Kentucky Route 70

Kentucky Route 70 marker
Kentucky Route 70
Map
KY 70; mainline in red, business route in blue
Route information
Maintained by KYTC
Length294.962 mi[1] (474.695 km)
Major junctions
West end US 60 in Smithland
Major intersections
East end US 150 near Brodhead
Location
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountiesLivingston, Crittenden, Caldwell, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Butler, Edmonson, Barren, Metcalfe, Green, Taylor, Casey, Pulaski, Lincoln, Rockcastle
Highway system
  • Kentucky State Highway System
← KY 69→ I-71

Kentucky Route 70 (KY 70) is a long east-east state highway that originates at a junction with U.S. Route 60 (US 60) in Smithland in Livingston County, just east of the Ohio River. The route continues through the counties of Crittenden, Caldwell, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Butler, Edmonson, Barren, Barren, Metcalfe, Green, Taylor, Casey, Pulaski, Lincoln and back into Pulaski again to terminate at a junction with US 150 near Maretburg in Rockcastle.

Route description

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Livingston County

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Kentucky Route 70 begins in the Livingston County seat of Smithland, Kentucky, originating at a junction with U.S. Route 60 (US 60).[2] It travels eastward to a junction with KY 866, and reaches a dead end at Tiline, along the Cumberland River.[3] KY 70 does not connect from Tiline to Dycusburg since the ferry service at that point was discontinued in 1951.[4][5]

Crittenden and Caldwell counties

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KY 70 returns to life at Dycusburg, on the Crittenden County side of the river. KY 295 ends at that same point. KY 70 moves on to join US 641 and KY 91 in southern Crittenden County, and all three routes enters Caldwell County near the community of Fredonia. KY 70 and 91 departs from US 641, and then the two state routes split not too long after. KY 91 goes southeast for Princeton, while KY 70 continues due east to go through mainly rural sections of northern Caldwell County, intersecting KY 293 just northeast of Princeton.[6]

Hopkins and Muhlenberg counties

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KY 70 crosses the Tradewater River into Hopkins County. It intersects KY 109 at Beulah, and then reaches Madisonville, the Hopkins County seat. It gets co-signed with US 41 in downtown Madisonville before breaking off and then traverses the Exit 114 interchange of Interstate 69 (I-69) (formerly Edward T. Breathitt Pennyrile Parkway exit 42) on the east side.[7] It intersects KY 85 just east of town before KY 70 enters Muhlenberg County, while KY 85 provides access into McLean County.[8]

After entering Muhlenberg County, KY 70 goes through mainly northern areas of that county, including intersections with Kentucky Routes 175, and 181, before reaching the Central City area, where it would join US 431 for a little while.[9]

In Central City, US 431 and KY 70 both meet US 62, and then traverse the exit 58 interchange of the Wendell H. Ford Western Kentucky Parkway (also known as the WK Parkway). That interchange was a former toll booth site until the 1987 discontinuation of the WK Parkway's toll plazas.[10]

The concurrently running US 431 and KY 70 continues southeastward from Central City through the intersection of KY 176 in Drakesboro, all the way to about 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Drakesboro. Much of US 431's concurrency with KY 70 is designated as part of a Kentucky Scenic Byway.[11][12]

KY 70 leaves the US 431 concurrency at that point south of Drakesboro, and provides a scenic drive from there, past the old site of the Rochester Dam before crossing the Mud River into Butler County. Until 2021, steam from the Tennessee Valley Authority's Paradise Coal-firing plant can be seen from the highway between Drakesboro and Rochester.[13]

Butler County

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In Butler County, Kentucky Route 70 intersects KY 369 while going through Rochester. It then intersects Kentucky Route 106 (KY 106/Huntsville-Quality Road) not too far southeast of there, and would then go on to the communities of South Hill and Dunbar.[14]

Not too far east of Dunbar, KY 70 intersects KY 1468 and enters the city of Morgantown. The route intersects an interchange of I-165, the former William H. Natcher Parkway. That intersection opened during the 1999-2000 fiscal year.[15] Between I-165 and US 231/KY 79, KY 70 is known as Veterans Way and runs concurrently with US 231 Truck and KY 79 Truck.[16]

