Kentucky Route 8

Infobox road
state=KY
type=KY
route=8
alternate_name=
maint=KYTC


length_mi=119.972
length_round=3
length_ref=cite web|url=http://www.planning.kytc.ky.gov/data_reports.asp|title=Kentucky Transportation Cabinet - Division of Planning - Highway Information System Official Milepoint Route Log Extract|accessdate=2007-06-13]
length_notes=Western segment: convert|1.220|mi|km|3
Middle segment: convert|78.819|mi|km|3
Eastern segment: convert|39.933|mi|km|3
established=
direction_a=West
starting_terminus=
junction=
direction_b=East
ending_terminus=
counties=Boone, Kenton, Campbell, Pendleton, Bracken, Mason, Lewis, Greenup
cities=Covington, Newport, Augusta, Maysville, Vanceburg
previous_type=KY
previous_route=7
next_type=KY
next_route=9

Kentucky Route 8 is a 119.972 mile (193.076 km) long east-west state highway divided into three distinct segments across northern Kentucky. The western terminus of the route is at Kentucky Route 20 near Idlewild. The eastern terminus is at U.S. Route 23 west of South Shore. The three distinct segments of this route were not meant to be connected together.

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 on July 1755 and taken to Ohio, she later she escaped a salt-making party at Big Bone Lick and made her way across the Kentucky wilderness back to Virginia.

Route description

Western segment

The western segment of KY 8 spans 1.220 miles from KY 20 near Idlewild north to Interstate 275 exit 11. [ [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=newport,+KY&ie=UTF8&om=1&ll=39.082872,-84.795613&spn=0.019521,0.048752 Google Maps - Newport, KY] ] The route terminates at the northern edge of the interchange.

Middle segment

The middle segment of KY 8, the longest of the three, extends 78.819 miles between rural Boone County and Maysville. KY 8 begins 1.5 miles west of Kentucky Route 237 and three miles north of I-275 along the rural Terrell Road northwest of Hebron. The route runs parallel to the Ohio River as it heads eastward, passing through Covington, Newport, and Augusta before ending at an intersection with U.S. Route 62/68 Business in Maysville. [ [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=maysville,+KY&ie=UTF8&ll=38.646523,-83.763585&spn=0.009821,0.024376&om=1 Google Maps - Maysville, KY] ]

Eastern segment

The final, easternmost segment of KY 8 extends for 39.933 miles from Concord-Trinity Road west of Concord [ [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=maysville,+KY&ie=UTF8&om=1&ll=38.683098,-83.544502&spn=0.039262,0.097504 Google Maps - Concord, KY] ] to U.S. Route 23 in South Portsmouth west of South Shore. [ [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=maysville,+KY&ie=UTF8&om=1&ll=38.725212,-82.998104&spn=0.00981,0.024376 Google Maps - South Shore, KY] ] 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.

References

External links

* [http://www.kentuckyroads.com/ky_8/ KentuckyRoads.com KY 8]