Kentucky Route 70

Kentucky Route 70 (KY 70) is a long east-east state highway that originates at a junction with U.S. Route 60 (US 60) in Smithland in Livingston County, just east of the Ohio River. The route continues through the counties of Crittenden, Caldwell, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Butler, Edmonson, Barren, Barren, Metcalfe, Green, Taylor, Casey, Pulaski, Lincoln and back into Pulaski again to terminate at a junction with US 150 near Maretburg in Rockcastle.

Kentucky Route 70
KY 70; mainline in red, business route in blue
Route information
Maintained by KYTC
Length	294.962 mi^[1] (474.695 km)
Major junctions
West end	US 60 in Smithland
Major intersections	KY 866 near Dycusburg KY 295 in Dycusburg US 641 in Fredonia I-69 in Madisonville Future I-569 / Western Kentucky Parkway in Central City US 431 near Drakesboro I-165 near Morgantown I-65 in Cave City US 68 / KY 55 / KY 527 in Campbellsville US 127 in Liberty
East end	US 150 near Brodhead
Location
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
Counties	Livingston, Crittenden, Caldwell, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Butler, Edmonson, Barren, Metcalfe, Green, Taylor, Casey, Pulaski, Lincoln, Rockcastle
Highway system
Kentucky State Highway System Interstate US State Parkways
← KY 69 → I-71

Route description

Livingston County

Kentucky Route 70 begins in the Livingston County seat of Smithland, Kentucky, originating at a junction with U.S. Route 60 (US 60).^[2] It travels eastward to a junction with KY 866, and reaches a dead end at Tiline, along the Cumberland River.^[3] KY 70 does not connect from Tiline to Dycusburg since the ferry service at that point was discontinued in 1951.^[4][5]

Crittenden and Caldwell counties

KY 70 returns to life at Dycusburg, on the Crittenden County side of the river. KY 295 ends at that same point. KY 70 moves on to join U.S. Route 641 and Kentucky Route 91 in southern Crittenden County, and all three routes enters Caldwell County near the community of Fredonia. KY 70 and 91 departs from US 641, and then the two state routes split not too long after. KY 91 goes southeast for Princeton, while KY 70 continues due east to go through mainly rural sections of northern Caldwell County, intersecting KY 293 just northeast of Princeton.^[6]

Hopkins and Muhlenberg counties

KY 70 crosses the Tradewater River into Hopkins County. It intersects KY 109 at Beulah, and then reaches Madisonville, the Hopkins County seat. It gets co-signed with U.S. Route 41 in downtown Madisonville before breaking off and then traverses the Exit 114 interchange of Interstate 69 (I-69) (formerly Edward T. Breathitt Pennyrile Parkway exit 42) on the east side.^[7] It intersects KY 85 just east of town before KY 70 enters Muhlenberg County, while KY 85 provides access into McLean County.^[8]

After entering Muhlenberg County, KY 70 goes through mainly northern areas of that county, including intersections with Kentucky Routes 175, and 181, before reaching the Central City area, where it would join US 431 for a little while.^[9]

In Central City, US 431 and KY 70 both meet US 62, and then traverse the exit 58 interchange of the Wendell H. Ford Western Kentucky Parkway (also known as the WK Parkway). That interchange was a former toll booth site until the 1987 discontinuation of the WK Parkway's toll plazas.^[10]

The concurrently running US 431 and KY 70 continues southeastward from Central City through the intersection of KY 176 in Drakesboro, all the way to about 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Drakesboro. Much of US 431's concurrency with KY 70 is designated as part of a Kentucky Scenic Byway.^[11][12]

KY 70 leaves the US 431 concurrency at that point south of Drakesboro, and provides a scenic drive from there, past the old site of the Rochester Dam before crossing the Mud River into Butler County. Until 2021, steam from the Tennessee Valley Authority's Paradise Coal-firing plant can be seen from the highway between Drakesboro and Rochester.^[13]

Butler County

In Butler County, Kentucky Route 70 intersects KY 369 while going through Rochester. It then intersects Kentucky Route 106 (KY 106/Huntsville-Quality Road) not too far southeast of there, and would then go on to the communities of South Hill and Dunbar.^[14]

Not too far east of Dunbar, KY 70 intersects KY 1468 and enters the city of Morgantown. The route intersects an interchange of I-165, the former William H. Natcher Parkway. That intersection opened during the 1999-2000 fiscal year.^[15] Between I-165 and US 231/KY 79, KY 70 is known as Veterans Way and runs concurrently with US 231 Truck and KY 79 Truck.^[16]

KY 70 runs concurrently with U.S. Route 231 and Kentucky Route 79 from Morgantown, over the Green River into the community of Aberdeen. In Aberdeen, KY 70 actually departs US 231 a little bit after KY 79 does. KY 70 then intersects KY 79 for a final time, continuing east from Aberdeen through Jetson, and then Roundhill, where it intersects Kentucky Route 185.^[17][18]

