Kentucky Route 15
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by KYTC | ||||
| Length: | 131.418 mi[1] (211.497 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end: |
 US 119 in Whitesburg | |||
  Hal Rogers Parkway / KY 80 in Hazard Mountain Parkway in Campton Mountain Parkway / KY 82 in Clay City | ||||
| North end: |
 US 60 in Winchester | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties: | Letcher, Knott, Perry, Breathitt, Wolfe, Powell, Clark | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Kentucky Route 15 begins at a junction of US 119/Corridor F & Business KY 15 in Whitesburg, and terminates in Winchester at US 60. It is a major route, connecting the coalfields of the Cumberland Plateau with Lexington and other cities in the Bluegrass region. The segment from Whitesburg to KY 15 at Campton, which in turn connects to the Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway near the town, is also the primary part of Corridor I of the Appalachian Development Highway System.
Future
Currently, KY 15 is being relocated onto a new four-lane divided alignment in phases. Construction on section 17 of the relocation project is from KY 205 at Vancleve to Fivemile; construction began on January 6, 2005 at a cost of $36.4 million and is 100% complete.[2] Work is also progressing on section 16 from Fivemile to Wolverine; construction began on November 2, 2006 with a projected cost of $4.7 million and is approximately 95% complete. There are additional plans to reconstruct the segment from Jackson south to Hazard on new alignment beginning in 2008.
The current construction is progressing from Vancleve to Jackson. Local reports suggest that the roadway will be opening for traffic flow by the summer of 2013. Construction of the section between Jackson and Haddix, KY has not started. The current budget crisis and lowered revenues for state and federal construction projects may delay groundbreaking on that section for years. (Updated June 2013)
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Working on a cut near Vancleve.
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Driving steel for a bridge across Frozen Creek.
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Looking north across Frozen Creek and KY 1812.
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Looking south on KY 15 near the northern end of construction on section 17 at KY 205.
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Letcher | Whitesburg |   US 119 to US 23 / KY 15X north – Jenkins, Cumberland | |||
| Letcher County Veterans Memorial Museum (KY 15C north) | |||||
 KY 931 north / KY 15X south – Whitesburg, Colson | south end of KY 931 overlap | ||||
| KY 931 south – Gordon | north end of KY 931 overlap | ||||
 KY 3401 south | |||||
 KY 3402 north (Little Dry Fork) | |||||
| Van |   KY 160 south / KY 1811 north – Roxana, Gordon | south end of KY 160 overlap | |||
 KY 1148 east – Colson | |||||
| Isom |  KY 7 north – Deane, Mountain Motor Speedway | south end of KY 7 overlap | |||
| KY 7 south – Letcher, Blackey, Leatherwood Battlefield, Brashearville | north end of KY 7 overlap | ||||
| Knott | KY 160 north – Hindman, Alice Lloyd College | north end of KY 160 overlap | |||
 KY 1231 north | |||||
| Sassafras |  KY 1088 west | ||||
| Perry | Vicco |  KY 1095 south (Main Street) | |||
| Jeff | KY 7 south – Viper, Leatherwood, Leatherwood Battlefield, Brashearville | interchange | |||
| Glomawr |  KY 451 north | ||||
 KY 1096 west | |||||
| Hazard |   KY 15 Bus. north | ||||
| KY 451 | interchange | ||||
| KY 15 Bus. south | |||||
 KY 80 west / KY 550 east | interchange; south end of KY 80 overlap | ||||
| Hal Rogers Parkway west / KY 80 east – London, Prestonsburg, Pikeville | interchange; north end of KY 80 overlap | ||||
| Bonnyman |  KY 267 – Typo, Harveyton | ||||
 KY 1067 north | |||||
 KY 28 west – Buckhorn, Booneville, Buckhorn Lake State Resort Park | |||||
| Breathitt | Ned |  KY 2446 east | |||
 KY 1278 south – Watts | |||||
| Lost Creek |  KY 476 south – Riverside, Clayhole | ||||
| Haddix |  KY 1110 south | ||||
  KY 1098 east / KY 1812 north – Quicksand, Portsmouth, South Fork Elk View | |||||
 KY 30 east – Salyersville, Rosseau | south end of KY 30 overlap | ||||
| Jackson |  KY 1812 north / KY 3068 west | south end of KY 1812 overlap | |||
| KY 1812 south – Quicksand | north end of KY 1812 overlap | ||||
| KY 30 west | north end of KY 30 overlap | ||||
 KY 205 south | south end of KY 205 overlap | ||||
| KY 205 north | north end of KY 205 overlap | ||||
| KY 1812 south | south end of KY 1812 overlap | ||||
| Vancleve | KY 205 / KY 1812 north | interchange; north end of KY 1812 overlap | |||
| Wolfe | Bethany |  KY 1261 south | south end of KY 1261 overlap | ||
| KY 1261 north | north end of KY 1261 overlap | ||||
 KY 2028 south – Flat, Mary | |||||
  KY 3355 to KY 2491 | |||||
| Campton |  KY 191 east to Mountain Parkway – Winchester, Stanton, Campton, Hazel Green | ||||
 KY 651 south | |||||
 KY 1653 east | |||||
| Mountain Parkway – Campton, Lexington | Mountain Pkwy. exit 40 | ||||
 KY 715 south – Beattyville | south end of KY 715 overlap | ||||
| Pine Ridge | KY 715 north | north end of KY 715 overlap | |||
| Powell | Slade |  KY 11 south to Mountain Parkway – Beattyville, Prestonsburg, Lexington | south end of KY 11 overlap | ||
| Nada |  KY 77 north – Red River Gorge | ||||
 KY 1639 south | |||||
| Bowen |  KY 613 east | ||||
 KY 3354 south | |||||
| Rosslyn |  KY 1184 east | ||||
| Stanton |  KY 213 to Mountain Parkway | ||||
 KY 2073 north (Halls Lane) | |||||
| Clay City |  KY 1057 south | ||||
 KY 2026 east | |||||
| Clay City (Waltersville) | KY 11 north – Mount Sterling, Camp McKee | north end of KY 11 overlap | |||
| Clay City (Powell Valley) |  KY 3022 north | ||||
| Mountain Parkway – Campton, Lexington | Mountain Pkwy. exit 16 | ||||
| KY 82 west – Irvine | |||||
| Virden |  KY 3352 south | ||||
| Clark |  KY 974 east | south end of KY 974 overlap | |||
| Goffs Corner | KY 974 west | north end of KY 974 overlap | |||
| Pilot View |  KY 3368 north | ||||
 KY 1958 (Veterans Memorial Parkway) | |||||
 KY 1960 east | |||||
| Winchester | US 60 (North Main Street) | ||||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
- ↑ "Kentucky Transportation Cabinet - Division of Planning - Highway Information System Official Milepoint Route Log Extract". Archived from the original on April 30, 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-11.
- ↑ KY-15 Corridor. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Archived from the original on March 3, 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-17.