Kentucky Route 555

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.

Kentucky Route 555
KY 555 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by KYTC
Length	18.301 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
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
Counties	Washington, Anderson
Highway system
Kentucky State Highway System Interstate US State Parkways
← KY 554 → KY 556

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][failed verification]}

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Washington	Springfield	0.000	0.000	US 150 Bus. / KY 55 / KY 152 (Main Street) – Lebanon, Springfield, Bardstown, Airport
		0.160	0.257	KY 3488 north (Industry Drive)
		0.441	0.710	KY 3488 south (Industry Drive)
		0.841	1.353	KY 528 – Lincoln Homestead State Park
		1.417	2.280	US 150 – Bardstown, Perryville, Danville
	​	6.215	10.002	KY 438 west (Beechland Road) – Lincoln Homestead State Park	south end of KY 438 overlap
	​	7.091	11.412	KY 438 east (Mayes Creek Road)	north end of KY 438 overlap
	​	8.643	13.910	KY 53 north – Willisburg
	​	10.380	16.705	KY 433 – Willisburg
	​	12.707	20.450	KY 1796 (Brush Grove Road)
	​	14.354	23.101	KY 1754
	​	14.639	23.559	Bluegrass Parkway – Bardstown, Elizabethtown, Lawrenceburg, Lexington	Bluegrass Parkway exit 42
	​	14.838	23.879	Terrell Ridge Road	former KY 2770 west
Nelson	No major junctions
Anderson	​	18.301	29.453	US 62 – Chaplin
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

Template:Attached KML/Kentucky Route 555

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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.^{[full citation needed]}