Kentucky Route 52 (KY 52) is a 167-mile-long (269 km) east–west state highway in Kentucky, United States, managed by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC).
 Kentucky Route 52 | ||||
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 KY 52 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by KYTC | ||||
| Length | 167.399 mi[1] (269.403 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  US 62 in Boston | |||
 Bluegrass Parkway near Boston | ||||
| East end |  KY 30 near Jackson | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Kentucky | |||
| Counties | Nelson, LaRue, Marion, Boyle, Garrard, Madison, Estill, Lee, Breathitt | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Its western terminus is at US Route 62 (US 62) near Boston. It goes through Nelson, LaRue, Marion, Boyle, Garrard, Madison, Estill, Lee, and Breathitt counties. Its eastern terminus is at KY 30 in Breathitt County. It runs through Lebanon, Danville, Lancaster, Richmond, and Beattyville.
In 2005, the four-mile (6.4 km), five-lane stretch of KY 52 in Madison County was completed. It now goes from the Richmond By-Pass to Charle Norris Road in Robinsville. Plans are underway to widen the highway from Richmond to Irvine.[2][3] The road has also received improvements from Lancaster to Interstate 75 (I-75). In Boyle County, the concrete deck of a bridge was recently replaced.
Major intersections
edit| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Nelson | | 0.000 | 0.000 |     US 62 to KY 61 / I-65 – Elizabethtown, Boston | |
| | 2.161 | 3.478 | Bluegrass Parkway – Elizabethtown, Lexington | Bluegrass Parkway exit 10 | |
| | 5.160 | 8.304 |   KY 46 east (Nat Rogers Road) | Western terminus of KY 46 | |
| Larue | | 8.644 | 13.911 |   KY 583 north | Southern terminus of KY 583 |
| Nelson | New Haven | 11.223 | 18.062 |  US 31E north (North Main Street) – Bardstown | Northern end of US 31E concurrency |
| 11.475 | 18.467 |  US 31E south (South Main Street) – Hodgenville | Southern end of US 31E concurrency | ||
| | 12.402 | 19.959 |  KY 247 south | Western end of KY 247 concurrency | |
| | 14.642 | 23.564 | KY 247 north (Monks Road) | Eastern end of KY 247 concurrency | |
| | 16.416 | 26.419 |  KY 457 north | Western end of KY 457 concurrency | |
| New Hope | 17.302 | 27.845 | KY 457 south (JT Riggs Road) | Eastern end of KY 457 concurrency | |
| Marion | St. Francis | 22.176 | 35.689 |  KY 527 | |
| Loretto | 23.933 | 38.516 |  KY 49 north | Western terminus of KY 49 concurrency | |
| 24.473 | 39.385 | KY 49 south | Eastern terminus of KY 49 concurrency | ||
| | 29.425 | 47.355 | KY 49 north | Western terminus of KY 49 concurrency | |
| | 30.762 | 49.507 |  KY 327 south | Northern terminus of KY 327 | |
| Lebanon | 34.893 | 56.155 |   KY 84 west (St. Marys Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 84 | |
| 34.999 | 56.325 |  KY 2154 (Veterans Memorial Highway) – Springfield, Campbellsville | |||
| 35.928 | 57.821 |  KY 55 south (West Walnut Street) | Southern end of KY 55 concurrency | ||
| 36.081 | 58.067 | KY 55 north (West Walnut Street) | Northern end of KY 55 concurrency | ||
| 36.362 | 58.519 |  US 68 west (West Main Street) / KY 49 south (South Proctor Knott Avenue) | Eastern end of KY 49 concurrency; western end of US 68 concurrency | ||
| 37.488 | 60.331 | KY 2154 north (Corporate Drive) | Southern terminus of KY 2154 | ||
| 38.325 | 61.678 |  KY 1404 north (Green Valley Drive) | Southern terminus of KY 1404 | ||
| | 38.921 | 62.637 |  KY 1195 north (Short Line Pike) | Southern terminus of KY 1195 | |
| | 47.600 | 76.605 |  KY 243 south (Gravel Switch Road) | Northern terminus of KY 243 | |
