Kentucky Route 78 (KY 78) is a

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in Kentucky that runs from KY 49 in rural

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northwest of Liberty to

U.S. Route 150 U.S. Route 150 (US 150) is a 571-mile (919 km) long northwest-southeast United States highway, signed as east–west. It runs from U.S. Route 6 outside of Moline, Illinois to U.S. Route 25 in Mount Vernon, Kentucky. Route description Il ...

(US 150) southeast of

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via Hustonville and Stanford. Much of the route follows the old Cumberland Trail from Stanford, KY to Nashville, TN.

Major intersections

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