The Caveland area (Edmonson, Barren, and Metcalfe counties)

 

Bridge carrying KY 70/259 in Brownsville

Immediately after the intersection with KY 185, KY 70 enters Edmonson County. KY 70 then rolls onward towards the communities of Huff and Windyville. It then meets KY 259, and then KY 70 and 259 run concurrently to cross the Green River at Brownsville, the Edmonson County seat. This is KY 70's second crossing of the Green River. The two state routes run concurrently throughout the city of Brownsville, and splits just south of the entrance to the Edmonson County High School on the south side of town.^[19][20]

Going east of Brownsville, KY 70 is the main route through Mammoth Cave National Park in Edmonson and Barren Counties. While traversing the park, KY 70 runs concurrently with the Mammoth Cave Parkway before entering Barren County. After a brief concurrency with KY 255, KY 70 traverses the exit 53 interchange of Interstate 65, and meeting the western terminus of KY 90 and then crosses US 31W, all three actions occur in Cave City, which is the core part of a tourism hotbed in Barren County because of the close proximity to the Mammoth Cave National Park.^[21][22][23]

 

Kentucky State Highway 70's intersection with KY 90 at Cave City, Kentucky

Most of KY 70 from Brownsville to Cave City is designated as an official Kentucky Scenic Byway. KY 70 from the Mammoth Cave park's southeast boundary to the junction with KY 90 is part of the Cordell Hill Scenic Byway, most of which is the core route of the annual Roller Coaster Yard Sale, which includes parts of KY 90 and KY 63 in the southern part of the state.^[24]

After departing Cave City, KY 70 goes further east to cross U.S. Route 31E at Griderville, and heads for Hiseville, and then crosses into the northern part of Metcalfe County.^[25][26] After KY 70's Metcalfe County entrance, it goes through Sulphur Well, and then beyond that point, KY 70 joins US 68.^[27]

Green and Taylor counties

Both KY 70 and U.S. Route 68 begins a concurrency going through northern Metcalfe County before entering Green County and go through Exie, and Greensburg to cross the Green River (this is KY 70's third Green River crossing). After running a concurrency with a third route, KY 61, US 68/KY 70 continues east into Taylor County. In Campbellsville, KY 70's companionship with US 68 ends, and KY 70 goes back to being a standalone highway. KY 70 is replaced with KY 55 in terms of concurrency with US 68 for its course to Lebanon.^[28] KY 70, alone, continues eastward through eastern Taylor County to Elk Horn and Mannsville.^[29]

Casey, Lincoln, Pulaski, and Rockcastle counties

Kentucky Route 70 reaches Casey County, where it reaches Liberty, cross the Green River for a fourth time, and intersect US 127.^[30] After that KY 70 crosses the Green River for a fifth and final time, and traverses mainly rural areas of Casey, and then Lincoln and Pulaski Counties. US 27 crosses KY 70 near Eubank, just north of Science Hill. KY 70 ends at its eastern terminus at a junction with US 150 near the Rockcastle County community of Broadhead, just west of Mount Vernon. ^[31]

History

Before 1940

Kentucky Route 70 was one of the many charter routes when the Kentucky State Highway system was first started in the 1920s and 1930s^[32]

Prior to 1936, KY 70 ran concurrently with US 31E from Griderville, into Hart County to Hardyville, and followed KY 88's present-day route to Greensburg.^[33] KY 70 between Griderville and Greensburg was rerouted to its current alignment via Hiseville and Sulphur Well no later than 1936.

At Dycusburg, KY 70 connected from Livingston County into southern Crittenden County via a ferry crossing on the Cumberland River. Ferry service in Dycusburg was discontinued in 1951.^{[4][5][34][35]}

Recent route changes and improvements

The low underpass under railroad tracks near Eubank just west of the US 27 junction has been closed and bypassed with a highway overpass just north of old route. The new roadway is wider and has no restrictions.

Improvements were completed in Liberty in early 2013 to widen KY 70 from near Green River bridge, to Connector Road, as part of the Dry Ridge Hill reconstruction project. Future plans include major upgrades further east past High School with improvements ending near KY 501.