| Boyle | | 50.941 | 81.982 |  KY 34 east (Lebanon Road) | Western terminus of KY 34 |
| | 53.304 | 85.784 |  KY 1894 south (Brumfield Road) | Northern terminus of KY 1894 | |
| Perryville | 55.296 | 88.990 |  US 150 west (West 2nd Street) – Perryville Battlefield | Western end of US 150 concurrency | |
| 55.315 | 89.021 |  US 68 east (North Bragg Street) / KY 1856 south (South Bragg Street) | Eastern end of US 68 concurrency; northern terminus of KY 1859 | ||
| | 58.845 | 94.702 |  KY 1822 north (Quirks Run Road) | Western end of KY 1822 concurrency | |
| | 59.384 | 95.569 | KY 1822 south (Parksville Cross Pike) | Eastern end of KY 1822 concurrency | |
| Danville | 62.855 | 101.155 |  KY 3366 north (Bluegrass Pike) | Southern terminus of KY 3366 | |
| 63.298 | 101.868 |   US 127 Byp. / US 150 Byp. east (Danville Bypass) | B | ||
| 64.216 | 103.346 | KY 34 west (Quisenberry Avenue) | Western end of KY 34 concurrency | ||
| 64.744 | 104.195 | US 127 north (Maple Avenue) | Western end of US 127 concurrency; Centre College south of intersection | ||
| 65.320 | 105.122 |  US 127 south (South 4th Street) / KY 33 | Eastern end of US 127 concurrency | ||
| 66.228 | 106.584 | KY 34 east (Wilderness Road) | Eastern end of KY 34 concurrency | ||
| 67.489 | 108.613 | US 150 east (Stanford Avenue) | Eastern end of US 150 concurrency | ||
| | 69.075 | 111.165 |  KY 1805 north (Goggin Lane) | Southern terminus of KY 1805 | |
| | 69.208 | 111.379 |  KY 1273 west (Chrisman Lane) | Eastern terminus of KY 1273 | |
| Hedgeville | 70.362 | 113.237 |  KY 590 south (Hubble Road) | Northern terminus of KY 590 | |
| Garrard | Lancaster | 75.934 | 122.204 |  KY 1150 west (Old Danville Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 1150 |
| 76.785 | 123.573 |   US 27 / KY 39 (Lexington Road/Stanford Street) – Nicholasville, Stanford | |||
| Hyattsville | 80.103 | 128.913 |  KY 1295 east (Kirksville Road) – Kirksville | Western terminus of KY 1295 | |
| | 84.653 | 136.236 |  KY 1972 south (Walker Pike) | Northern terminus of KY 1972 | |
| | 84.983 | 136.767 |  KY 954 east (Cartersville Road) | Western terminus of KY 954 | |
| Madison | Paint Lick | 88.529 | 142.474 |  KY 21 east | Western terminus of KY 21 |
| | 90.242 | 145.230 |  KY 595 north (Poosey Ridge Road) – Kirksville, Round Hill, Edenton | Western end of KY 595 concurrency | |
| | 91.090 | 146.595 | KY 595 south (Walnut Meadow Road) – Buggytown, Berea | Eastern end of KY 595 concurrency | |
| | 93.856 | 151.047 | KY 1295 west (Moran Mill Road) – Kirksville | Eastern terminus of KY 1295 | |
| Caleast | 95.477 | 153.655 |  KY 2881 south (Caleast Road) | Northern terminus of KY 2881 | |
| Richmond | 99.237 | 159.706 |    KY 876 (Eastern Bypass) to I-75 – Lexington, Berea | Eastern Kentucky University north of intersection | |
| 100.223 | 161.293 |    US 25 Bus. / US 421 Bus. north (West Main Street) | Western end of US 25 Bus./US 421 Bus. concurrency | ||
| 100.369 | 161.528 |  KY 388 north (North 2nd Street) | Southern terminus of KY 388 | ||
| 100.976 | 162.505 | US 25 Bus. / US 421 Bus. south (Big Hill Avenue) | Eastern end of US 25 Bus./US 421 Bus. concurrency | ||
| 102.803 | 165.445 | US 25 / US 421 (Eastern Bypass) | |||
| | 105.596 | 169.940 |  KY 374 north (Charlie Norris Road) – Union City | Western end of KY 374 concurrency; entrance to Blue Grass Army Depot directly south of intersection | |
| Moberly | 106.855 | 171.966 | KY 374 south (Speedwell Road) – Speedwell | Eastern end of KY 374 concurrency | |
| Waco | 108.862 | 175.196 |  KY 977 north (College Hill Road) – College Hill | Southern terminus of KY 977 | |
| Estill | | 122.102 | 196.504 |  KY 1353 east | Western terminus of KY 1353 |
