Kentucky Route 164
Kentucky Route 164 | ||||
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| Maintained by KYTC | ||||
| Length | 36.247 mi[1] (58.334 km) | |||
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| West end |   US 68 / KY 80 / Old Canton Road Connector in Canton | |||
| East end |  KY 272 near Hopkinsville | |||
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | Kentucky | |||
| Counties | Trigg, Christian | |||
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Kentucky Route 164 (KY 164) is a 36.247-mile-long (58.334 km) state highway in western Kentucky.
Route description[edit]
KY 164 begins its run on Linton Road from U.S. Route 68 (US 68, co-signed with KY 80) and Old Canton Road Connector in the western Trigg County community of Canton. It parallels the eastern shores of Lake Barkley while traversing the small communities of Donaldson and Linton. It turns eastward to cross KY 139 and becomes Roaring Springs Road afterwards.
After traversing the town of Roaring Springs, and also paralleling the northwestern boundary of the Fort Campbell Military Reservation, KY 164 turns northeastward before entering Christian County.
KY 164, locally known as Newstead Road, ends at the junction with KY 272 west of Hopkinsville.
History[edit]
KY 164 originally ran from the Tennessee State line northeast of the now-extinct town of Model, and entered the community of Linton via a ferry crossing of the Cumberland River, and then joined its present-day alignment from Linton to near Hopkinsville.[2] Ferry service was discontinued after the river was impounded to become Lake Barkley in the early 1960s, and KY 164 was rerouted onto Linton Road to Canton. The road west of the ferry crossing site is now Forest Road 204 within the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area.
Major intersections[edit]
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Trigg | Canton | 0.000 | 0.000 | US 68 (Canton Road) / KY 80 / Old Canton Road Connector | Western terminus; continues beyond US 68/KY 80 as Old Canton Road Connector |
| | 1.207 | 1.942 |   KY 1891 south (Lock East Road) | Northern terminus of KY 1891 | |
| | 4.764 | 7.667 |   KY 807 east (Donaldson Creek Road) / Donaldson Creek Road | Western terminus of KY 807 | |
| | 18.049 | 29.047 |  KY 139 (S Road) | ||
| | 23.403 | 37.663 |   KY 525 north (New Hope Road) | Southern terminus of KY 525 | |
| Christian | | 27.194 | 43.765 |  KY 287 south (Binns Mill Road) | Northern terminus of KY 287 |
| | 27.600 | 44.418 |  KY 695 east (Cox Mill Road) | Western terminus of KY 695 | |
| | 30.672 | 49.362 |  KY 117 (Gracey-Herndon Road) | ||
| | 36.247 | 58.334 | KY 272 (Julien Road / Canton Pike) | Eastern terminus | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Official DMI Route Log". Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
- ^ Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (1954). Trigg County Highway Map (PDF) (Map). 1:125000. Frankfort: Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved May 19, 2023.