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Kentucky Route 343

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Kentucky Route 343 marker
Kentucky Route 343
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KY 343 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by KYTC
Length4.225 mi[1] (6.799 km)
Major junctions
South end KY 317 in Fleming-Neon
Major intersections KY 3409 in McRoberts
North endMcRoberts Road in McRoberts
Location
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountiesLetcher
Highway system
  • Kentucky State Highway System
KY 342 KY 344

Kentucky Route 343 (KY 343) is a 4.225-mile-long (6.799 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The highway connects Fleming-Neon and McRoberts, within Letcher County.

Route description

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KY 343 begins at an intersection with KY 317 (Main Street) in the western part of Fleming-Neon, within Letcher County. It travels to the east-southeast and curves to the east-northeast. It passes a U.S. Post Office before it crosses over Yonts Fork on the SP4 Robert "Bug" Smith Memorial Bridge. Here, it begins paralleling Wright Fork. The highway crosses over Wright Fork on the Lt. Col. Claude E. Hounshell Bridge. It curves to the northeast and crosses over the fork again on the Master Sgt. John K. Holland Bridge. It curves to the east-southeast and then back to the east-northeast before it enters McRoberts. It crosses over She Fork before passing a U.S. Post Office. It intersects the northern terminus of KY 3409 (Dunham Road). KY 343 crosses over Wright Fork twice more, on unnamed bridges, before it ends and McRoberts Road continues into the northeastern part of McRoberts.[1]

Major intersections

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The entire route is in Letcher County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Fleming-Neon0.0000.000 KY 317 (Main Street)Southern terminus
0.0810.130SP4 Robert "Bug" Smith Memorial BridgeCrossing of Yonts Fork
0.4610.742Lt. Col. Claude E. Hounshell BridgeCrossing of Wright Fork
0.6421.033Master Sgt. John K. Holland BridgeCrossing of Wright Fork
McRoberts3.1255.029
KY 3409 south (Dunham Road)
Northern terminus of KY 3409
4.2256.799McRoberts Road northNorthern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Division of Planning (n.d.). "Official Milepoint Route Log Extract (Letcher County)". Highway Information System. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
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