Kentucky Route 79
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by KYTC | ||||
| Length: | 103.771 mi[1] (167.003 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end: |
 US 431 in Russellville | |||
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 KY 86 from Garfield to Hensley | ||||
| North end: |
 SR 135 at Ohio River near Brandenburg | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties: | Logan, Butler, Grayson, Breckinridge, Meade | |||
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Kentucky Route 79 is a 103.771 mile (167.003 km) long north-south state highway that traverses five counties in west-central Kentucky.
Route description
KY State Route 79 starts at an intersection with US Route 431 in downtown Russellville, while US 79's end is currently at an intersection with US 431 in south Russellville. KY 79 has an intersection with the new US 68/KY 80 alignment, and then it goes into the northern half of Logan County.
It passes through mainly rural areas northeast of Russellville, and then enters Butler County. KY 79 has intersections with Kentucky Routes 626 and 1153. It then joins US 231 just south of Morgantown. US 231 and KY 79 together go into downtown Morgantown after their interchange with the William H. Natcher Parkway, and then meets KY 403 in downtown, and then KY 70 on the north side. KY 70 joins KY 79 and US 231 and all three routes are carried over the Green River to Aberdeen.
KY 79 departs at the Aberdeen Grocery, but KY 70 does not break up until reaching an intersection one mile north on US 231. After the split from US 231 and KY 70, KY 79 has an intersection with KY 1328 not more than 1/4 of a mile from the Aberdeen Grocery. Kentucky Route 79 crosses KY 70 for a final time, and becomes known as Caneyville Road.
KY 79 passes through the Butler County area's northern communities of Welcome and Welch's Creek, where it meets up with KY 340. KY 79 enters Grayson County and has access to the Wendell H. Ford Western Kentucky Parkway on the south side of Caneyville and would also intersect KY 185, and immediately after that, US 62 in downtown Caneyville.
Highway 79 then goes north to Pine Knob and Short Creek, where it intersects KY 54, by-passes the town of Falls of Rough, and then passes the Rough River Dam State Park, and crosses into Breckinridge County where it intersects with KY 105, and then meets up with KY 259.
KY 79 joins KY 259 from the lake area until they both reach the intersection with US Highway 60 at Harned, southeast of Hardinsburg. While KY 259 makes a left turn to join US 60 westbound, KY 79 joins the eastbound lane of US 60, and stays with US 60 until reaching Irvington. Irvington is where KY 79 enters Meade County, and heads for Brandenburg. The Kentucky state highway ends at the Ohio River Bridge on the west side of Brandenburg, south of Indiana State Road 135, which takes the driver into Harrison County, Indiana, and on to Corydon.
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Logan | Russellville | 0.000 | 0.000 |   KY 3519 (Main Street) | KY 3519 is the former routing of US 431 |
| 1.768 | 2.845 |   US 68 / KY 80 to US 431 | Russellville bypass | ||
| 3.148 | 5.066 |  KY 1588 east (Proctor Mill Road) | Western terminus of KY 1588 | ||
| 4.649 | 7.482 |  KY 1038 east (Plainview Church Road) | Western terminus of KY 1038 | ||
| 9.075 | 14.605 |  KY 103 south (Chandlers Road) | Northern terminus of KY 103 | ||
| 13.365 | 21.509 |  KY 2377 west (Anderson Store Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 2377 | ||
| Butler | 17.039 | 27.422 |  KY 626 (Berry's Lick Road/Orange Cemetery Road) | ||
| 21.150 | 34.038 |  KY 3182 east (Richland Church Road) | Western terminus of KY 3182 | ||
| 23.278 | 37.462 |  KY 1153 south (Sandy Creek Road) | Northern terminus of KY 1153 | ||
| Morgantown | 27.558 | 44.350 |  US 231 south (Bowling Green Road) | Southern end of US 231 concurrency | |
| 27.998 | 45.058 |  KY 1468 west (Gardners Lane Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 1468 | ||
| 28.893 | 46.499 |      Natcher Parkway / US 231 Truck / KY 79 Truck north – Bowling Green, Owensboro | Truck route follows northbound Natcher Parkway; Natcher Parkway exit 28 | ||
