Kentucky Route 70

KY 70

Maintained by KYTC

Length:

275.965 mi^[1] (444.123 km)

West end:

Major
junctions:

KY 866 near Dycusburg

KY 295 in Dycusburg

East end:

Counties:

Major cities:

Numbered highways in Kentucky
< KY 69		KY 71 >
Interstates - U.S. Highways - State Highways

Kentucky Route 70 is a long east-east state highway that originates at a junction with US 60 in Smithland in Livingston County, just east of the Ohio River. The route continues through the counties of Crittenden, Caldwell, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Butler, Edmonson, Barren, Barren, Metcalfe, Green, Taylor, Casey, Pulaski, Lincoln and back into Pulaski again to terminate at a junction with U.S. 150 near Maretburg in Rockcastle.

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KY 70 includes concurrent designations with these routes:

U.S. 641 and KY 91 from Fredonia to a point about two miles north
KY 293 for about one mile near Fryer in Caldwell County
KY 85 from Madisonville to a point about three miles east
Alt U.S. 41 through downtown Madisonville
U.S. 431 from Central City to a point about two miles south of Drakesboro
U.S. 231 and KY 79 from Morgantown to a point about three miles north
U.S. 68 from Sulphur Well (Metcalfe County), through Green County onward to Campbellsville