Kentucky Route 76
Major junctions
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- Kentucky State Highway System
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Kentucky Route 76 (KY 76) is a 36.714-mile-long (59.085 km) state highway in Kentucky that runs from a boat ramp on Lake Cumberland west of Jabez to KY 70 northeast of Elk Horn via Eli, Neatsville, Knifley, and Yuma.[2]
Route description
After it begins on the shore of Lake Cumberland, KY 76 goes into a northwesterly path towards Salem. It intersects KY 910 and goes over an overpass that carries the highway over the Louie B. Nunn Cumberland Parkway before intersecting KY 80. It runs concurrently with KY 80 for about 0.54 miles (0.87 km), KY 76 goes on to meet U.S. Route 127, and it runs concurrently with that route in a southerly path for 0.985 miles (1.585 km) before turning right. KY 76 enters Adair County, where it has a junction with Kentucky Routes 206 and 551 in the communities of Neatsville and Knifley, respectively. It enters Taylor County, and meets its northern terminus at its junction with KY 70 at Elk Horn, just east of Campbellsville.[2]
History
KY 76 was originally an east–west highway going from KY 70 at Elk Horn to KY 206 at Neatsville, but follows a path into Casey County where it met US 127 at Dunnville. [3] KY 76 has long been rerouted to its current length and path at some point around 1962–63.[4]
Major intersections
County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Taylor | Lake Cumberland | 0.000 | 0.000 | Boat ramp | Southern terminus |
| 1.227 | 1.975 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of KY 1383 | |
| 2.652 | 4.268 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of KY 1611 | |
| 4.625 | 7.443 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of KY 3278 | |
| 5.830 | 9.382 | ![]() | ||
| 7.516 | 12.096 | ![]() ![]() | South end of KY 80 overlap | |
| 7.985 | 12.851 | ![]() ![]() | North end of KY 80 overlap | |
| 11.498 | 18.504 | ![]() ![]() | South end of US 127 overlap | |
| 12.483 | 20.089 | ![]() ![]() | North end of US 127 overlap | |
Adair | | 18.575 | 29.894 | ![]() ![]() | South end of KY 206 overlap |
| 19.794 | 31.855 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of KY 2289 | |
| 20.870 | 33.587 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of KY 2289 | |
Neatsville | 21.467 | 34.548 | ![]() ![]() | North end of KY 206 overlap | |
| 25.160 | 40.491 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of KY 1104 | |
Knifley | 27.323 | 43.972 | ![]() | ||
Taylor | | 35.024 | 56.366 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of KY 1752 |
| 36.714 | 59.085 | ![]() | Northern terminus | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ a b Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. "Official DMI Route Log". Retrieved December 28, 2015.
- ^ a b DeLorme (2010). Kentucky Atlas and Gazetteer (Map). Yarmouth, ME: DeLorme. p. 67.[full citation needed]
- ^ Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (1957). Official Kentucky State Highway Map (PDF) (Map).[full citation needed]
- ^ Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (1964). Official Kentucky State Highway Map (PDF) (Map).[full citation needed]