U.S. Route 45 in Kentucky

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US 45.svg

U.S. Route 45

U.S. Route 45 in Kentucky
Route information
Maintained by KYTC
Length51.880 mi [1]  (83.493 km)
Major junctions
South endUS 45.svgTennessee 3.svg US 45  / SR 3 at Tennessee state line in Fulton
Major intersections
North endUS 45.svg US 45 at Ohio River in Paducah
Location
Country United States
State Kentucky
Counties Fulton, Hickman, Graves, McCracken
Highway system
  • Kentucky State Highway System
Elongated circle 44.svg KY 44 Elongated circle 46.svg KY 46

U.S. Route 45 (US 45) enters Kentucky at Fulton in Fulton County and travels northeast through Hickman County, Graves County, and McCracken County. After passing through Mayfield in Graves County it heads directly north into Paducah as a four-lane highway. In Paducah, US 45 serves as a major artery, intersecting with Interstate 24 at Exit 7, and intersecting US 60 and 62. U.S. 45 leaves Kentucky from Paducah's northern border across the two-lane, metal-grate Brookport Bridge to Brookport, Illinois across the Ohio River.

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Route description

US 45 enters Kentucky at Fulton in Fulton County where it travels around the west side and then north side of town before entering Hickman County. It travels just to the south and east of the Purchase Parkway as it passes briefly through Hickman County and into Graves County. In Graves County US 45 travels northeast and passes through the communities of Water Valley and Wingo. Roughly 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Wingo, US 45 passes through Mayfield where it forms an intersection with US 45 Bypass before passing through the heart of town. Just north of town, US 45 intersects US 45 Bypass and Purchase Parkway and becomes a four-lane divided highway as it turns toward the north. US 45 continues northward through rural sections of Graves County and into McCracken County. The previous routing between these two points is now designated Kentucky Route 1241. In McCracken County, US 45 passes through Lone Oak and then passes under I-24 as it enters Paducah. In Paducah, US 45 forms intersections with US 60, US 62, US 60 Business, I-24 Business, and US 45 Business as it passes through the western part of town. US 45 crosses the Ohio River via the Brookport Bridge into Illinois 51.880 miles (83.493 km) from the Tennessee state line. [2]