| 30.234 | 48.657 |  KY 403 south (East Porter Street) | Southern end of KY 403 overlap | ||
| 30.302 | 48.766 |  KY 2161 north (North Main Street) | Southern terminus of KY 2161 | ||
| 30.580 | 49.214 |  KY 2162 (Old Logansport Road/West Ohio Street) | |||
| 30.872 | 49.684 |  KY 70 west / KY 403 north (Veterans Highway) | North end of KY 403 overlap; south end of KY 70 overlap | ||
| 31.616– 31.896 | 50.881– 51.332 | Bridge over the Green River | |||
| Aberdeen | 32.685 | 52.601 | US 231 north / KY 70 west (Beaver Dam Road) | Northern end of US 231 and KY 70 concurrency | |
| 32.935 | 53.004 |  KY 1328 (Leonard Oak Road) | |||
| 33.554 | 54.000 | KY 70 (Brownsville Road) | |||
| 36.298 | 58.416 |  KY 2713 north (Dexterville-Banock Road) | Southern terminus of KY 2713 | ||
| 39.268 | 63.196 |  KY 340 north (Oak Ridge Road) | Southern end of KY 340 overlap | ||
| 39.532 | 63.621 | KY 340 south (Brooklyn Road) | Northern end of KY 340 overlap | ||
| Grayson | 46.883 | 75.451 |  KY 736 north (Windy Ridge Road) | Southern terminus of KY 736 | |
| 48.639– 48.835 | 78.277– 78.592 |  Western Kentucky Parkway – Elizabethtown, Paducah | Interchange; Parkway exit 94 | ||
| Caneyville | 49.819 | 80.176 |  KY 185 south (South Main Street) | Northern terminus of KY 185 | |
| 49.854 | 80.232 |  US 62 (Maple Street) | |||
| Post | 53.490 | 86.084 |  KY 2804 east (Hopewell Road) | Western terminus of KY 2804 | |
| Short Creek | 57.392 | 92.363 |  KY 54 (Owensboro Road) | ||
| 61.938 | 99.680 | KY 736 (Lone Hill Road/Cave Creek Road) – Cave Creek Recreation Area | |||
| 63.128 | 101.595 |  KY 110 (Green Farm Road/Blue Bird Road) – Falls of Rough | |||
| Breckinridge | 66.840 | 107.569 |   KY 105 north (McQuady-Axtel Road) / KY 2201 south (Old KY 105) – Cloverport | Southern terminus of KY 105; northern terminus of KY 2201 | |
| 68.386 | 110.057 |  KY 1740 east (Kingswood-Mattingly School Road) | Western terminus of KY 1740 | ||
| 70.246 | 113.050 |  KY 259 south – Leitchfield | Southern end of KY 259 overlap | ||
| 75.868 | 122.098 |  KY 690 east | Western terminus of KY 690 | ||
| 77.580 | 124.853 | KY 1740 west (Kingswood-Mattingly School Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 1740 | ||
| 77.814 | 125.229 |  KY 232 east | Western terminus of KY 232 | ||
| Harned | 79.942 | 128.654 |  US 60 west / KY 259 north – Hardinsburg, Owensboro | Northern end of KY 259 overlap; southern end of US 60 concurrency | |
| 80.412 | 129.411 |  KY 1401 east | Western terminus of KY 1401 | ||
| Garfield | 83.832 | 134.915 | KY 86 west (Garfield-Lodiburg Road) | Southern end of KY 86 overlap | |
| Hensley | 85.233 | 137.169 | KY 86 east | Northern end of KY 86 overlap | |
| 89.373 | 143.832 |  KY 333 east | Southern end of KY 333 overlap | ||
| 89.726 | 144.400 | KY 333 west (Webster-Basin Springs Road) | Northern end of KY 333 overlap | ||
| Irvington | 91.920 | 147.931 | US 60 east – Louisville | Connector road between US 60 East and KY 79 North; northern end of US 60 concurrency | |
| 92.163 | 148.322 |  KY 2202 south (Woodlawn Street) | Northern terminus of KY 2202 | ||
| 92.887 | 149.487 |  KY 477 north | Southern terminus of KY 477 | ||
| Meade | 95.030 | 152.936 |  KY 428 (Guston Road) | ||
| 96.839 | 155.847 |  KY 1726 south (Dooley Road) | Northern terminus of KY 1726 | ||
| 97.627 | 157.115 |  KY 261 south (Sandy Hill Road) | Northern terminus of KY 261 | ||
| Midway | 98.178 | 158.002 |   KY 144 east / KY 1239 west (Midway Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 1239; southern end of KY 144 overlap | |
| 99.601 | 160.292 | KY 144 west (Payneville Road) | Northern end of KY 144 overlap | ||
| Brandenburg | 120.004 | 193.128 |   KY 1051 east (By Pass Road) / KY 448 north (High Street) | Western terminus of KY 1051; southern terminus of KY 448 | |
| 102.543 | 165.027 |  KY 1692 (Fairgrounds Road/Hillcrest Drive) – Meade County Fairgrounds | |||
| 103.283 | 166.218 |  KY 228 (Battletown Road/Lawrence Street) | |||
| 103.679 | 166.855 | Kentucky State line | |||
| Ohio River | 103.679 | 166.855 | Matthew E. Welsh Bridge to Indiana | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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