Kentucky Route 76 Explained

State:KY
Type:KY
Route:76
Maint:KYTC
Map Custom:yes
Map Notes:KY 76 highlighted in red
Length Mi:36.714
Length Round:3
Length Ref:[1]
Direction A:South
Terminus A:Boat ramp on Lake Cumberland
Junction: near Russell Springs
near Russell Springs
Direction B:North
Terminus B: near Elk Horn
Previous Type:KY
Previous Route:75
Next Type:KY
Next Route:77

Kentucky Route 76 (KY 76) is a 36.714adj=midNaNadj=mid 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, KY 76 goes on to meet U.S. Route 127, and it runs concurrently with that route in a southerly path for 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Official DMI Route Log . Kentucky Transportation Cabinet . Kentucky Transportation Cabinet . December 28, 2015.
  2. DeLorme . DeLorme . 2010 . Kentucky Atlas and Gazetteer . Yarmouth, ME . DeLorme . 67.
  3. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet . 1957 . Official Kentucky State Highway Map .
  4. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet . 1964 . Official Kentucky State Highway Map .