KY 70's junction with KY 185 in Roundhill

KY 70 runs concurrently with U.S. Route 231 and Kentucky Route 79 from Morgantown, over the Green River into the community of Aberdeen. In Aberdeen, KY 70 actually departs US 231 a little bit after KY 79 does. KY 70 then intersects KY 79 for a final time, continuing east from Aberdeen through Huldeville and Jetson before arriving at Roundhill, where it intersects Kentucky Route 185 at an all-way stop.[17][18]

The Caveland area (Edmonson, Barren, and Metcalfe counties)

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Bridge carrying KY 70/259 in Brownsville

Immediately after the intersection with KY 185, KY 70 enters Edmonson County, where it runs onward towards the communities of Huff and Windyville before it meets KY 259, and the two routes run concurrently to cross the Green River at Brownsville, the Edmonson County seat. This is KY 70's second crossing of the Green River. The two state routes run concurrently throughout the city of Brownsville, and splits just south of the entrance to the Edmonson County High School on the south side of town.[19][20]

Going east from Brownsville, KY 70 is the main route through Mammoth Cave National Park in Edmonson County, including the site of the former town of Elko. While traversing the park, KY 70 runs concurrently with the Mammoth Cave Parkway before entering Barren County. After a brief concurrency with KY 255 from Chaumont to near Highland Springs, KY 70 traverses the exit 53 interchange of I-65, and meeting the western terminus of KY 90 and then crosses US 31W, all three actions occur in Cave City, which is the core part of a tourism hotbed in Barren County because of the close proximity to the Mammoth Cave National Park.[21][22][23]

Kentucky Route 70's intersection with KY 90 at Cave City, Kentucky

Most of KY 70 from Brownsville to Cave City is designated as part of an official Kentucky Scenic Byway. KY 70 from the Mammoth Cave park's southeast boundary to the junction with KY 90 is part of the Cordell Hull Scenic Byway, most of which is the core route of the annual Roller Coaster Yard Sale, which includes parts of KY 90 and KY 63 in the southern part of the state.[24]

After departing Cave City, KY 70 goes further east to cross U.S. Route 31E at Griderville, and heads for Hiseville, and then crosses into the northern part of Metcalfe County.[25][26] After KY 70's entrance into Metcalfe County, it goes through Sulphur Well, and then beyond that point, KY 70 joins US 68.[27]

Green and Taylor counties

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Both KY 70 and U.S. Route 68 begins a concurrency going through northern Metcalfe County before entering Green County and go through Exie, and Greensburg to cross the Green River (this is KY 70's third Green River crossing). After running a concurrency with a third route, KY 61, US 68/KY 70 continues east into Taylor County, where it transitions from Central into the Eastern time zone. In Campbellsville, KY 70's companionship with US 68 ends, and KY 70 goes back to being a standalone highway. KY 70 is replaced with KY 55, which joined US 68 on the west side of Campbellsville, in terms of concurrency with US 68 for its course to Lebanon.[28] KY 70, alone, continues eastward through eastern Taylor County to Elk Horn and Mannsville.[29]

Casey, Lincoln, Pulaski, and Rockcastle counties

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Kentucky Route 70 reaches Casey County, where it reaches Liberty, cross the Green River for a fourth time, and intersect US 127.[30] After that KY 70 crosses the Green River for a fifth and final time, and traverses mainly rural areas of Casey, and then parts of southern Lincoln and northern Pulaski Counties. US 27 crosses KY 70 near Eubank, just north of Science Hill. KY 70 ends at its eastern terminus at a junction with US 150 near the Rockcastle County community of Broadhead, just west of Mount Vernon. [31]

Points of interest along the route

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History

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Before 1980

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Kentucky Route 70 was one of the many charter routes when the Kentucky State Highway system was first started in the 1920s and 1930s[37]

East of Cave City, KY 70 originally ran concurrently with US 31E from Griderville, into Hart County to Hardyville, and followed KY 88's present-day route to Greensburg.[38] KY 70 between Griderville and Greensburg was rerouted to its current alignment via Hiseville and Sulphur Well no later than 1936.

