Kentucky Route 9 marker

Kentucky Route 9

KY 9 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by KYTC
Length116.285 mi[1] (187.143 km)
Component
highways		 AA Hwy from I-275 in Wilder to KY 1 / KY 7 in Grayson
Major junctions
South end KY 1 / KY 7 in Grayson
Major intersections
North end KY 8 in Newport
Location
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountiesCarter, Lewis, Mason, Bracken, Pendleton, Campbell
Highway system
  • Kentucky State Highway System
← KY 8→ KY 10

Kentucky Route 9 is a 116.285-mile-long (187.143 km) state highway maintained by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The highway extends from Grayson to Newport (a city in Kentucky across the Ohio River from Cincinnati, Ohio), roughly paralleling the Ohio River between Vanceburg and Newport.

Most of its route, from Grayson to the Interstate 275 (I-275) loop in Wilder, is part of the AA Highway, except for its northern 5.3 miles (8.5 km) which continues from the terminus of the AA Highway at I-275 into Newport.

While KY 9 is not an expressway, it nonetheless serves as the shortest highway link between Cincinnati and Ashland, Kentucky. Most of the route is a rural two-lane highway. The only municipalities on the highway are Vanceburg and Maysville and suburban areas of Cincinnati at its western terminus.[2]

Route description

A view of KY9/10 entering Maysville at the intersection of KY 9/KY 10 with US 68 and U.S. 62
Aerial view of KY 9 in mountainous terrain near its eastern end

KY 9 follows a general northwest–southeast orientation. It begins at a traffic circle intersection with KY 8 in Newport in Campbell County. It is briefly named Chestnut Way, and then Licking Pike as it parallels the Licking River. At the I-275 interchange, it becomes part of the AA Highway and then passes the outskirts of its namesake Alexandria. Within Campbell County, the road is a four-lane arterial highway.

The next segment passes through a remote, hilly region where the road is generally three lanes, with a passing lane present at uphill grades.

A few miles west of Maysville, the route runs concurrently with KY 10 begins, and the road becomes an arterial highway again. The concurrency ends within Maysville, and upon passing out of the city, the road becomes a two-lane rural highway through an agricultural region.

KY 9 then crosses the Allegheny Escarpment into the Appalachian Mountains at the same time that another concurrency with KY 10 begins. The remainder of KY 9 passes through mountainous terrain and is generally two lanes with periodic passing lanes. After passing through Vanceburg, KY 9 turns south and KY 10 continues east; both routes are signed as part of the AA Highway. KY 9 ends at KY 1/KY 7 just north of Grayson and a block from the I-64 interchange.

Major intersections

CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Carter​0.0000.000
 KY 1 / KY 7 to I-64 – Grayson, Greenbo Lake State Resort Park, Grayson Lake State Park		Southern terminus of KY 9 and AA Highway spur
​1.0781.735 KY 1959
​5.4868.829
 KY 7 south		Southern end of KY 7 concurrency
​6.49810.458
 KY 7 north – Carter City		Northern end of KY 7 concurrency
​11.32418.224 KY 2 / KY 7 – Carter City
​12.82120.633
 KY 1773 east		Northern terminus of KY 1773
Lewis​22.69036.516
 KY 1149 south		Southern end of KY 1149 concurrency
​22.89936.852
 KY 1306 north		Western terminus of KY 1306
​26.31042.342
 AA Hwy (KY 10) east – South Shore, Greenup, Ashland		Southern terminus of AA Hwy mainline; AA Hwy (KY 9) continues as southern spur and AA Hwy (KY 10) as eastern spur
​27.26543.879
 KY 1149 north		Northern end of KY 1149 concurrency
Vanceburg29.46747.423 KY 59 – Olive Hill, Vanceburg
​31.01149.907
 KY 2523 north		Southern terminus of KY 2523
Clarksburg32.82752.830
 KY 3037 north		Southern terminus of KY 3037
Charters36.81559.248
 KY 989 south		Northern terminus of KY 989
Ribolt42.51868.426
 KY 10 west		Northern end of KY 10 concurrency
​46.64275.063 KY 57 – Flemingsburg, Tollesboro
Mason​49.68579.960
 KY 1234 east		Southern end of KY 1234 concurrency
​50.07880.593 KY 1237
​50.22280.824
 KY 1234 west		Northern end of KY 1234 concurrency
​50.97982.043
 KY 3161 north		Southern terminus of KY 3161
​53.26185.715 KY 1449 – Orangeburg
​55.95590.051 KY 3313
​56.83291.462
 KY 1448 east		Southern end of KY 1448 concurrency
Maysville57.04091.797
 KY 11 / KY 1448 west – Flemingsburg, Maysville		Northern end of KY 1448 concurrency
58.45194.068 KY 1448
59.73696.136
 US 62 / KY 10 east – Lexington, Maysville		Southern end of KY 10 concurrency
61.87599.578 US 68 – Lexington, Aberdeen, OH, Ripley, OHInterchange
​65.378105.216
 KY 3056 east		Western terminus of KY 3056
​65.606105.583
 KY 10 west – Germantown		Northern end of KY 10 concurrency
​66.545107.094 KY 435 – Minerva
Bracken​72.799117.159 KY 2370 (Dutch Ridge Road)
​74.567120.004 KY 19 – Brooksville, Augusta, Mount Olivet, Augusta Historic District
​76.772123.553 KY 875 – Chatham, Gertrude
Woolcott79.280127.589 KY 1159 – Brooksville, Mount Olivet
​82.606132.941 KY 1109 – Bradford, Johnsville
​85.877138.206 KY 1019 – Lenoxburg, Foster
​87.830141.349

 KY 2228 east to KY 8 – Foster		Western terminus of KY 2228
Pendleton​89.174143.512
 KY 159 south – Kincaid Lake State Park		Northern terminus of KY 159
​91.711147.595
 KY 154 to KY 8 – Peach Grove
Campbell​93.717150.823
 KY 2828 east (Ivor Road) – Carntown		Western terminus of KY 2828
Flagg Spring94.941152.793
 KY 735 to KY 10 – Mentor
​99.316159.834 KY 1996 (Carthage Road)
​101.238162.927

 KY 1997 to KY 10 / KY 547
​103.405166.414 KY 547 – Alexandria, Silver GroveInterchange
​105.348169.541
 KY 709 west (East Alexandria Pike)
Cold Spring107.148172.438 US 27Interchange (exit 14)
109.337175.961

 KY 915 south (Licking Pike) to KY 10		Northern terminus of KY 915
Wilder109.755176.634
 KY 1998 east		Western terminus of KY 1998
111.037178.697

 I-275 east to I-471


 I-275 west to I-71 – Airport		I-275 exit 77; northern terminus of AA Hwy
113.196182.171
 KY 2345 east (Johns Hill Road)		Northern terminus of KY 2345
113.400182.500
 KY 1632 east (Moock Road)		Western terminus of KY 1632
Newport115.666186.146 KY 1120 (West Eleventh Street)
116.231187.056
 KY 8 east (5th Street)
116.285187.143
 KY 8 west (4th Street)		Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ↑ Division of Planning. "Official Milepoint Route Log Extract". Highway Information System. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
  2. ↑ Division of Planning (2004). "Possible KY 9 Improvements". Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Archived from the original on August 4, 2004.
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