Kentucky Route 224 (KY 224) is a
state highway
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in
Kentucky
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that runs from
U.S. Route 62
U.S. Route 62 or U.S. Highway 62 (US 62) runs from the Mexican border at El Paso, Texas, to Niagara Falls, New York, near the Canadian border. It is the only east-west United States Numbered Highway that connects Mexico and Can ...
and Vanmeter Street in
Clarkson to
Kentucky Route 357 west of
Magnolia
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via
Upton.
Route description
KY 224 begins at a junction with
U.S. Route 62
U.S. Route 62 or U.S. Highway 62 (US 62) runs from the Mexican border at El Paso, Texas, to Niagara Falls, New York, near the Canadian border. It is the only east-west United States Numbered Highway that connects Mexico and Can ...
(US 62) in
Clarkson, in
Grayson County. It also has a junction with the
Wendell H. Ford Western Kentucky Parkway at exit 112. KY 224 continues eastward to Millerstown, where it intersects
KY 479 and then crosses the
Nolin River into
Hart County. The highway briefly runs through the northwesternmost part of Hart County, and enters southern
Hardin County about later and intersects
US 31W (Dixie Highway) at
Upton.
KY 224 joins US 31W for about and enters
LaRue County
LaRue County is a County (United States), county in the central region of the U.S. state of Kentucky, outside the Bluegrass Region and larger population centers. Its county seat is Hodgenville, Kentucky, Hodgenville, which is best known as the b ...
just before leaving the U.S. Route. KY 224 crosses the exit 76 interchange of
Interstate 65 (I-65) and ends at a junction with
KY 357 in rural southern LaRue County east of Upton and southwest of Hodgenville.
Major intersections
References
External links
Kentucky Roads
0224
Transportation in Grayson County, Kentucky
Transportation in Hart County, Kentucky
Transportation in Hardin County, Kentucky
Transportation in LaRue County, Kentucky
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