Kentucky Route 185

Kentucky Route 185 marker

Kentucky Route 185
Route information
Maintained by KYTC
Length: 33.509 mi[1] (53.928 km)
Major junctions
South end: US 68/KY 80 in Bowling Green
  KY 70 at Roundhill
North end: US 62/KY 79 in Caneyville
Location
Counties: Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Warren
Highway system
KY 184KY 186

Kentucky Route 185 is a northsouth state highway traversing four counties in south-central Kentucky.

Route description

Route 185 begins at a junction with the cojoined US 68/KY 80 just north of downtown Bowling Green.

It continues on past the community of Richardsville before passing into eastern Butler County.

KY 185 bridges the Green River before passing into Butler County. Just before entering the northwestern side of Edmonson County, KY 185 junctions with KY 70, in the community of Roundhill.

After this junction, KY 185 continues north until it passes into Grayson County. The route traverses the Western Kentucky Parkway via an overpass, shortly before reaching its northern terminus in the city of Caneyville at a junction with US 62 and KY 79.

History

KY 185's run within Warren County was originally Kentucky Route 67 from the 1930s until the discontinuation of the Bear Creek Ferry around 1967/68. Ky 185's original south end was at Glenmore. The original KY 67 ran KY 185's present routing in Warren County, goes northeast to meet the ferry and enters Edmonson County near Segal and ended at Windyville, Kentucky at a junction with KY 70. The ferry provided a more direct route from Bowling Green to western Edmonson County. In the early 1950s, KY 185 was extended to follow a path from the Glenmore area to a junction with U.S. Route 31W at Bristow. After the de-commission of the ferry and KY 67, KY 185 in Warren County was re-routed to its current routing.[2][3][4] The current Kentucky Route 67 is now designated to follow the Industrial Parkway in Boyd and Greenup Counties in northeastern Kentucky just west of Ashland.

From 1967/68 until around 2010, KY 185's southern terminus was at US 68's junction with Kentucky Route 234 near the L&N Depot in Bowling Green. KY 185 ends at its current south terminus when US 68/KY 80 was rerouted onto the Vietnam Veterans Blvd (originally KY 880), and the other US 68 alignment was re-designated as US Route 68 Business.

Major intersections

CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
WarrenBowling Green0.0000.000 US 68 (Veterans Memorial Lane) / KY 80 Bowling Green, GlasgowSouthern terminus
 5.0298.093 KY 526 BristowWestern terminus of KY 526
Richardsville6.25110.060 KY 263 RichardsvilleSouthern terminus of KY 263
Anna8.50713.691 KY 1320 Girkin, Boiling SpringsWestern terminus of KY 1320
Glenmore11.81219.010 KY 1749 – WingfieldWestern terminus of KY 1749
ButlerRoundhill18.49929.771 KY 70 Morgantown, BrownsvilleServes Mammoth Cave National Park and Nolin Lake
EdmonsonBig Reedy21.33034.327 KY 238 (Big Reedy Road)Serves Big Reedy Lake
23.44337.728 KY 238 west (Big Reedy Road)Serves Big Reedy Lake
23.64338.050 KY 238 east (Sunfish School Road) Sunfish
24.73839.812 KY 1075 east (Sunny Point Road) Leitchfield
GraysonReady29.14046.896 KY 411 – Jetson, ShrewsburySecond junction of KY 411 at mile marker 29.155
29.14546.904 KY 1655 (Wilson Church Road)
Caneyville31.35850.466 KY 2766 (Quisenberry School-Caney Creek Road)
33.50953.928 KY 79 (Morgantown Street) to US 62 / Western Kentucky Parkway Beaver Dam, Rosine, Leitchfield, Falls of Rough, HardinsburgNorthern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Points of interest along route

References

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