Kentucky Route 453

Kentucky Route 453
Kentucky Route 453
Route information
	Maintained by KYTC
Length	16.040 mi (25.814 km)
Major junctions
South end	Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area north entrance / The Trace near Grand Rivers
	US 62 / US 641 near Grand Rivers; I-24 / I-69 near Grand Rivers
North end	US 60 in Smithland
Location
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
Counties	Lyon, Livingston
Highway system
	Kentucky State Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Parkways;

Kentucky Route 453 (KY 453) is a 16.040-mile-long (25.814 km) state highway in Kentucky that runs from The Trace at the northern entrance of Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area south of Grand Rivers to U.S. Route 60 and North Court Street in Smithland.

Route description

KY 453 starts in Smithland in Livingston County at an intersection with U.S. Route 60 (US 60). It goes on a southeasterly path out of town, and has an intersection with Interstate 24 (I-24)/Interstate 69 (I-69), and then US 62 and US 641 in the Lake City–Grand Rivers vicinity, the village between the two lakes, Lake Barkley (Cumberland River) to the east, and Kentucky Lake (Tennessee River) to the west. The highway ends at the bridge over the canal connecting the lakes just south of the county line into Lyon County, for the road continuing south of that bridge enters the U.S. Forest Service-owned Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, and becomes "The Trace".

History

Before the Land Between The Lakes Recreation Area was in the hands of the USDA, the Tennessee Valley Authority owned the recreation area, and KY 453 continued through the area up to the Tennessee state line.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Lyon		0.000	0.000	Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area north entrance / The Trace south	Southern terminus; continues as The Trace beyond entrance
Livingston		3.372– 3.393	5.427– 5.461	US 62 / US 641	Interchange
		4.775– 4.800	7.685– 7.725	I-24 / I-69 – Paducah, Nashville	I-24/I-69 exit 31
		4.967	7.994	Forrest Road (KY 6004 west)	Eastern terminus of KY 6004
		5.688	9.154	KY 2225 north (Jake Dukes Road)	Southern terminus of KY 2225
		8.681	13.971	KY 93 south (Iuka Road)	Northern terminus of KY 93
		10.065	16.198	KY 1889 north (Heater Store Road)	Southern terminus of KY 1889
		11.731	18.879	KY 937 west (Cutoff Road)	Eastern terminus of KY 937
	Smithland	15.942	25.656	KY 967 south (Wilson Avenue)	South end of KY 967 overlap
		15.964	25.692	KY 967 north (State Street)	North end of KY 967 overlap
		16.040	25.814	US 60 (Adair Street)	Northern terminus; continues as North Court Street beyond US 60
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus