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| Length | 22.300 mi [1] [2] [3] (35.888 km) | |||
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| Counties | Breckinridge, Meade, Hardin | |||
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Kentucky Route 333 (KY 333) is a 22.300-mile-long (35.888 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The highway connects mostly rural areas of Breckinridge, Meade, and Hardin counties with Big Spring. Signage at its western end is north–south, but at its eastern end is east–west. However, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet designates the entire highway as an east–west route.
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are currently 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory and shares its sovereignty with the federal government. Due to this shared sovereignty, Americans are citizens both of the federal republic and of the state in which they reside. State citizenship and residency are flexible, and no government approval is required to move between states, except for persons restricted by certain types of court orders. Four states use the term commonwealth rather than state in their full official names.
Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the east south-central region of the United States. Although styled as the "State of Kentucky" in the law creating it, (because in Kentucky's first constitution, the name state was used) Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth. Originally a part of Virginia, in 1792 Kentucky became the 15th state to join the Union. Kentucky is the 37th most extensive and the 26th most populous of the 50 United States.
In general, a rural area or countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. The Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services defines the word rural as encompassing "...all population, housing, and territory not included within an urban area. Whatever is not urban is considered rural."
