Kentucky Route 80

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Kentucky State Highway

KY 80

Length:

209.004 mi
(336.359 km)

County	Miles	km
Adair	22.058	35.499
Barren	0.000	0.000
Calloway	12.479	20.083
Carlisle	15.009	24.155
Casey	5.0	8.04
Christian	0.000	0.000
Clay	7.537	12.130
Floyd	14.453	23.260
Graves	11.543	18.577
Hickman	3.443	5.541
Knott	20.093	32.337
Laurel	24.927	40.116
Leslie	9.179	14.772
Logan	0.000	0.000
Marshall	1.937	3.117
Metcalfe	7.8	12.55
Pike	6.941	11.170
Perry	15.862	25.527
Pulaski	40.100	64.535
Russell	11.1	17.86
Todd	0.000	0.000
Trigg	0.000	0.000
Warren	0.000	0.000

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Kentucky Route 80, also known as KY 80, originates on the state's western border at Columbus, Kentucky in Hickman County, and stretches across the southern portion of the state terminating southeast of Elkhorn City on the border with Virginia. It is the longest Kentucky State Highway, though the official distance is much less as the route converges with U.S. Highway 68 and U.S. Highway 23.

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From Columbus, the road passes through Hickman, Carlisle and Graves Counties before temporarily terminating in Mayfield. Before 2003, the road passed through Mayfield and into Marshall County before converging with U.S. Highway 68 in Aurora. The two-lane segment of former Highway 80 from Mayfield to Aurora now has two separate designations. From Mayfield to Brewers in Marshall County, the road retains its former co-designation as Kentucky Route 58. The segment from Brewers to Aurora is now designated as Kentucky Route 402.

Ground has been broken for a modern four-lane Highway 80 from Mayfield to U.S. Highway 641 in Calloway County north of Murray. At this point, it will join with a recently completed four-lane Kentucky 80 that runs roughly northeast from 641 through Calloway County and briefly into Marshall County before converging with U.S. Highway 68 near the eastern terminus of Kentucky 402 in Aurora.

From Aurora, it follows US 68 through Trigg, Christian, Todd, and Logan counties to Bowling Green (Warren County).

From Bowling Green to Somerset, Kentucky, Highway 80 is parallelled (and largely supplanted) by the Louis B. Nunn Cumberland Parkway, officially designated as the future route of Interstate 66. Highway 80 serves rural portions of Barren, Metcalfe (including the city of Edmonton), Adair, Russell, and Casey counties to Somerset (Pulaski County).

Between Somerset and London (Laurel County), Highway 80 is again the primary route. The state's Interstate 66 proposals call for Highway 80 to again be bypassed in this area, with the new road sharing only the crossing over the Rockcastle River gorge. This proposal has met with controversy, with area residents preferring that the new Interstate be built on the existing Highway 80 right of way [1].

From London to Hazard, Kentucky, Highway 80 is again supplanted, this time by the former Daniel Boone Parkway, renamed the Hal Rogers Parkway in 2003. Highway 80 serves rural portions of Clay, Leslie, and Perry counties before rejoining the Parkway near Hazard.

Highway 80 is a modern four-lane highway (though not controlled access) from Hazard through Knott County to Watergap, Kentucky in Floyd County where it converges with U.S. Highway 23. This section of Highway 80 was completely new construction, with the old highway's segments renamed with several designations, primarily Highway 550. Highway 80 continues with US 23 until reaching Belcher, Kentucky in Pike County and terminates at the Virginia border near Elkhorn City, Kentucky.