Kentucky Route 1 (KY 1) is a

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in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It originates at a junction with KY 3, one mile (1.6 km) east of

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in Lawrence County. The route continues through

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in Carter County to terminate at US 23 in Greenup in

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. Part of the highway is co-signed with the

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. Segments of KY 1 are built upon the old

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. 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

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and River Bend Golf Course, as well to the Oldtown Covered Bridge and the Jesse Stuart Nature Preserve. For general travel between Grayson and Greenup,

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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

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

KY 1 overlaps with US 60, crosses over Interstate 64, meets the eastern terminus of KY 9 (AA Highway), and intersects with KY 7. Roughly north of Grayson, KY 1 enters

. north of the Carter-Greenup County line KY 1 meets its northern terminus at US 23 in Greenup just south of the

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Route description

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