| | 122.795 | 197.619 |  KY 3325 east | Western terminus of KY 3325 | |
| | 124.089 | 199.702 | KY 1353 / KY 3325 west | Eastern terminus of KY 1353 and KY 3325 | |
| | 125.643 | 202.203 |  KY 594 west | Eastern terminus of KY 594 | |
| | 127.387 | 205.010 |  KY 1457 north | Southern terminus of KY 1457 | |
| West Irvine | 127.748 | 205.590 |  KY 499 east | Western end of KY 499 concurrency | |
| 127.871 | 205.788 |  KY 3327 south (Stacy Lane Road) | Northern terminus of KY 3327 | ||
| 128.637 | 207.021 |  KY 3326 west (Cedar Grove Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 3326 | ||
| 128.697 | 207.118 | KY 499 west | Eastern end of KY 499 concurrency | ||
| | 129.268 | 208.037 |  KY 89 south (South Irvine Road) | Western end of KY 89 concurrency | |
| Irvine | 129.537 | 208.470 | KY 89 north (Main Street) | Eastern end of KY 89 concurrency | |
| 129.769 | 208.843 |  KY 1645 (Estill Avenue/Kirkland Avenue) | |||
| Ravenna | 131.429 | 211.514 |  KY 1571 east (Main Street) | Western terminus of KY 1571 | |
| | 136.337 | 219.413 |  KY 213 north (Furnace Junction Road) | Southern terminus of KY 213 | |
| | 139.163 | 223.961 |   KY 1182 north (Cobhill Road) to KY 975 | Southern terminus of KY 1182 | |
| | 140.630 | 226.322 | KY 1571 west (Millers Creek Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 1571 | |
| Lee | | 144.742 | 232.940 |  KY 1746 north | Southern terminus of KY 1746 |
| | 146.513 | 235.790 |  KY 2453 west (Old Landing Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 2453 | |
| | 147.848 | 237.938 |  KY 399 south – Heidelberg, Yellow Rock, Youth Haven Bible Camp | Northern terminus of KY 399 | |
| | 150.291 | 241.870 |   KY 498 east to KY 11 – Lee County Area Technology Center, Lee Adjustment Center | Western terminus of KY 498 | |
| | 153.012 | 246.249 |  KY 3331 south (Belle Point Road) | Northern terminus of KY 3331 | |
| Beattyville | 155.465 | 250.197 |  KY 1144 north (Center Street) | Southern terminus of KY 1144 | |
| 155.745 | 250.647 | KY 11 north (Broadway Street) | Western end of KY 11 concurrency | ||
| 156.063 | 251.159 | KY 11 south – Booneville | Eastern end of KY 11 concurrency | ||
| | 160.260 | 257.913 |  KY 2016 north | Southern terminus of KY 2016 | |
| | 163.632 | 263.340 |  KY 2017 east – Primrose, Vada | Western terminus of KY 2017 | |
| | 163.881 | 263.741 |  KY 708 north | Western end of KY 708 concurrency | |
| Tallega | 165.716 | 266.694 | KY 708 south | Eastern end of KY 708 concurrency | |
| Breathitt | | 168.225 | 270.732 |  KY 2469 east (Upper Fork Road) – Highland, Shoulderblade | Western terminus of KY 2469 |
| | 172.362 | 277.390 |  KY 541 north | Southern terminus of KY 541 | |
| | 177.401 | 285.499 | KY 30 – Jackson, Booneville | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
edit- ^ a b "Kentucky Transportation Cabinet - Division of Planning". Retrieved 2016-02-18.
- ^ Elkins, H.B. (April 12, 2005). "Governor Fletcher authorizes $225,000 for new center turn lane on KY 52 in West Irvine" (Press release). Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Archived from the original on February 6, 2012.
- ^ Carlyle, Jeffrey (17 November 2004). "KY 52". Kentucky Roads.
External links
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- State Primary Road System in Nelson County
- State Primary Road System in LaRue County
- State Primary Road System in Marion County
- State Primary Road System in Boyle County
- State Primary Road System in Garrard County
- State Primary Road System in Madison County
- State Primary Road System in Estill County
- State Primary Road System in Lee County
- State Primary Road System in Breathitt County