Kentucky Route 1 (KY 1) is a
state highway in the
U.S. state
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of
Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia ...
. It originates at a junction with
KY 3, one mile (1.6 km) east of
Cadmus in
Lawrence County. The route continues through
Grayson in
Carter County to terminate at
US 23
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U.S. Route 23 or U.S. Highway 23 (US 23) is a major north–south U.S. Highway between Jacksonville, Florida, and Mackinaw City, Michigan. It is an original 1926 route which originally reached only as far south as Portsmouth, Ohio, and has sinc ...
in
Greenup in
Greenup County. Part of the highway is co-signed with the
Jenny Wiley Trail. Segments of KY 1 are built upon the old
Eastern Kentucky Railroad. KY 1 follows parts of the
Little Sandy River and parts of a smaller fork of the Little Sandy called the Little Fork upstream of Grayson.
Kentucky Route 1 allows access to
Greenbo Lake State Resort Park and River Bend Golf Course, as well to the Oldtown
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and the
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Nature Preserve. For general travel between Grayson and Greenup,
Kentucky Route 67 is suggested over the much narrower and twisting Route 1.
Caney Falls, on the Little Fork of the Little Sandy, is to the south of Route 1, between Grayson and Route 3.
Route description
The route originates at a junction with
KY 3, one mile (1.6 km) east of
Cadmus in
Lawrence County and winds southwest for until it meets
KY 828 and turns more toward the west. At
KY 201 in
Webbville KY 1 turns toward the northwest, then toward the north in
Carter County. In
Grayson KY 1 overlaps with
US 60
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The highway's eastern terminus is in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where it is known as Pacific Avenue, in the ...
, crosses over
Interstate 64
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, meets the eastern terminus of
KY 9 (AA Highway), and intersects with
KY 7. Roughly north of Grayson, KY 1 enters
Greenup County. north of the Carter-Greenup County line KY 1 meets its northern terminus at
US 23
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U.S. Route 23 or U.S. Highway 23 (US 23) is a major north–south U.S. Highway between Jacksonville, Florida, and Mackinaw City, Michigan. It is an original 1926 route which originally reached only as far south as Portsmouth, Ohio, and has sinc ...
in
Greenup just south of the
Ohio River.
Major intersections
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