At Dycusburg, KY 70 connected from Livingston County into southern Crittenden County via a ferry crossing on the Cumberland River. Ferry service in Dycusburg was discontinued in 1951.[4][5][39][40]

In the Mammoth Cave area, parts of KY 70 was rerouted onto a more direct route between Brownsville and Cave City at sometime in the early half of the 1970s. The route originally ran onto the present-day Joppa Ridge Road, the first mile of Green River Ferry Road, a small portion of the Mammoth Cave Parkway (South Entrance Road) near the Visitors Center, and Cave City Road within the park, as well as the final 2 miles (3.2 km) of KY 255's designation north of Highland Springs.[41][42][43]

A 1950 highway planning survey conducted by the Kentucky Department of Highways and the United States Department of Agriculture showed that the segment between KY 70's original eastern entrance to Mammoth Cave National Park and its crossing of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in downtown Cave City was the most heavily traveled segment of the route.[44]

Recent route changes and improvements

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The low underpass under railroad tracks near Eubank just west of the US 27 junction has been closed and bypassed with a highway overpass just north of old route. The new roadway is wider and has no restrictions.

Improvements were completed in Liberty in early 2013 to widen KY 70 from near Green River bridge, to Connector Road, as part of the Dry Ridge Hill reconstruction project. Future plans include major upgrades further east past the Casey County High School with improvements ending near KY 501.

Reconstruction of KY 70 west of Liberty from KY 1547 to KY 206 area near Creston. Further plans would create a more direct route for KY 70 to connect Liberty to Campbellsville.

Bear Creek Bridge Closure (2024)

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In January 2024, the KYTC announced that the bridge over Bear Creek just east of the KY 187 junction in the Huff community of Edmonson County would be closed for three months, beginning February 5, for a bridge replacement project.[45][46][47]

Major intersections

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CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
LivingstonSmithland0.0000.000 US 60Western terminus
​6.85011.024
 KY 2232 south (Sugar Creek Road)		Northern terminus of KY 2232
​11.38618.324
 KY 866 south (Paradise Road)/Tyline Road		KY 70 ends in Livingston County at this point
Gap in route due to closure of ferry (Tyline Road follows former KY 70 route east to river)
CrittendenDycusburg11.38618.324
 KY 295 south		Northern terminus of KY 295; KY 70 continues at this point
​11.82219.026
 KY 902 east (Fredonia Road)		Western terminus of KY 902
Frances16.80527.045
 KY 855 north		Begin concurrency with KY 855
​17.38127.972
 KY 855 south		End KY 855 concurrency
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 US 641 north / KY 91 north		Beginning of concurrency with US 641 and KY 91
CaldwellFredonia23.65238.064
 KY 902 west (Bakers Lane)		Beginning of KY 902 concurrency
23.77338.259
 KY 902 east (Piney Lane)		Ending of KY 902 concurrency
23.99738.619
 US 641 south (Cassidy Avenue)		End of concurrency with US 641
24.48939.411 KY 91 sout2h (Marion Road)End of KY 91 concurrency
Flat Rock29.40847.328
 KY 1077 north (Rowland Cemetery Road)		Southern terminus of KY 1077
​33.18553.406 KY 139 (Farmersville Road)
Fryer37.93661.052
 KY 293 south		Beginning of KY 293 concurrency
​38.92062.636
 KY 293 north		End of KY 293 concurrency
Hopkins​40.97265.938
 KY 291 north (Dalton Road)		Southern terminus of KY 291
​45.24472.813
 KY 2273 west (Fergustown Road)		Eastern terminus of KY 2273
Beulah46.82375.354 KY 109 (Rabbit Ridge Road/Charleston Road)
Richland52.05883.779
 KY 1337 east (Earlington Road)		Western terminus of KY 1337
Madisonville56.97091.684
 KY 1302 west (Pleasant View Road)		Eastern terminus of KY 1302
57.45992.471
 KY 2274 south (Legion Drive)		Northern terminus of KY 2774
58.38093.954

