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Kentucky Route 15

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Kentucky Route 15 marker
Kentucky Route 15
Map
KY 15; mainline in red, business routes in blue
Route information
Maintained by KYTC
Length131.418 mi[1] (211.497 km)
Major junctions
South end US 119 in Whitesburg
Major intersections 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
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountiesLetcher, Knott, Perry, Breathitt, Wolfe, Powell, Clark
Highway system
  • Kentucky State Highway System
← KY 14→ KY 16

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

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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 finished on section 16 from Fivemile to Wolverine;. 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)

Currently (Jan. 2021), construction is nearing completion north of Hazard. This section was expanded to four lanes from the Hazard bypass to Speedway Road. This project was designed to replace one of the heaviest used sections of two way, two lane traffic in Kentucky. The upgrade involved replacing several bridges and making large cuts to accommodate the widened roadway. An access road was added to allow traffic to enter and exit at Bonnyman near the post office. No projected date of construction has been made public for the section of roadway from Jackson to the current expansion.

  • Looking north across Frozen Creek and KY 1812.
    Looking north across Frozen Creek and KY 1812.

Major intersections

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CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
LetcherWhitesburg0.0000.000
 KY 15X (Jenkins Road) / US 119 to US 23 – Jenkins, Cumberland		Southern terminus of business route
1.3892.235


 KY 15 Conn. east to KY 15X – Letcher County Veterans Memorial Museum		Western terminus of connector road
2.2843.676

 KY 15X south / KY 931 north (Hazard Road) – Whitesburg, Colson		Northern terminus of business route; south end of KY 931 overlap
​2.7364.403
 KY 931 south (Whitco Road) – Gordon		North end of KY 931 overlap
​3.9186.305
 KY 3401 south (Uz-Dry Fork Road)		Northern terminus of KY 3401
​4.7947.715
 KY 3402 north		Southern terminus of KY 3402
Van6.22510.018

 KY 1811 north (Smoot Creek Road) / KY 160 south (Hickory Road) – Roxana, Gordon		Southern terminus of KY 1811; south end of KY 160 overlap
​8.91114.341
 KY 1148 east – Colson		Western terminus of KY 1148
Isom9.21614.832
 KY 7 north – Deane, Mountain Motor Speedway		South end of KY 7 concurrency
​9.87615.894
 KY 7 south – Letcher, Blackey, Leatherwood Battlefield, Brashearville		North end of KY 7 concurrency
Knott​15.26224.562
 KY 160 north – Hindman, Alice Lloyd College		North end of KY 160 overlap
​16.94527.270
 KY 1231 north (Big Branch Road)		Southern terminus of KY 1231
​17.37527.962Carr Creek State Park
​20.43532.887
 KY 1088 west (Main Street) – Sassafras		Eastern terminus of KY 1088
PerryVicco21.25334.203
 KY 1095 south (Main Street)		Northern terminus of KY 1095
​26.84643.204
 KY 7 south (Ken Mount Road) – Jeff, Viper, Leatherwood, Leatherwood Battlefield, Brashearville		Northern terminus of KY 7
Glomawr29.58147.606
 KY 451 north (Christopher Road)		Southern terminus of KY 451
​29.97048.232 KY 1096 (Fourseam Buffalo Road)
Hazard31.79551.169

 KY 15 Bus. north (Main Street)		Southern terminus of Hazard business route
32.51552.328