History

US 45 was signed in Kentucky by 1928, although it was not yet paved. [3] The entire route in Kentucky was paved by 1939. [4]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Fulton Fulton 0.0000.000South plate.svg
US 45.svg
East plate.svg
Elongated circle 116.svg
US 45 south / KY 116 east (Highland Drive)
Continuation into Tennessee
West plate.svg
Elongated circle 116.svg
KY 116 west (State Line Street)
North end of KY 116 overlap (southbound only); KentuckyTennessee line
0.0650.105North plate.svg
Elongated circle 1648.svg
KY 1648 north (Second Street)
0.5790.932Redbud Lane (KY 1644 north)
0.5790.932Elongated circle 1648.svgTo plate.svg
US 51.svg
To plate blue.svg
Purchase Parkway.svg
KY 1648 to US 51  / Purchase Parkway  Clinton
1.3452.165North plate.svg
Elongated circle 1718.svg
KY 1718 north (Fairview Avenue) – Business District
1.7902.881South plate.svg
Elongated circle 307.svg
KY 307 south (M.L. King Jr. Drive) – Business District
South end of KY 307 overlap
1.8452.969North plate.svg
Elongated circle 307.svg
To plate blue.svg
Purchase Parkway.svg
To plate.svg
US 51.svg
KY 307 north to Purchase Parkway  / US 51
North end of KY 307 overlap
Hickman 3.4395.535Elongated circle 1218.svg KY 1218
3.8466.190Elongated circle 2569.svg KY 2569
5.1628.307West plate.svg
Elongated circle 94.svg
KY 94 west
South end of KY 94 overlap
Graves Water Valley 6.67010.734East plate.svg
Elongated circle 94.svg
West plate.svg
Elongated circle 1529.svg
KY 94 east / KY 1529 west Murray
North end of KY 94 overlap
7.01211.285North plate.svg
Elongated circle 1283.svg
KY 1283 north
7.11811.455To plate.svg
Elongated circle 2422.svg
To KY 2422  / Hubbard Street (KY 1839) Camp Beauregard
13.12221.118West plate.svg
Elongated circle 944.svg
KY 944 west
Wingo 13.66821.997North plate.svg
Elongated circle 1806.svg
KY 1806 north (Whitnell Drive)
13.96322.471South plate.svg
Elongated circle 339.svg
KY 339 south Sedalia, Business District
South end of KY 339 overlap
14.04322.600North plate.svg
Elongated circle 339.svg
To plate blue.svg
Purchase Parkway.svg
KY 339 north to Purchase Parkway  Clinton
North end of KY 339 overlap
16.91627.224West plate.svg
Elongated circle 58.svg
KY 58 west Clinton
South end of KY 58 overlap
Pryorsburg 17.57228.279Elongated circle 1748.svg KY 1748
21.18434.092North plate.svg
By-pass plate.svg
US 45.svg
To plate blue.svg
I-69.svg
To plate blue.svg
Purchase Parkway.svg
US 45 Byp. north to I-69  / Purchase Parkway  Paducah
Interchange
Mayfield 23.71938.172East plate.svg
Elongated circle 58.svg
West plate.svg
Business plate.svg
Elongated circle 80.svg
KY 58 east / KY 80 Bus. west (Broadway)
North end of KY 58 overlap
24.69739.746Elongated circle 121.svg KY 121  Wickliffe, Cairo, Murray
24.83339.965East plate.svg
Elongated circle 3141.svg
KY 3141 east (Crittendon Lane)
25.56341.140I-69.svgSouth plate.svg
By-pass plate.svg
US 45.svg
I-69  / US 45 Byp. south Fulton, Benton
I-69/Purchase Parkway exit 25
25.83341.574West plate.svg
Elongated circle 1830.svg
KY 1830 west
27.05543.541West plate.svg
Elongated circle 1276.svg
KY 1276 west (Key Bottom Road)
27.28943.917North plate.svg
Elongated circle 1241.svg
KY 1241 north
Hickory 29.08246.803Powell Road (KY 3043 west)
30.74349.476Elongated circle 2194.svg KY 2194 (Doyle Road)
31.86151.275Elongated circle 408.svg KY 408  Viola
33.47553.873Elongated circle 849.svg KY 849  Lowes, Folsomdale
34.42755.405Elongated circle 1241.svg KY 1241
McCracken 38.34761.714Elongated circle 1241.svg KY 1241  Melber
40.67265.455East plate.svg
Elongated circle 1288.svg
KY 1288 east (Lebanon Church Road)
41.69567.102East plate.svg
Elongated circle 999.svg
KY 999 east (Krebs Station Road)
43.86570.594South plate.svg
Elongated circle 1241.svg
KY 1241 south
44.21571.157South plate.svg
Elongated circle 339.svg
KY 339 south (Clinton Road) Melber
Lone Oak 44.41371.476West plate.svg
Elongated circle 1322.svg
KY 1322 west (Lovelaceville Road)
44.77972.065Elongated circle 1286.svg KY 1286 (Friendship Road)
45.44773.140East plate.svg
Elongated circle 3074.svg
KY 3074 east (Bleich Road)
Paducah 46.09874.188I-24.svgTo plate.svg
US 62.svg
I-24 to US 62  St. Louis, Nashville
I-24 exit 7
46.97675.601East plate.svg
Elongated circle 1310.svg
KY 1310 east (Berger Road)
47.30476.128West plate.svg
US 62.svg
North plate.svg
Elongated circle 731.svg
To plate blue.svg
West plate blue.svg
I-24.svg
US 62 west (Alben Barkley Drive) / KY 731 north (Lone Oak Road) to I-24 west Bardwell, Wickliffe
South end of US 62 overlap
47.95077.168East plate.svg
US 60.svg
East plate.svg
US 62.svg
US 60 east / US 62 east (Jackson Street)
North end of US 62 overlap; south end of US 60 overlap
48.19777.566North plate.svg
Business plate.svg
US 45.svg
US 45 Bus. north (Washington Street)
48.88678.674West plate.svg
US 60.svg
US 60 west (Joe Clifton Drive) Barkley Airport
North end of US 60 overlap
49.13279.070Business Loop 24.svgBusiness plate.svg
US 60.svg
I-24 BL  / US 60 Bus. (Park Avenue) Barkley Airport
49.79680.139Elongated circle 305.svg KY 305 (Cairo Road)
50.18680.767South plate.svg
Business plate.svg
US 45.svg
US 45 Bus. south (Eighth Street)
Ohio River 51.88083.493 Brookport Bridge; KentuckyIllinois line
North plate.svg
US 45.svg
US 45 north Brookport
Continuation into Illinois
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Special routes