 US 41 south (South Main Street) / KY 481 south (East McLaughlin Avenue)		Southern/western end of concurrency with US 41; northern terminus of KY 481
59.10395.117

 US 41 north (North Main Street) / KY 262 west (West Center Street)		Northern/eastern end of concurrency with US 41; eastern terminus of KY 262
61.59899.132
 I-69 south – Hopkinsville		Exit 114 from SB I-69 & ramps to SB I-69 (formerly the Pennyrile Parkway)
61.74299.364


 KY 254 north (Brown Road) to I-69 north – Henderson		Exit 114 from NB I-69; ramp to NB I-69 is off KY 254
​64.156103.249
 KY 1221 south (Pond River-Colliers Road)		Northern terminus of KY 1221
​65.199104.928
 KY 85 east (Anton Road) – Sacramento		KY 70 turns right (east) along Central City Road here; Anton Road continues straight as KY 85; western terminus of KY 85
​65.310105.106
 KY 6113 south (Bethlehem Lane)		Northern terminus of KY 6113
MuhlenbergEarles75.192121.010
 KY 175 south		Beginning of KY 175 concurrency
​74.082119.223
 KY 175 north		Ending of KY 175 concurrency
​78.610126.511
 KY 181 to Western Kentucky Parkway – Greenville
Central City83.055133.664

 US 431 north (Phillip Stone Way) / KY 304 east (Front Street)		Northern/western end of concurrency with US 431; western terminus of KY 304
84.430135.877
 US 62 west (Everly Brothers Boulevard)		Western end of concurrency with US 62
84.515136.014
 KY 277 north (West Reservoir Avenue) - Elijah Summers Elementary School, Dokken		Southern terminus of KY 277
85.298137.274
 KY 2103 north (Ash Street)		Southern terminus of KY 2103
85.889138.225

 US 62 east (Everly Brothers Parkway) / KY 1031 north (South 2nd Street) – Beaver Dam		Eastern end of concurrency with US 62; KY 1031 follows former routing of US 431; US 62 continues straight ahead while US 431/KY 70 turn right (US 62 to Beaver Dam)
86.589139.351
 Western Kentucky Parkway west – Paducah		Exit 58 from WB parkway and ramp to WB parkway
86.689139.512
 Western Kentucky Parkway east – Elizabethtown		Exit 58 from EB parkway and ramp to EB parkway
86.917139.879
 KY 604 east		Western terminus of KY 604
​87.629141.025
 KY 2107 south		Northern terminus of KY 2107
​92.115148.245


 KY 2107 Conn. to KY 2107 north		Connector road to KY 2107, primarily for traffic heading south on 431/70
​92.185148.357
 KY 2107 north		No access to 2107 North from SB 431/70; southern terminus of KY 2107
Drakesboro92.700149.186 KY 176 – Greenville, ParadiseBoulevard = WB, Avenue = EB
Browder94.333151.814
 US 431 south – Dunmor, Lewisburg, Russellville		Southern/eastern end of US 431 concurrency
Ennis98.193158.026
 KY 2270 south		Northern terminus of KY 2270
ButlerRochester103.312166.265

 KY 369 north (Russellville Street) to KY 1117		Southern terminus of KY 369
​105.066169.087
 KY 106 south (Huntsville-Quality Road) – Quality - Spartaville, Idlewood		Northern terminus of KY 106
​108.472174.569
 KY 3205 south		Northern terminus of KY 3205
Morgantown112.133180.461
 KY 2267 south (Dunbar-Leetown Road)		Northern terminus of KY 2267
112.709181.388
 KY 1117 west (Provo Road)		Eastern terminus of KY 1117
115.016185.100
 KY 1468 east (Gardner Lane Road)		Western terminus of KY 1468
115.512185.899




 I-165 south / US 231 Truck south / KY 79 Truck south – Bowling Green		Exit 27 from southbound I-165 Parkway and ramps to I-165 South; Begin concurrency with US 231 Truck and KY 79 Truck.
115.612186.059
 I-165 north – Owensboro		Exit 27 from northbound I-165 and ramps to I-165 North
117.013188.314

