Kentucky Route 242 (KY 242) is a long east–west
state highway
A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained'' by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a ...
located south of the city limits of
Bowling Green in rural
Warren County,
Kentucky. The western terminus of the route is at
US 68 and
KY 80
Kentucky Route 80 (KY 80) is a state highway in the southern part of the U.S. state of Kentucky. The route originates on the state's western border at Columbus in Hickman County and stretches across the southern portion of the state, ...
northwest of
Rockfield. The eastern terminus is at
KY 622 south of
Plano.
Route description
The route begins at an intersection with the cojoined US 68/KY 80, known locally as Russellville Road. From US 68 and KY 80, KY 242 heads to the southeast, passing through the Rockfield community prior to turning eastward and traveling through rural country for to an intersection with
U.S. Route 31W
U.S. Route 31W (US 31W) is the westernmost of two parallel routes for U.S. Route 31 from Nashville, Tennessee to Louisville, Kentucky. At one time, it split with U.S. Route 31E at Sellersburg, Indiana, crossing into nearby Louisville via the Ke ...
. After crossing US 31W, the route continues another through the Richpond community before intersecting with
Kentucky Route 884, named Three Springs Road.
Past KY 884, the route narrows considerably for the remainder of its length. Three miles after the junction with KY 884, the route traverses
Interstate 65
Interstate 65 (I-65) is a major north–south Interstate Highway in the central United States. As with most primary Interstates ending in 5, it is a major crosscountry, north–south route, connecting between the Great Lakes and the Gulf ...
by way of an overpass. KY 242 then continues for another before ending at its eastern terminus at KY 622 just south of the Plano community.
Major junctions
References
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Transportation in Warren County, Kentucky