Kentucky Route 163
 Kentucky Route 163 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by KYTC | ||||
| Length | 29.402 mi[1] (47.318 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  SR 51 at the Tennessee State Line south of Hestand | |||
  KY 63 / KY 100 in Tompkinsville KY 90 at Beaumont | ||||
| North end |   US 68 / KY 80 in Edmonton | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Kentucky | |||
| Counties | Monroe, Metcalfe | |||
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Kentucky Route 163 (KY 163) is a 29.402-mile-long (47.318 km) state highway that traverses through two counties in south-central Kentucky. It runs from Tennessee State Route 51 at the Kentucky-Tennessee border south of Hestand to U.S. Route 68, Kentucky Route 80, and East Stockton Street in Edmonton via Tompkinsville.
Route description
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The highway starts at the Tennessee state line in southern Monroe County on the road where going south, it continues as Tennessee State Route 51. KY 163 then heads southeast passing through Hestand before reaching the city of Tompkinsville, where it meets KY 100 and KY 63. KY 163 then enters Metcalfe County, and crosses KY 90 at Beaumont. KY 163 ends in the city of Edmonton at an intersection with U.S. Route 68 (US 68) and KY 80.
Since 2002, the first 8.5 miles (13.7 km) of KY 163, along with the entire Tennessee Route 51 corridor, and several other routes, is part of the designated route of the annual Roller Coaster Yard Sale, an outdoor second-hand yard sale event that takes place in the first weekend of October.[2][3] The specified section of KY 163 is also part of the Cordell Hull Scenic Byway, one of Kentucky's Scenic Byway routes.
History
In addition to KY 163's current alignment through Monroe and southern Metcalfe Counties, KY 163 ran an additional 10 miles (16 km) to end at a junction with KY 70, another major state route, at Sulphur Well. KY 70 alone went northward to Greensburg (Green County) and Campbellsville (Taylor County) at that point. KY 163's northern terminus was relocated to its current location when US 68 was rerouted onto this route during the 1940s. Since then, KY 70 ran concurrent with US 68 all the way to Campbellsville.[4][5]
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Monroe | | 0.000 | 0.000 | SR 51 (Tompkinsville Highway) | Southern terminus at state line |
| Hestand | 3.227 | 5.193 |   KY 216 east (Vernon Road) | Western terminus of KY 216 | |
| | 6.153 | 9.902 |   KY 3144 west (Cape Harlan Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 3144 | |
| Tompkinsville | 8.530 | 13.728 |   KY 100 east / KY 1446 south (North Magnolia Street) | South end of KY 100 overlap; northern terminus of KY 1446 | |
| 8.586 | 13.818 | KY 63 / KY 100 west (West Fourth Street / North Main Street) | North end of KY 100 overlap | ||
| 8.646 | 13.914 |   KY 2166 north (Columbia Street) | Southern terminus of KY 2166 | ||
| 9.866 | 15.878 | KY 2166 south (Columbia Street) | Northern terminus of KY 2166 | ||
| 9.947 | 16.008 |   KY 1049 north (Radio Station Road) / KY 2165 east (Armory Road) | Southern terminus of KY 1049; western terminus of KY 2165 | ||
| | 11.235 | 18.081 |  KY 2768 west | Eastern terminus of KY 2768 | |
| | 14.881 | 23.949 | KY 1049 south (Radio Station Road) | Northern terminus of KY 1049 | |
| | 16.573 | 26.672 |  KY 678 west (Homer Bartley Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 678 | |
| Metcalfe | | 20.371 | 32.784 |  KY 1520 south (Roy Lee Humes Road) | Northern terminus of KY 1520 |
| | 21.089 | 33.939 | KY 90 (Summer Shade Road) | ||
| Edmonton | 29.332 | 47.205 |  KY 496 south (East Hamilton Street) | Northern terminus of KY 496 | |
| 29.402 | 47.318 | US 68 / KY 80 (West Stockton Street / North Main Street) | Northern terminus | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
- ^ a b Division of Planning (July 5, 2015). "Official Milepoint Route Log Extract". Highway Information System. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Archived from the original on April 30, 2007.
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- ^ "H.B.'s Fun Facts About Kentucky Highways". Archived from the original August 27, 2002. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
- ^ Official 1939 Kentucky State Highway Map. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
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