 KY 403 north (Logansport Road) / KY 2162 east (Old Logansport Road)		Beginning of brief concurrency of KY 403; western terminus of KY 2162
117.103188.459


 US 231 south (G.L. Smith Street) / KY 79 south / KY 403 south – Morgantown, Woodbury		Eastern end of the concurrencies with KY 403, US 231 Truck, and KY 79 Truck; southern end of concurrencies with US 231 and KY 79; US 231 Truck and KY 79 Truck ends
​117.847–
118.127		189.656–
190.107		Bridge over the Green River at Morgantown
Aberdeen118.916191.377
 KY 79 north (Caneyville Road) – Caneyville		Northrrn end of KY 79 concurrency
119.163191.774
 KY 1328 east (Leonard Oak Road)		Western terminus of KY 1328
​119.874192.919

 US 231 north (Beaver Dam Road) to I-165 – Beaver Dam, Hartford, Owensboro		Northern end of US 231 concurrency
Aberdeen120.605194.095 KY 79 (Caneyville Road)
Huldeville124.776200.808
 KY 340 north (Brooklyn Road)		Southern terminus of KY 340
Jetson129.635208.627
 KY 1328 west (Millshed Road)		Eastern terminus of KY 1328
Whittinghill130.457209.950
 KY 411 north (Love Lee Road)		Southern terminus of KY 411
Roundhill135.432217.957 KY 185 – Big Reedy, Bowling Green
EdmonsonHuff139.293224.170
 KY 187 north (Sunfish Road) – Leitchfield		Southern terminus of KY 187
​141.820228.237
 KY 655 east (Segal Road)		Western (clockwise) terminus of KY 655
Windyville142.796229.808
 KY 655 west (Segal Road) – Asphalt		Eastern (counterclockwise) terminus of KY 655
​143.904231.591
 KY 1365 north (Grassland-Black Gold Road)		Southern terminus of KY 1365
Brownsville145.394233.989
 KY 259 north – Bee Spring, Leitchfield, Nolin Lake State Park		Begin KY 259 concurrency
146.074235.083
 KY 183 north (Lock Road)		Southern terminus of KY 183
146.222–
146.464		235.321–
235.711		Bridge over KY 183 (Lock Road), the Green River, and CR-1203
147.203236.900
 KY 2184 north (Washington Street) – Brownsville City Park, Green River Amphitheater, Camp Joy		Southern terminus of KY 2184
147.551237.460Houchin's Ferry RoadAlternate route to Edmonson County High School
147.613237.560Wildcat WayConnects to Edmonson County High School
147.843237.930

 KY 259 south (South Main Street) to KY 101 – Rhoda, Smiths Grove, Bowling Green		End concurrency with KY 259
Mammoth Cave152.517245.452
 KY 2325 south (Silent Grove Church Road)		Northern terminus of KY 2325
157.617253.660Mammoth Cave Parkway north – Visitor Center/Cave ToursMain entrance to Mammoth Cave National Park; beginning of concurrency with Mammoth Cave Parkway
160.117257.683


 Mammoth Cave Parkway / KY 255 south to I-65 south – Park City		End concurrency with Mammoth Cave Parkway; begin concurrency with KY 255
BarrenHighland Springs161.890260.537
 KY 255 north – Frozen Niagara Entrance, Mammoth Cave Tours/Visitors Center		End concurrency with KY 255
Cave City165.303266.029
 I-65 south – Nashville		Exit 53 to/from 65 south
165.403266.190
 I-65 north – Louisville		Exit 53 to/from 65 north
165.548266.424
 KY 90 east (Happy Valley Road) – Glasgow		Western terminus of KY 90; 70 turns north here while 90 begins directly east
166.966268.706 US 31W (Dixie Highway) – Horse Cave, Park City, Bowling Green, Caverna Memorial Hospital
167.645269.798
 KY 2195 east (Old Lexington Road)		Western terminus of KY 2195
​168.601271.337
 KY 685 south (Wilson Road)		Northern terminus of KY 685
​172.063276.909 US 31E (Jackson Highway) – Hodgenville, Glasgow, Barren River Lake S.R.P.
Hiseville175.336282.176 KY 740
​176.635284.266
 KY 314 north (Center Road) – Center		Southern terminus of KY 314
​177.167285.123
 KY 2131 west (Corral Hill-Halfway Road)		Eastern terminus of KY 2131
MetcalfeKnob Lick182.340293.448

