Kentucky Route 38

Kentucky Route 38
	KY 38 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by KYTC
Length	29.519 mi [1] (47.506 km)
Major junctions
West end	US 421 in Harlan
East end	SR 624 near Keokee, VA
Location
Counties	Harlan
Highway system

Last updated November 15, 2019

Kentucky Route 38, also known as KY 38, is a state highway in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Part of the State Secondary System, it runs east from U.S. Highway 421 in Harlan east via Brookside, Evarts, Benito, Black Bottom, and Holmes Mill to the Virginia state line.^[2] In Virginia, the road continues as secondary State Route 624 to Keokee; State Route 606 and primary State Route 68 provide access from Keokee to the town of Appalachia, Virginia.

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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,, Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth. Originally a part of Virginia, in 1792 Kentucky split from it and became the 15th state to join the Union. Kentucky is the 37th most extensive and the 26th most populous of the 50 United States.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Harlan County.

Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Harlan	0.000	0.000	US 421	Western terminus
Harlan	0.081	0.130	KY 72 (Main Street)
	1.299	2.091	KY 3454 west (Maggie Lane)	Eastern terminus of KY 3454
Ages	4.949	7.965	KY 3455 south (Huffs Lane)	Northern terminus of KY 3455
Verda	6.613	10.643	KY 1601 south	Northern terminus of KY 1601
Evarts	7.871	12.667	KY 3457 north (Sals Branch Road)	Southern terminus of KY 3457
	8.155	13.124	KY 2430 east (Kelly Street)	Western terminus of KY 2430
	8.478	13.644	KY 215 east (Yocum Street)	Western terminus of KY 215
Louellen	17.002	27.362	KY 179 north	Southern terminus of KY 179
	29.474	47.434	SR 624 south	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

1 2 Commonwealth of Kentucky. "Official DMI Route Log" . Retrieved 21 April 2014.
↑ "Harlan County State Primary Road System" (PDF). (28.6 KB), current as of November 12, 2004

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[KYTC-1] 1 2 Commonwealth of Kentucky. "Official DMI Route Log" . Retrieved 21 April 2014.

[SPRS_Harlan-2] "Harlan County State Primary Road System" (PDF). (28.6 KB), current as of November 12, 2004