U.S. Route 23 in Kentucky
- U.S. Route 23 in Kentucky
Infobox road
state=KY
type=US
route=23
length_mi=
length_ref=fact
length_round=3
established=late 1920s
direction_a=South
direction_b=North
starting_terminus=
junction=
ending_terminus=
previous_type=
previous_route=22
next_type=Interstate
next_route=24
U.S. Route 23 runs north-south through the eastern part of the U.S. state of Kentucky, forming the northern part of Corridor B of the Appalachian Development Highway System.
History
The following highways form an older route of US 23: [ [http://www.terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?T=2&S=15&Z=17&X=55&Y=642&W=3&qs=%7ckingsport%7ctn%7c USGS topographic maps] ]
*Kentucky Route 3086, near Payne Gap (just north of Virginia) to Jenkins
*Kentucky Route 805, Jenkins to Dorton
*Kentucky Route 610, Dorton to north of Virgie
*Kentucky Route 122, north of Virgie to Shelbiana
*Former U.S. Highway 23 Business through Pikeville
*Kentucky Route 1428, Allen to Prestonsburg
*Kentucky Route 321, Prestonsburg to north of Paintsville
*Kentucky Route 2565 into Louisa from the south
*Kentucky Route 3, Louisa to south of Catlettsburg
*Kentucky Route 3294, Catlettsburg [ [http://www.dot.state.oh.us/techservsite/availpro/GIS_Mapping/mrsid/Sids/otm1931a.sid 1931 Map of Ohio Showing State Highway System] (MrSID format)]
Counties
US 23 passes through the following cities and counties:
*Jenkins in Letcher County
*Pikeville in Pike County.
**Here, the road's right-of-way is in the Pikeville Cut-Through, a massive earthmoving project which rerouted the Levisa Fork River to bypass downtown Pikeville.
*Prestonsburg in Floyd County
*Paintsville, the county seat of Johnson County
*Louisa in Lawrence County
*Catlettsburg, Ashland, and Westwood in Boyd County (in which it begins to follow the Ohio River)
*Russell, Flatwoods, Raceland, Wurtland, Greenup, and South Shore in Greenup County
Intersections with other U.S. and Interstate Highways
*US 60
*Interstate 64
*US 460
*US 119
References
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