 KY 640 south / KY 2435 north		Northern terminus of KY 640; southern terminus of KY 2435
182,953294,434
 KY 1243 north		Southern terminus of KY 1243
​186.457300.073
 KY 869 north		Southern terminus of KY 869
​195.326314.347

 US 68 west to Cumberland Parkway – Edmonton		Beginning of concurrency with US 68
Green​197.933318.542
 KY 729 north (Little Barren Road)		Southern terminus of KY 729
​202.083325.221
 KY 487 north (Little Barren Road)		Southern terminus of KY 487
​203.606327.672
 KY 218 west – Horse Cave		Eastern terminus of KY 218
Greensburg209.461337.095
 KY 61 south – Columbia		Begin concurrency with KY 61
210.892339.398
 KY 417 east (Legion Park Road)		Western terminus of KY 417
211.794340.849
 KY 61 west – Hodgenville		End concurrency with KY 61
​214.135344.617
 KY 793 west		Eastern terminus of KY 793
Taylor​215.948347.535
 KY 2764 west		Eastern terminus of KY 2764
​216.297348.096
 KY 883 north		Southern terminus of KY 883
Campbellsville219.893353.883 KY 323 (Friendship Pike/West Main Street)Friendship Pike to the west, West Main Street to the east
220.788355.324

 KY 55 south / KY 210 west – Columbia, Green River Reservoir State Park, Hodgenville		Begin concurrency with KY 55; eastern terminus of KY 210
221.585356.606
 KY 323 west (North Columbia Avenue)		Eastern terminus of KY 323
221.725356.832


 KY 527 north (North Central Avenue) / US 68 east / KY 55 north (East Broadway Street) – Lebanon		End concurrency with US 68/KY 55; 70 continues to the east on South Central Avenue
222.805358.570
 KY 372 south (Smith Ridge Road)		Northern terminus of KY 372
223.606359.859
 KY 3518 north (Watertower Bypass)
​225.893363.540
 KY 76 east (Kniffey Road) – Elkhorn, Pikes Ridge Recreation Area		Western terminus of KY 76
​226.752364.922
 KY 1799 north (Reids Chapel Road)		Southern terminus of KY 1799
Acton228.368367.523

 KY 1798 east (Stoner Creek Road) / KY 2784 north (Wooleyville Road)		Western terminus of KY 1798; southern terminus of KY 2784
Mannsville231.637372.784
 KY 337 north (Bradfordsville Road) – Bradfordsville		Southern terminus of KY 337
231.957373.299
 KY 659 east (Raikes Hill Road)		Western terminus of KY 659
​234.824377.913
 KY 1798 west (Stoner Creek Road)		Eastern terminus of KY 1798
​235.682379.293

 KY 1752 west (Speck Ridge Road) / KY 659 west (Bass Ridge Road)		Eastern terminus of KY 1752; eastern terminus of KY 659
Casey​236.660380.867
 KY 1742 south (Roley Road)		Begin concurrency with KY 1742
​236.834381.147
 KY 1742 north (Dry Creek Road)		End concurrency with KY 1742
​
 KY 1859 north (Chicken Gizzard Road)		Southern terminus of KY 1859
Clementsville240.297386.721
 KY 551 north (Possum Trot Road)		Begin concurrency with KY 551
240.345386.798
 KY 551 south (Knifely Road)		End concurrency with KY 551
​243.677392.160
 KY 2970 south (Moxley Road)		Northern terminus of KY 2970
​244.663393.747
 KY 206 west		Eastern terminus of KY 206
​245.745395.488
 KY 1615 north		Southern terminus of KY 1615
​247.957399.048
 KY 1547 north (White Oak Road)		Southern terminus of KY 1547
Liberty249.271401.163