 KY 451 Conn. south to KY 451		Northern terminus of connector road
33.93354.610

 KY 15 Bus. south		Northern terminus of Hazard business route
34.35155.283

 KY 80 west / KY 550 east		Interchange; western terminus of KY 550; south end of KY 80 overlap
35.86157.713
 KY 80 east – Prestonsburg, Pikeville		Interchange; north end of KY 80 overlap; ramp from EB Hal Rogers Parkway to KY 15 south of intersection
36.02357.973
 Hal Rogers Parkway west – London		Interchange; eastern terminus of Hal Rogers Parkway; parkway exit 59; ramp from WB KY 80 to KY 15 just east of here
Bonnyman36.60858.915 KY 267 (Harveyton Road/Typo Road) – Harveyton, Typo
​40.51865.207
 KY 1067 north (Fifteenmile Branch Road)		Southern terminus of KY 1067
​41.39966.625
 KY 28 west – Buckhorn, Booneville, Buckhorn Lake State Resort Park		Eastern terminus of KY 28
BreathittNed46.37274.628
 KY 2446 south		Northern terminus of KY 2446
​49.89080.290
 KY 1278 south – Watts		Northern terminus of KY 1278
Lost Creek53.58286.232
 KY 476 south – Riverside, Clayhole		Northern terminus of KY 476
Haddix55.01988.544
 KY 1110 south		Northern terminus of KY 1110
Jackson60.48797.344

 KY 1098 west / KY 1812 north (Quicksand Road)		Eastern terminus of KY 1098; southern terminus of KY 1812
60.74197.753
 KY 30 east – Sugar Creek Golf Course, Julian Carroll Airport		South end of KY 30 overlap
62.593100.734

 KY 1812 north / KY 3068 west (Main Street)		South end of KY 1812 overlap; eastern terminus of KY 3068
62.813101.088
 Jetts Drive (KY 3232 east)
63.289101.854
 KY 1812 south (Washington Avenue)		North end of KY 1812 overlap
63.740102.580

 KY 30 west (Park Road) to KY 52 – Booneville		North end of KY 30 overlap
​65.699105.732
 KY 205 south		South end of KY 205 overlap
​66.802107.507
 KY 205 north		North end of KY 205 overlap
​68.164109.699
 KY 1812 south		South end of KY 1812 overlap
Vancleve69.164111.309


 KY 205 / KY 1812 north to Mountain Parkway east		Interchange; 205 both ways, 1812 to the north; north end of KY 1812 overlap
WolfeBethany73.200117.804
 KY 1261 south		South end of KY 1261 overlap
73.239117.867
 KY 1261 north		North end of KY 1261 overlap
​77.059124.014
 KY 2028 south (Flat Mary Road) – Flat, Mary		Northern terminus of KY 2028
​80.199129.068


 KY 2491 Conn. north to KY 2491		Southern terminus of connector road
​80.377129.354
 KY 3355 (Elkins Road) to KY 2491
Campton81.022130.392




 KY 15 Spur north (Mountain Parkway Spur) to Mountain Parkway / KY 191 east (Drake Street) – Winchester, Stanton, Campton, Hazel Green		Southern terminus of KY 15 Spur; western terminus of KY 191
​82.239132.351
 KY 651 south (Bear Pen Road)		Northern terminus of KY 651
​84.897136.628

 KY 1653 east to Mountain Parkway – Campton		Western terminus of KY 1653
​85.129–
85.422		137.002–
137.473		 Mountain Parkway – Lexington, CamptonInterchange; Mountain Parkway exit 40
​84.455135.917
 KY 3040 east (Hobbs Road)		Western terminus of KY 3040
​85.555137.687
 KY 715 south – Beattyville		South end of KY 715 overlap
Pine Ridge86.389139.030
 KY 715 north (Sky Bridge Road)		North end of KY 715 overlap
PowellSlade93.704150.802

