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Kentucky Route 9

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Kentucky Route 9 marker
Kentucky Route 9
Map
KY 9 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by KYTC
Length116.285 mi[1] (187.143 km)
Component
highways
AA Hwy from I-275 in Wilder to KY 1 / KY 7 in Grayson
Major junctions
South end KY 1 / KY 7 in Grayson
Major intersections
North end KY 8 in Newport
Location
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountiesCarter, Lewis, Mason, Bracken, Pendleton, Campbell
Highway system
  • Kentucky State Highway System
KY 8 KY 10

Kentucky Route 9 is a 116.285-mile-long (187.143 km) state highway maintained by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The highway extends from Grayson to Newport (a city in Kentucky across the Ohio River from Cincinnati, Ohio), roughly paralleling the Ohio River between Vanceburg and Newport.

Most of its route, from Grayson to the Interstate 275 (I-275) loop in Wilder, is part of the AA Highway, except for its northern 5.3 miles (8.5 km) which continues from the terminus of the AA Highway at I-275 into Newport.

While KY 9 is not an expressway, it nonetheless serves as the shortest highway link between Cincinnati and Ashland, Kentucky. Most of the route is a rural two-lane highway. The only municipalities on the highway are Vanceburg and Maysville and suburban areas of Cincinnati at its western terminus.[2]

Route description

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A view of KY9/10 entering Maysville at the intersection of KY 9/KY 10 with US 68 and U.S. 62
Aerial view of KY 9 in mountainous terrain near its eastern end

KY 9 follows a general northwest–southeast orientation. It begins at a traffic circle intersection with KY 8 in Newport in Campbell County. It is briefly named Chestnut Way, and then Licking Pike as it parallels the Licking River. At the I-275 interchange, it becomes part of the AA Highway and then passes the outskirts of its namesake Alexandria. Within Campbell County, the road is a four-lane arterial highway.

The next segment passes through a remote, hilly region where the road is generally three lanes, with a passing lane present at uphill grades.

A few miles west of Maysville, the route runs concurrently with KY 10 begins, and the road becomes an arterial highway again. The concurrency ends within Maysville, and upon passing out of the city, the road becomes a two-lane rural highway through an agricultural region.

KY 9 then crosses the Allegheny Escarpment into the Appalachian Mountains at the same time that another concurrency with KY 10 begins. The remainder of KY 9 passes through mountainous terrain and is generally two lanes with periodic passing lanes. After passing through Vanceburg, KY 9 turns south and KY 10 continues east; both routes are signed as part of the AA Highway. KY 9 ends at KY 1/KY 7 just north of Grayson and a block from the I-64 interchange.

Major intersections

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CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Carter0.0000.000
KY 1 / KY 7 to I-64 – Grayson, Greenbo Lake State Resort Park, Grayson Lake State Park
Southern terminus of KY 9 and AA Highway spur
1.0781.735 KY 1959
5.4868.829
KY 7 south
Southern end of KY 7 concurrency
6.49810.458
KY 7 north – Carter City
Northern end of KY 7 concurrency
11.32418.224 KY 2 / KY 7 – Carter City
12.82120.633
KY 1773 east
Northern terminus of KY 1773
Lewis22.69036.516
KY 1149 south
Southern end of KY 1149 concurrency
22.89936.852
KY 1306 north
Western terminus of KY 1306
26.31042.342
AA Hwy (KY 10) east – South Shore, Greenup, Ashland
Southern terminus of AA Hwy mainline; AA Hwy (KY 9) continues as southern spur and AA Hwy (KY 10) as eastern spur
27.26543.879
KY 1149 north
Northern end of KY 1149 concurrency
Vanceburg29.46747.423 KY 59 – Olive Hill, Vanceburg
31.01149.907
KY 2523 north
Southern terminus of KY 2523
Clarksburg32.82752.830
KY 3037 north
Southern terminus of KY 3037
Charters36.81559.248
KY 989 south
Northern terminus of KY 989
Ribolt42.51868.426
KY 10 west
Northern end of KY 10 concurrency
46.64275.063 KY 57 – Flemingsburg, Tollesboro
Mason49.68579.960
KY 1234 east
Southern end of KY 1234 concurrency
50.07880.593 KY 1237
50.22280.824
KY 1234 west
Northern end of KY 1234 concurrency
50.97982.043
KY 3161 north
Southern terminus of KY 3161
53.26185.715 KY 1449 – Orangeburg
55.95590.051 KY 3313
56.83291.462
KY 1448 east
Southern end of KY 1448 concurrency
Maysville57.04091.797
KY 11 / KY 1448 west – Flemingsburg, Maysville
Northern end of KY 1448 concurrency
58.45194.068 KY 1448
59.73696.136
US 62 / KY 10 east – Lexington, Maysville
Southern end of KY 10 concurrency
61.87599.578 US 68 – Lexington, Aberdeen, OH, Ripley, OHInterchange
65.378105.216
KY 3056 east
Western terminus of KY 3056
65.606105.583
KY 10 west – Germantown
Northern end of KY 10 concurrency
66.545107.094 KY 435 – Minerva
Bracken72.799117.159 KY 2370 (Dutch Ridge Road)
74.567120.004 KY 19 – Brooksville, Augusta, Mount Olivet, Augusta Historic District
76.772123.553 KY 875 – Chatham, Gertrude
Woolcott79.280127.589 KY 1159 – Brooksville, Mount Olivet
82.606132.941 KY 1109 – Bradford, Johnsville
85.877138.206 KY 1019 – Lenoxburg, Foster
87.830141.349

KY 2228 east to KY 8 – Foster
Western terminus of KY 2228
Pendleton89.174143.512
KY 159 south – Kincaid Lake State Park
Northern terminus of KY 159
91.711147.595
KY 154 to KY 8 – Peach Grove
Campbell93.717150.823
KY 2828 east (Ivor Road) – Carntown
Western terminus of KY 2828
Flagg Spring94.941152.793
KY 735 to KY 10 – Mentor
99.316159.834 KY 1996 (Carthage Road)
101.238162.927

KY 1997 to KY 10 / KY 547
103.405166.414 KY 547 – Alexandria, Silver GroveInterchange
105.348169.541
KY 709 west (East Alexandria Pike)
Cold Spring107.148172.438 US 27Interchange (exit 14)
109.337175.961

KY 915 south (Licking Pike) to KY 10
Northern terminus of KY 915
Wilder109.755176.634
KY 1998 east
Western terminus of KY 1998
111.037178.697

I-275 east to I-471


I-275 west to I-71 – Airport
I-275 exit 77; northern terminus of AA Hwy
113.196182.171
KY 2345 east (Johns Hill Road)
Northern terminus of KY 2345
113.400182.500
KY 1632 east (Moock Road)
Western terminus of KY 1632
Newport115.666186.146 KY 1120 (West Eleventh Street)
116.231187.056
KY 8 east (5th Street)
116.285187.143
KY 8 west (4th Street)
Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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  1. ^ Division of Planning. "Official Milepoint Route Log Extract". Highway Information System. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
  2. ^ Division of Planning (2004). "Possible KY 9 Improvements". Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Archived from the original on August 4, 2004.
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