 KY 70 Bus. east (Campbell Street)		Western terminus of KY 70 Business. Former routing of KY 70
249.883402.148
 US 127 south (Wallace Wilkinson Boulevard) – Russell Springs		Begin concurrency with US 127
251.464404.692


 US 127 north (Wallace Wilkinson Boulevard) / KY 70 Bus. west (Campbellsville Street) – Danville, Liberty		End concurrency with US 127; eastern terminus of KY 70 Business
252.302406.041
 KY 1649 east (Dry Ridge Road)		Western terminus of KY 1649
252.539406.422
 KY 817 north		Southern terminus of KY 817
Yosemite258.691416.323
 KY 198 north		Southern terminus of KY 198
​259.594417.776
 KY 501 north (Grove Ridge Road)		Begin concurrency with KY 501
​260.267418.859
 KY 501 south		End concurrency with KY 501
​265.546427.355 KY 837
Pulaski​270.365435.110
 KY 635 east		Western terminus of KY 635
Lincoln​273.106439.522
 KY 328 east		Western terminus of KY 328
PulaskiEubank275.592443.522 KY 1247
278.132447.610 US 27 – Stanford, Somerset
Clarence283.424456.127
 KY 865 north		Southern terminus of KY 865
​287.629462.894
 KY 3267 north (Arnie Gentry Road)
RockcastleWillailla288.879464.906
 KY 3273 west (Owen School Road)		Beginning of concurrency with KY 3273
289.357465.675
 KY 3273 east (Level Green Road) – Level Green		End of concurrency with KY 3273
Quail290.544467.585 KY 618 (Quail Road)
​292.632470.946
 KY 1650 west – Ottawa		Eastern terminus of KY 1650
​294.962474.695
 US 150 to I-75 – Stanford, Mount Vernon		Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Special routes

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Kentucky Route 70 Bypass (Cave City)

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By-pass plate.svg
Kentucky Route 70 Bypass marker
Kentucky Route 70 Bypass
LocationCave City, Kentucky
Existed1960s–2010

Kentucky Route 70 Bypass was a supplemental bypass route in Cave City, Kentucky. The route encompassed the first 0.819 miles (1.318 km) of KY 90 (Happy Valley Road), and US 31W from the KY 90 junction to the KY 70 junction in downtown Cave City. Although the route was known as KY 70 Bypass, by the mid-2000s, it was only signed as a trailblazer sign along the two specified routes.[48]

Kentucky Route 70 Business (Liberty)

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Business plate.svg
Kentucky Route 70 Business marker
Kentucky Route 70 Business
LocationLiberty, Casey County
Length2.800 mi[1] (4.506 km)
Existed2013–present

Kentucky Route 70 Business (KY 70 Bus.) is a business route of KY 70 in Liberty, Kentucky. It accounts with the old KY 70 alignment in downtown Liberty. It was formed after KY 70 was rerouted to a new junction with US 127]. The business route starts just west of Liberty, and it goes through downtown to end at the intersection with US 127 and the re-routed regular KY 70, which resumes after the intersection. The regular alignment of KY 70 was rerouted to a new intersection with US 127, then it gets co-joined with US 127 north to re-join the original route of KY 70 near downtown Liberty.[49][50]

The entire route is in Liberty, Casey County.

mi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
0.0000.000
 KY 70 (Campbellsville Road) to US 127 – Campbellsville, Liberty		Western terminus
2.2913.687
 KY 2312 east		Western terminus of KY-2312
2.3383.763

 KY 2312 west / KY 49 north – Bradfordsville, Lebanon		Southern terminus of KY-49; eastern terminus of KY-2312
2.4743.982
 KY 2313 south (Randolph Street)		Northern terminus of KY-2313
2.8004.506 US 127 (Wallace Wilkinson Boulevard) / KY 70 (Middleburg Road) – Danville, Russell Springs, Yosemite, EubankEastern terminus; KY 70 east straight ahead
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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