Kentucky Route 343 Explained

State:KY
Type:KY
Route:343
Map Custom:yes
Map Notes:KY 343 highlighted in red
Length Mi:4.225
Length Round:3
Direction A:South
Terminus A: in Fleming-Neon
Junction: in McRoberts
Direction B:North
Terminus B:McRoberts Road in McRoberts
Counties:Letcher
Previous Type:KY
Previous Route:342
Next Type:KY
Next Route:344

Kentucky Route 343 (KY 343) is a 4.225adj=midNaNadj=mid state highway in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The highway connects Fleming-Neon and McRoberts, within Letcher County.

Route description

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.