Kentucky Route 227

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Elongated circle 227.svg
Kentucky Route 227
Kentucky Route 227
KY 227 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by KYTC
Length52.762 mi [1]  (84.912 km)
Major junctions
South endUS 460.svg US 460 near Georgetown
Major intersectionsElongated circle 22.svg KY 22 near Owenton
US 127.svg US 127 in Owenton
Elongated circle 36.svg KY 36 near New Liberty
I-71.svg I-71 near Carrollton
Elongated circle 36.svg KY 36 in Carrollton
North endUS 42.svgElongated circle 36.svg US 42  / KY 36 in Carrollton
Location
Country United States
State Kentucky
Counties Scott, Owen, Carroll
Highway system
  • Kentucky State Highway System
US 227.svg US 227 Elongated circle 228.svg KY 228

Kentucky Route 227 (KY 227) is a 52.762-mile-long (84.912 km) state highway in Kentucky that runs from U.S. Route 460 (US 460) near Georgetown, Kentucky to US 42 and KY 36 in Carrollton, Kentucky.

Contents

Route description

KY 227 starts north in Scott County and goes through Stamping Ground before entering Owen County. Just southeast of Owenton, KY 227 meets KY 22 and joins it on its way to Owenton. Just before entering downtown Owenton, US 127 joins the route. In downtown Owenton, KY 22 leaves and KY 227 and US 127 travel north alone. Just north of the Owenton city limits, KY 227 leaves US 127 and begins traveling toward New Liberty on a stretch of road that was formerly numbered 978. Just southeast of New Liberty, KY 227 meets KY 36 and joins it through New Liberty before KY 36 branches to the right toward Sanders. KY 227 passes through the unincorporated community of Wheatley before crossing over into Carroll County. KY 227 travels barely west of Worthville. About halfway in Carroll County, KY 227 meets Interstate 71. KY 227 travels for three miles before meeting KY 36 just north of entering the city limits. KY 36 joins KY 227 and both travel north until they meet US 42. KY 227 ends at US 42, while KY 36 leaves and joins US 42 towards the west and into downtown Carrollton.

History

KY 227 was formerly US 227 and ran from Carrollton, Kentucky to Richmond, Kentucky. US 227 was replaced by KY 227, US 460, and KY 627.

Elongated circle 978.svg
Kentucky Route 978
Location Owen County, Kentucky
Length5.5 mi [2]  (8.9 km)
Existed2011

In 2011, KY 227 was moved off the US 127 and KY 36 overlaps between Owenton and New Liberty, instead replacing Kentucky Route 978.

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi [1] kmDestinationsNotes
Scott 0.0000.000US 460.svg US 460 (Frankfort Pike)Southern terminus
Stamping Ground 6.39010.284West plate.svg
Elongated circle 1688.svg
KY 1688 west (Woodlake Road) / Mulberry Street
Eastern terminus of KY 1688
7.07611.388West plate.svg
Elongated circle 1689.svg
KY 1689 west (Switzer Road)
Eastern terminus of KY 1689
8.08113.005North plate.svg
Elongated circle 368.svg
KY 368 north (Cedar Road)
Southern terminus of KY 368
8.73214.053North plate.svg
Elongated circle 1059.svg
KY 1059 north
Southern terminus of KY 1059
11.44618.421North plate.svg
Elongated circle 1874.svg
KY 1874 north (Minors Branch Road)
Southern terminus of KY 1874
15.05424.227South plate.svg
Elongated circle 1874.svg
KY 1874 south (Minors Branch Road)
Northern terminus of KY 1874
Owen 20.72633.355Elongated circle 607.svg KY 607 (Claxon Ridge Road)
22.52536.250East plate.svg
Elongated circle 3103.svg
KY 3103 east (Swope-Natlee Road)
Western terminus of KY 3103
Hesler 23.57837.945North plate.svg
Elongated circle 845.svg
KY 845 north (Breck Road)
South end of KY 845 overlap
24.05738.716South plate.svg
Elongated circle 845.svg
KY 845 south (Greenup Road)
North end of KY 845 overlap
27.33743.995East plate.svg
Elongated circle 330.svg
KY 330 east
Western terminus of KY 330
29.29647.147East plate.svg
Elongated circle 22.svg
KY 22 east
South end of KY 22 overlap
29.80247.962South plate.svg
Elongated circle 3549.svg
KY 3549 south (Old Monterey Road)
Northern terminus of KY 3549
Owenton 30.88149.698South plate.svg
US 127.svg
US 127 south
South end of US 127 overlap
31.37350.490North plate.svg
Elongated circle 1287.svg
KY 1287 north (East Adair Street) / West Adair Street
Southern terminus of KY 1287
31.45550.622West plate.svg
Elongated circle 22.svg
KY 22 west (West Seminary Street) / East Seminary Street
North end of KY 22 overlap
32.02751.542South plate.svg
Elongated circle 2354.svg
KY 2354 south (Roland Avenue)
Northern terminus of KY 2354
32.35152.064East plate.svg
Elongated circle 3095.svg
KY 3095 east (Fairgrounds Road)
Western terminus of KY 3095
33.40253.755North plate.svg
US 127.svg
US 127 north
North end of US 127 overlap
New Liberty 38.90062.603East plate.svg
Elongated circle 36.svg
KY 36 east (New Liberty-Sparta Pike)
South end of KY 36 overlap
39.40463.415West plate.svg
Elongated circle 36.svg
KY 36 west
North end of KY 36 overlap
40.59765.335South plate.svg
Elongated circle 3215.svg
KY 3215 south (Cull Road)
Northern terminus of KY 3215
41.20966.319West plate.svg
Elongated circle 325.svg
KY 325 west (New Liberty-Moxley Road)
Eastern terminus of KY 325
Wheatley 43.78570.465South plate.svg
Elongated circle 1669.svg
KY 1669 south
Northern terminus of KY 1669
49.92480.345South plate.svg
Elongated circle 355.svg
KY 355 south
Northern terminus of KY 355
Carroll 51.17882.363East plate.svg
Elongated circle 467.svg
KY 467 east
Western terminus of KY 467
52.27884.133East plate.svg
Elongated circle 1204.svg
KY 1204 east (Goose Creek Road)
Western terminus of KY 1204
54.24487.297North plate.svg
Elongated circle 1112.svg
KY 1112 north
Southern terminus of KY 1112
54.81988.223I-71.svg I-71  Cincinnati, Louisville I-71 exit 44
56.43190.817West plate.svg
Elongated circle 3242.svg
KY 3242 west (Park Lock Road) / W Jay Louden Road
Eastern terminus of KY 3242
Carrollton 57.40892.389East plate.svg
Elongated circle 36.svg
KY 36 east (Easterday Road)
South end of KY 36 overlap
58.27493.783US 42.svgWest plate.svg
Elongated circle 36.svg
US 42  / KY 36 west (Highland Avenue)
North end of KY 36 overlap; northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

  1. 1 2 Commonwealth of Kentucky. "Official DMI Route Log" . Retrieved December 26, 2012.
  2. "Google Maps Directions". Google Maps . Google . Retrieved August 26, 2018.
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