Kentucky Route 56 (KY 56) is a

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 ...

in Kentucky that runs from Illinois Route 13 (IL 13) near Old Shawneetown, Illinois, on the

Shawneetown Bridge The Earle C. Clements Bridge, commonly known as the Shawneetown Bridge, is a cantilever truss bridge carrying Kentucky Route 56 and Illinois Route 13 across the Ohio River. Clements was a former governor of Kentucky. The bridge connects Old Shaw ...

at the Kentucky- Illinois state line to KY 81 near Owensboro via Morgantown and Sebree.

Major intersections

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0056 Transportation in Union County, Kentucky Transportation in Webster County, Kentucky Transportation in McLean County, Kentucky Transportation in Daviess County, Kentucky {{Kentucky-road-stub