Kentucky Route 22 Explained

State:KY
Type:KY
Route:22
Maint:KYTC
Map Custom:yes
Map Notes:KY 22; mainline in red, spurs in blue
Length Mi:121.213
Length Round:3
Length Ref:[1]
Direction A:West
Terminus A: in Louisville
Junction: in Louisville
near Eminence
in Owenton
in Dry Ridge
in Dry Ridge
in Williamstown
in Falmouth
Direction B:East
Terminus B: in Bracken County
Counties:Jefferson, Oldham, Henry, Owen, Grant, Pendleton, Bracken
Previous Type:KY
Previous Route:21
Next Type:US
Next Route:23

Kentucky Route 22 (KY 22) is a 121.213adj=midNaNadj=mid east - west highway running from the eastern suburbs of Louisville to an unincorporated place called Willow in Bracken County in Northern Kentucky.

Route 22 has a short 0.332miles business route in Dry Ridge, an area which has become a commercial center as an I-75 exit.

It begins at US 42 at the city limit of a Louisville suburb called Northfield, Kentucky, and carries the name Brownsboro Road, a local road which begins near Downtown Louisville. It crosses the Kentucky River west of Gratz and terminates at Kentucky Route 10 in Willow.

Special routes

East Louisville connector route

State:KY
Type:KY
Route:22C
Location:Louisville
Formed:2013
Length Mi:0.520

Kentucky Route 22C is a connector route of KY 22 that links the road to U.S. Route 42 in eastern Louisville northeast of the Thornhill.

Major intersections

Gratz business route

State:KY
Type:KY-Bus
Route:22
Location:Gratz
Formed:2005
Length Mi:0.091
Length Round:3

Kentucky Route 22 Business (KY 22 Bus.) is an unsigned business route in Gratz that runs from Main Street and Brown Street to Kentucky Routes 22 and 355. It is part of an old alignment of KY 22 that approached a bridge over the Kentucky River, which was replaced by a newer bridge further downstream in 2011.

Major intersections

Dry Ridge business route

State:KY
Type:KY-Bus
Route:22
Location:Dry Ridge
Formed:2005
Length Mi:0.336
Length Round:3

Kentucky Route 22 Business (KY 22 Business) is a business route of KY 22 in Dry Ridge. The highway runs 0.336miles between junctions with KY 22 and US 25 Business, passing through the heart of Dry Ridge. It was formed in 2005 with the opening of the Dry Ridge Bypass, which rerouted KY 22 around the city.[2]

Major intersections

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kentucky Transportation Cabinet - Division of Planning. April 29, 2017.
  2. Web site: Dry Ridge bypass may spur business. July 16, 2014.