
 KY 1632 west (Moock Road) – Wilder		Eastern terminus of KY 1632
19.076–
19.218		30.700–
30.928
 I-471 to I-275 – Cincinnati, Alexandria		Exit 2 from I-471
19.89432.016
 KY 445 south (Grandview Avenue)		Northern terminus of KY 445
20.17932.475
 KY 1120 west (South Fort Thomas Avenue)		Eastern terminus of KY 1120
Highland Heights22.00835.418



 KY 471 north to I-471 north / I-275 – Airport, Newport, Cincinnati, Columbus, OH		Unsigned route connecting US 27/KY 8 with I-471
22.08435.541
 KY 2298 west (Louie B Nunn Drive)		Eastern terminus of KY 2298
Cold Spring22.40936.064
 KY 3490 west (Johns Hill Road)		Eastern terminus of KY 3490
22.59236.358
 KY 2345 north (ML Collins Boulevard)		Southern terminus of KY 2345
22.97936.981

 US 27 south / KY 1998 south (Pooles Creek Road)		Northern terminus of KY-1998. East end of US 27 overlap. Prior to 2018, KY-1998 continued north along what is now KY 8 to KY 445.
25.17040.507
 KY 445 north		Southern terminus of KY 445; former route of KY 8 until 2018
Silver Grove26.89743.287
 KY 547 south (Four Mile Pike) – Alexandria		Northern terminus of KY 547
Oneonta33.90054.557

 KY 1566 west (Oneonta Road) to KY 9		Eastern terminus of KY 1566
New Richmond Station35.47457.090

 KY 2921 west (Painter Road) to KY 9		east terminus of KY 2921
​36.02457.975

 KY 1996 west (New Richmond Road) to KY 9		Eastern terminus of KY 1996
Mentor40.39765.013

 KY 735 west (Smith Road) to KY 9		east terminus of KY 735
PendletonIvor42.32668.117


 KY 2828 west (Ivor Road) to KY 9 (AA Hwy.)		Eastern terminus of KY 2828
Carntown44.17571.093
 KY 154 west – Peach Grove		Eastern terminus of KY 154
BrackenFoster47.39676.276 KY 2228 (Foster Road)Eastern terminus of KY 2228
47.64476.676
 KY 1019 south (Lenoxburg Foster Road) – Lenoxburg		Northern terminus of KY 1019
Bradford51.52182.915

 KY 1109 south (Bradford Road) to KY 9		Northern terminus of KY 1109
Wellsburg54.00186.906
 KY 1159 south (Wellsburg Woolcott Road)		Northern terminus of KY 1159
Augusta60.03496.615
 KY 19 south (Augusta-Chatham Road)		Northern terminus of KY 19
60.13996.784
 KY 435 south (Augusta Minerva Road)		Northern terminus of KY 435
MasonDover66.532107.073
 KY 1235 south (Dover Minerva Road)		Northern terminus of KY 1235
South Ripley68.614110.424
 KY 576 south (Tuckahoe Road)		north terminus of KY 576
Maysville72.822117.196
 KY 1597 south (Charleston Bottoms Road)		Northern terminus of KY 1597
74.394119.726 US 68 / to AA Highway (Kentucky Route 9) – Ripley, OH, Aberdeen, OHinterchange
76.250122.712
 KY 3056 west (Jersey Ridge Road)		Eastern terminus of KY 3056
77.527124.768 US 62 (Third Street / Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge / US 68 Bus.)Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Eastern segment

CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
LewisConcord0.0000.000

 KY 57 south / KY 3550 west		Western terminus
Vanceburg12.62220.313


 KY 3037 south (Clarksburg Road) to KY 9 (AA Hwy.)		Northern terminus of KY 3037
12.96220.860
 KY 59 south / Main Street		Northern terminus of KY 59; former KY 2525 east
13.31021.420Second Streetformer KY 2525 west
​15.89125.574
 KY 3020 east		Western terminus of KY 3020
Garrison22.06335.507
 KY 1306 south (Kinney Road)		north terminus of KY 1306
23.01137.033
 KY 3311 south (Montgomery Road)		Northern terminus of KY 3311
​24.01638.650
 To KY 10 (via KY 8C)		Northern terminus of KY 8C
Quincy24.91640.098
 KY 1021 south (Briary Road)		Northern terminus of KY 1021
GreenupSouth Portsmouth34.36055.297



 US 23 Truck north / KY 8S north (Carl Perkins Bridge) to US 52 – Portsmouth		west end of US 23 Truck overlap
35.38356.943 US 23 (U.S. Grant Bridge) – Greenup, Ashland, Portsmoutheast end of US 23 Truck overlap
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Related routes

Bellevue business route

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Kentucky Route 8 Business

LocationBellevue
Length2.634 mi (4.239 km)

KY 8 Business (KY 8X) is a 2.634-mile route following the former segment of KY 8 through Bellevue east to the transition to KY 6335 in Dayton. [8]


References

  1. ^ a b c d e Division of Planning. "Official Milepoint Route Log Extract". Highway Information System. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "U.S. Bicycle Routes in Kentucky" (PDF). Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ Google (June 8, 2009). "Maysville, KY" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 8, 2009.
  4. ^ a b "General Highway Map". Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ Smith-Randolph, Walter (21 February 2019). "Kentucky Transportation Cabinet says KY-8 is too expensive to fix". Local 12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ Google (June 8, 2009). "Concord, KY" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 8, 2009.
  7. ^ Google (June 8, 2009). "South Shore, KY" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 8, 2009.
  8. ^ "Official DMI Route Log". Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved July 30, 2024.

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