Kentucky Route 43

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Kentucky Route 43

Kentucky Route 43
KY 43 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by KYTC
Length12.535 mi [1]  (20.173 km)
Major junctions
South endBusiness plate.svg
Elongated circle 55.svg
Elongated circle 2268.svg KY 55 Bus.  / KY 2268 near Shelbyville
Major intersectionsElongated circle 12.svg KY 12 near Shelbyville
North endUS 421.svg US 421 near Pleasureville
Location
Country United States
State Kentucky
Counties Shelby
Highway system
  • Kentucky State Highway System
US 42.svg US 42 Elongated circle 44.svg KY 44

Kentucky Route 43 (KY 43) is a state highway in Kentucky that runs from BUS KY 55 and Boone Station Road northeast of Shelbyville to U.S. Route 421 (US 421) southeast of Pleasureville.

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Route description

KY 43 begins at an intersection with KY 55 Bus./KY 2268 in Shelbyville, Shelby County, heading to the east on two-lane undivided Cropper Road. The road passes through a mix of farmland and woodland with some homes, running to the north of a R.J. Corman Railroad line. The route curves northeast and intersects the western terminus of KY 1005. KY 43 passes through more rural areas while paralleling the railroad tracks, turning north and east before coming to the western terminus of KY 12. Here, the route turns north to remain on Cropper Road, passing through more agricultural areas with some woods. The road turns east before a curve back to the north as it continues through more rural areas. KY 43 intersects the southern terminus of KY 241 and turns east to pass a few homes in the community of Cropper. The route continues through more farmland with some trees and comes to a junction with the northern terminus of KY 395. KY 43 continues north-northwest through more rural areas before it ends at an intersection with US 421. [1] [2]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Shelby County.

Locationmi [1] kmDestinationsNotes
Shelbyville 0.0000.000Business plate.svg
Elongated circle 55.svg
South plate.svg
Elongated circle 2268.svg
KY 55 Bus. (Eminence Pike) / KY 2268 south (Boone Station Road)
1.6612.673East plate.svg
Elongated circle 1005.svg
KY 1005 east (Vigo Road)
4.4317.131East plate.svg
Elongated circle 12.svg
KY 12 east (Bagdad Road)
Cropper 8.52013.712North plate.svg
Elongated circle 241.svg
KY 241 north (Pleasureville Road)
11.24118.091South plate.svg
Elongated circle 395.svg
KY 395 south (Radcliff-Shipman Road)
12.53520.173US 421.svg US 421 (New Castle Highway)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Kentucky Transportation Cabinet - Division of Planning - Highway Information System Official Milepoint Route Log Extract" . Retrieved 2007-06-13.
  2. Google (February 7, 2013). "overview of Kentucky Route 43" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
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