Kentucky Routes

Kentucky’s state routes connect communities across the Bluegrass State, from major cities to rural valleys and Appalachian mountain roads. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) maintains nearly 28,000 miles of highways statewide, including important numbered routes serving urban centers, small towns, and remote communities.

The state route network ranges from multilane urban connections to winding rural roads. KY 7 and KY 15 cross eastern Kentucky’s hills, while routes around Louisville, Lexington, and Bowling Green connect neighborhoods, businesses, and regional destinations. Kentucky’s historic parkway network is another distinctive part of the state’s highway story, with some former parkway corridors subsequently redesignated as Interstates.

Open Road Archive features windshield-view driving videos of Kentucky routes and their surrounding communities, preserving the experience of traveling these roads as filmed.