 KY 11 south (Natural Bridge Road) to Mountain Parkway – Natural Bridge State Resort Park, Beattyville, Prestonsburg, Lexington		South end of KY 11 concurrency
​95.200153.210
 KY 77 south (Nada Tunnel Road) – Nada Tunnel, Red River Gorge		Northern terminus of KY 77
​97.652157.156
 KY 1639 south (South Fork Road)		Northern terminus of KY 1639
Bowen99.517160.157
 KY 613 east (Little North Fork Road)		Western terminus of KY 613
​102.535165.014
 KY 3354 south (Cat Creek Road)		Northern terminus of KY 3354
Rosslyn103.015165.787
 KY 1184 north (Little North Bend Road)		Southern terminus of KY 1184
Stanton105.744170.178
 KY 213 (Main Street) to Mountain Parkway – Furnace, Jeffersonville
105.791170.254
 KY 2486 north (Washington Street)		Southern terminus of KY 2486
106.325171.114
 KY 2073 north (Halls Lane)		Southern terminus of KY 2073
Clay City109.298175.898
 KY 2480 north (10th Avenue)		Southern terminus of KY 2480
109.741176.611
 KY 1057 east (11th Street)		Western terminus of KY 1057
109.978176.992

 KY 2026 east (Pompeii Road) / KY 2481 south (9th Street)		Western terminus of KY 2026; northern terminus of KY 2481
110.513177.853
 KY 2479 north (3rd Street)		Southern terminus of KY 2479
110.949178.555
 KY 11 north (Black Creek Road) – Bluegrass Council Scouting Reservation, Camp McKee		North end of KY 11 concurrency
111.466179.387
 KY 3022 north (Lofty Heights Road)		Southern terminus of KY 3022
111.478–
111.511		179.406–
179.460
 Mountain Parkway east – Lexington		Interchange; Mountain Parkway exit 16
111.613179.624

 Mountain Parkway west / KY 82 west (Irvine Road) – Campton, Irvine		Eastern terminus of KY 82; ramp to parkway to the south, 82 to the west; 15 turns north
​112.904181.701
 KY 3352 south (Virden Ridge Road)		Northern terminus of KY 3352
ClarkGoffs Corner117.692189.407
 KY 974 (Kiddville Road/Trapp-Goffs Corner Road) to Mountain Parkway
Pilot View122.295196.815
 KY 3368 north (Schollsville Road)		Southern terminus of KY 3368
​128.086206.134 KY 1958
​128.718207.152
 KY 1960 east (Ecton Road)		Western terminus of KY 1960
Winchester129.449208.328 US 60 (North Main Street)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Special routes

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Kentucky Route 15X

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Kentucky Route 15X marker
Kentucky Route 15X
LocationWhitesburg, Letcher County
Length2.838 mi[1] (4.567 km)

Kentucky Route 15 Business in Whitesburg, in Letcher County, signed as KY 15X, is the business route of KY 15 in Whitesburg. It begins at KY 15's southern terminus and ends at KY 15 north of town. The route is 2.838 miles (4.567 km) long.

Kentucky Route 15 Connector

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Connector plate.svg
Kentucky Route 15 Connector marker
Kentucky Route 15 Connector
LocationWhitesburg, Letcher County
Length0.24 mi[1] (390 m)

Kentucky Route 15 Connector (KY 15C) provides access from KY 15 to KY 15X and the Letcher County Veterans Memorial Museum in Whitesburg. It is 0.24 miles (0.39 km) long.

Kentucky Route 15 Business (Hazard)

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Business plate.svg
Kentucky Route 15 Business marker
Kentucky Route 15 Business
LocationHazard, Perry County
Length2.306 mi[1] (3.711 km)

Kentucky Route 15 Business (KY 15 BUS) is a business route of KY 15 in Hazard, Perry County. It is the original alignment of KY 15 through the city. It is 2.306 miles (3.711 km) long.

Kentucky Route 15 Spur

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Spur plate.svg
Kentucky Route 15 Spur marker
Kentucky Route 15 Spur
LocationCampton, Wolfe County
Length1.058 mi[1] (1.703 km)

Kentucky Route 15 Spur (KY 15 Spur) is the spur route connecting KY 15 with the Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway's Exit 46 interchange at Campton, in Wolfe County. The length of this alignment is 1.058 miles (1.703 km) long. This roadway is not accessible from the Mountain Parkway's westbound lanes.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "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.
  2. ^ KY-15 Corridor. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Archived from the original on March 3, 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-17.
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