Kentucky Route 106 (KY 106) is a east-west state highway traversing three counties in west-central
Kentucky
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.
Route description
Todd and Logan Counties
It begins at an intersection with
KY 181 just north of
Elkton about north of the present route of
U.S. Route 68 (US 68). The route passes through mainly rural areas of
Todd County and has an intersection with
KY 171. At
Claymour, it has a crossroad intersection that marks the eastern terminus of
KY 507, and the western terminus of
KY 178. It then goes through the unincorporated community of
Sharon Grove, where a roadside market called the "Hwy 106 Market" is located at a crossroad intersection with two local county-maintained roads, Mount Sharon Road and H Gorbel Road.
After passing through Sharon Grove, the highway enters
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about a few feet east of the intersection with Crawford Road, and then has intersections with
KY 2376 (Green Ridge-Spa Road), and another one with
KY 1151 (Epleys-Stuart Church Road), both are secondary routes in Logan County. The highway makes it to
Lewisburg, and
runs concurrently with
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. Only a few hundred feet away from that intersection, the highway intersects
KY 107. A few hundred more feet after that, KY 106 breaks away from US 431, and follows Stacker Street into downtown Lewisburg. It then goes through rural areas of northern Logan County after it crosses the
Mud River.
Butler County
KY 106 enters
Butler County just south of the small town of
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where it runs concurrently with
KY 1153 for about . Despite being an even-numbered state highway, KY 106 becomes a north-south oriented roadway upon entry into Butler County. The highway has intersections with
KY 1187, and then
KY 949 before reaching its end just north of
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at an intersection with
KY 70, the major artery connecting nearby
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to the Butler County seat,
Morgantown.
History
KY 106 originally began at
Allegre when it was first commissioned in 1929.
[Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (1937)]
Todd County Highway Map
(Map) (PDF). Retrieved December 21, 2015. At some point in the late 1940s, KY 106 was extended further northwest to
Kirkmansville, west of
Clifty. After that point in time, It followed the course of the current
KY 171 from the
KY 107 junction to where KY 171's current terminus is located.
[Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (1958)]
Todd County Highway Map
(Map) (PDF). Retrieved December 21, 2015.Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) is Kentucky's state-funded agency charged with building and maintaining federal highways and Kentucky state highways, as well as regulating other transportation related issues.
The Transportation Cabi ...
(1968
Official Kentucky Road Map
(Map) (PDF). At sometime between 1969 and 1972, KY 106 was rerouted onto Blue and Gray Park Road off KY 181 just northeast of Elkton and it makes a right turn onto its current alignment, with KY 171 being extended to include its current run through Allegre, across KY 181, and ending at this intersection.
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) is Kentucky's state-funded agency charged with building and maintaining federal highways and Kentucky state highways, as well as regulating other transportation related issues.
The Transportation Cabi ...
(1973
Official Kentucky Road Map
(Map) (PDF). The original alignment of Kentucky Route 344 followed Blue and Gray Park Road during the 1930s and 1940s. KY 344 originally served the now-defunct
Blue and Gray State Park.
Major intersections
See also
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References
External links
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