Kentucky Route 88 (KY 88) is a
state highway
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in west central
Kentucky
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. It traverses
Grayson
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Places Canada
* Grayson, Saskatchewan
* Rural Municipality of Grayson No. 184, Saskatchewan
United States
* Grayson, California
* Grayson, Georgia
** Grayson High School
* Grayson, Kentucky
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* Gra ...
,
Hart, and
Green
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counties in Kentucky. It originates in
Clarkson and ends near
Greensburg
Route description
KY 88 begins in
Clarkson, along
US 62 in
Grayson County. KY 88 traverses the
Western Kentucky Parkway via an overpass without access. It passes through the communities of
Grayson Springs,
Peonia, and
Wax
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. It enters
Hart County by crossing over
Nolin Lake
Nolin River Lake is a reservoir in Edmonson, Grayson, and Hart counties in Kentucky. It was impounded from the Nolin River by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in 1963. The Nolin River dam was authorized in 1938 as part of a flood cont ...
. KY 88 then traverses
Cub Run
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* ''The Cub'', a 1915 American silent film
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at the junction with
KY 728 before going on to
Munfordville. It
runs concurrently with
US 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 ...
in downtown Munfordville and on the bridge over the
Green River Green River may refer to:
Rivers
Canada
*Green River (British Columbia), a tributary of the Lillooet River
*Green River, a tributary of the Saint John River, also known by its French name of Rivière Verte
*Green River (Ontario), a tributary of ...
.
KY 88 splits from US 31W near the
Hart County High School to continue east to cross
US 31E at
Hardyville. KY 88 enters
Green County after passing through
Monroe. It crosses the Green River a second time before ending just north of
Greensburg along
KY 61.
Major intersections
References
External links
KY 88 at Kentucky Roads
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