Mayfield bypass

By-pass plate.svg

US 45.svg

U.S. Route 45 Bypass

Location Mayfield, Kentucky
Length3.818 mi [1]  (6.144 km)

US 45 Bypass in Mayfield begins at a junction with US 45 on the southwest side of Mayfield and forms a concurrency with Interstate 69 at Exit 21 0.958 miles (1.542 km) north of US 45. It carries this concurrency for 2.860 miles (4.603 km) and ends at a junction with US 45 at Exit 25 of the parkway north of Mayfield. Since the former Purchase Parkway has been re-designated I-69, US 45 Bypass signs have been removed from the I-69 concurrency, and the north interchange with US 45.

The entire route is in Graves County.

Locationmi [1] kmExitDestinationsNotes
0.0000.000US 45.svgEast plate.svg
Elongated circle 80.svg
US 45 / KY 80 east Mayfield, Fulton
Partial interchange; southern terminus; south end of KY 80 concurrency
Mayfield 21South plate blue.svg
I-69.svg
I-69 south Fulton
South end of I-69 overlap; I-69 Exit 21
1.3382.15322West plate.svg
Elongated circle 80.svg
East plate.svg
Business plate.svg
Elongated circle 80.svg
KY 80 west / KY 80 Bus. east Fancy Farm, Mayfield
North end of KY 80 concurrency; western terminus of KY 80 Business
2.7944.49724Elongated circle 121.svg KY 121  Wickliffe, Mayfield
3.8186.144North plate blue.svg
I-69.svg
US 45.svg I-69 north / US 45  Benton, Mayfield
Northern terminus; north end of I-69 overlap; Purchase Pkwy. exit 25
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Paducah business route

Business plate.svg

US 45.svg

U.S. Route 45 Business

Location Paducah, Kentucky
Length4.378 mi [1]  (7.046 km)

US 45 Business in Paducah begins at an intersection with US 45 in downtown Paducah and travels northeast through town. As it nears the Ohio River, it turns to the northwest and ends at a junction with US 45 south of the Brookport Bridge over the Ohio River 4.378 miles (7.046 km) from its origin.

The entire route is in Paducah, McCracken County.

mikmDestinationsNotes
0.0000.000US 45.svg US 45Southern terminus
2.0393.281Business plate.svg
US 60.svg
US 60 Bus.
South end of US 60 Business overlap
2.1193.410Elongated circle 3238.svg KY 3238 (Kentucky Avenue)
2.1883.521Elongated circle 3238.svg KY 3238 (Broadway Street)
2.9464.741Business plate.svg
US 60.svg
US 60 Bus.
North end of US 60 Business overlap
4.3787.046US 45.svg US 45Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 "Kentucky Transportation Cabinet - Division of Planning" . Retrieved July 24, 2014.
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  4. Kentucky (PDF) (Map) (1939 ed.). 1 inch:12 miles. Cartography by State-wide Highway Planning Survey. Kentucky State Highway Department. 1939. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
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