Kentucky Route 555 marker

Kentucky Route 555

KY 555 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by KYTC
Length18.301 mi[1] (29.453 km)
Major junctions
South end
 US 150 Bus. / KY 55 / KY 152 in Springfield
Major intersections KY 53 near Willisburg
Bluegrass Parkway near Brush Grove
North end US 62 in rural western Anderson County
Location
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountiesWashington, Anderson
Highway system
  • Kentucky State Highway System
← KY 554→ KY 556

Kentucky Route 555 (KY 555) is a 17-mile-long (27 km). north–south state highway that traverses three counties in the western part of central Kentucky's Bluegrass Region.

Route description

KY 555 begins in Springfield at intersections with U.S. Route 150 (US 150) and its business loop counterpart, US 150 Business (US 150 Bus.). It has a junction with KY 53 just west of Willisburg. It intersects the Bluegrass Parkway in rural northern Washington County. From there, the highway extends into Anderson County and terminates at an intersection with US 62 in a rural area of the southwestern section of the county southeast of Taylorsville Lake. KY 248 continues the high-quality road to KY 44 east of Taylorsville.

History

KY 555 is a relatively new route; it replaced a portion of KY 53 near its south end and was intended to provide better access to the Bluegrass Parkway eastbound.

Until the 2010-11 fiscal year, the Bluegrass Parkway interchange was KY 555's northern terminus.[2] In the 2011-12 fiscal year, KY 555 was extended into southwestern Anderson County to end at its current northern terminus at US 62.[3][4]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
WashingtonSpringfield0.0000.000
 US 150 Bus. / KY 55 / KY 152 (Main Street) – Lebanon, Springfield, Bardstown, Airport
0.1600.257
 KY 3488 north (Industry Drive)
0.4410.710
 KY 3488 south (Industry Drive)
0.8411.353 KY 528 – Lincoln Homestead State Park
1.4172.280 US 150 – Bardstown, Perryville, Danville
​6.21510.002
 KY 438 west (Beechland Road) – Lincoln Homestead State Park		south end of KY 438 overlap
​7.09111.412
 KY 438 east (Mayes Creek Road)		north end of KY 438 overlap
​8.64313.910
 KY 53 north – Willisburg
​10.38016.705 KY 433 – Willisburg
​12.70720.450 KY 1796 (Brush Grove Road)
​14.35423.101 KY 1754
​14.63923.559 Bluegrass Parkway – Bardstown, Elizabethtown, Lawrenceburg, LexingtonBluegrass Parkway exit 42
​14.83823.879Terrell Ridge Roadformer KY 2770 west
Nelson
 No major junctions
Anderson​18.30129.453 US 62 – Chaplin
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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  1. ↑ "Official DMI Route Log". Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  2. ↑ Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer (Map) (4th ed.). DeLorme. 2010. p. 50.
  3. ↑ The 2014 Road Atlas (Map) (90th Anniversary ed.). Rand McNally. 2014. p. 42.
  4. ↑ Official 2011 Kentucky Highway Map (Map). Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.
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