Reconstruction of KY 70 west of Liberty from KY 1547 to KY 206 area near Creston. Further plans would create a more direct route for KY 70 to connect Liberty to Campbellsville.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Livingston	Smithland	0.000	0.000	US 60	Western terminus
	​	6.850	11.024	KY 2232 south (Sugar Creek Road)	Northern terminus of KY-2232
	​	11.386	18.324	KY 866 south (Paradise Road)/Tyline Road	KY-70 ends in Livingston County at this point
Gap in route due to closure of ferry (Tyline Road follows former KY-70 route east to river)
Crittenden	Dycusburg	11.386	18.324	KY 295 south	Northern terminus of KY-295; KY-70 continues at this point
	​	11.822	19.026	KY 902 east (Fredonia Road)	Western terminus of KY-902
	Frances	16.805	27.045	KY 855 north	Begin concurrency with KY-855
	​	17.381	27.972	KY 855 south	End KY-855 concurrency
	​			US 641 north / KY 91 north	Beginning of concurrency with US-641 and KY-91
Caldwell	Fredonia	23.652	38.064	KY 902 west (Bakers Lane)	Beginning of KY-902 concurrency
		23.773	38.259	KY 902 east (Piney Lane)	Ending of KY-902 concurrency
		23.997	38.619	US 641 south (Cassidy Avenue)	End of concurrency with US-641
		24.489	39.411	KY 91 sout2h (Marion Road)	End of KY-91 concurrency
	Flat Rock	29.408	47.328	KY 1077 north (Rowland Cemetery Road)	Southern terminus of KY-1077
	​	33.185	53.406	KY 139 (Farmersville Road)
	Fryer	37.936	61.052	KY 293 south	Beginning of KY-293 concurrency
	​	38.920	62.636	KY 293 north	End of KY-293 concurrency
Hopkins	​	40.972	65.938	KY 291 north (Dalton Road)	Southern terminus of KY-291
	​	45.244	72.813	KY 2273 west (Fergustown Road)	Eastern terminus of KY-2273
	Beulah	46.823	75.354	KY 109 (Rabbit Ridge Road/Charleston Road)
	Richland	52.058	83.779	KY 1337 east (Earlington Road)	Western terminus of KY-1337
	Madisonville	56.970	91.684	KY 1302 west (Pleasant View Road)	Eastern terminus of KY-1302
		57.459	92.471	KY 2274 south (Legion Drive)	Northern terminus of KY-2774
		58.380	93.954	US 41 south (South Main Street) / KY 481 south (East McLaughlin Avenue)	Beginning of concurrency with US-41; northern terminus of KY-481
		59.103	95.117	US 41 north (North Main Street) / KY 262 west (West Center Street)	End of concurrency with US-41; eastern terminus of KY-262
		61.598	99.132	I-69 south – Hopkinsville	Exit 114 from SB 69 & ramps to SB 69 [Former Pennyrile Parkway]
		61.742	99.364	KY 254 north (Brown Road) to I-69 north – Henderson	Exit 114 from NB 69; ramp to NB is off 254
	​	64.156	103.249	KY 1221 south (Pond River-Colliers Road)	Northern terminus of KY-1221
	​	65.199	104.928	KY 85 east (Anton Road) – Sacramento	KY-70 turns right (east) along Central City Road here; Anton Road continues straight as KY-85; western terminus of KY-85
	​	65.310	105.106	KY 6113 south (Bethlehem Lane)	Northern terminus of KY-6113
Muhlenberg	Earles	75.192	121.010	KY 175 south	Beginning of KY-175 concurrency
	​	74.082	119.223	KY 175 north	Ending of KY-175 concurrency
	​	78.610	126.511	KY 181 to Western Kentucky Parkway – Greenville
	Central City	83.055	133.664	US 431 north (Phillip Stone Way) / KY 304 east (Front Street)	Begin concurrency with US-431; western terminus of KY-304
		84.430	135.877	US 62 west (Everly Brothers Boulevard)	Begin concurrency with US-62
		84.515	136.014	KY 277 north (West Reservoir Avenue) - Elijah Summers Elemantary School, Dokken	Southern terminus of KY-277
		85.298	137.274	KY 2103 north (Ash Street)	Southern terminus of KY-2103
		85.889	138.225	US 62 east (Everly Brothers Parkway) / KY 1031 north (South 2nd Street) – Beaver Dam	End concurrency with US-62; 1031 follows former routing of US-431; 62 continues straight ahead while 431/70 turn right (62 to Beaver Dam)
		86.589	139.351	Western Kentucky Parkway west – Paducah	Exit 58 from WB parkway and ramp to WB parkway
		86.689	139.512	Western Kentucky Parkway east – Elizabethtown	Exit 58 from EB parkway and ramp to EB parkway
		86.917	139.879	KY 604 east	Western terminus of KY-604
	​	87.629	141.025	KY 2107 south	Northern terminus of KY-2107
	​	92.115	148.245	KY 2107 Conn. to KY 2107 north	Connector road to KY-2107, primarily for traffic heading south on 431/70
	​	92.185	148.357	KY 2107 north	No access to 2107 North from SB 431/70; southern terminus of KY-2107
	Drakesboro	92.700	149.186	KY 176 – Greenville, Paradise	Boulevard = WB, Avenue = EB
	Browder	94.333	151.814	US 431 south – Dunmor, Lewisburg, Russellville	End concurrency with US-431
	Ennis	98.193	158.026	KY 2270 south	Northern terminus of KY-2270
Butler	Rochester	103.312	166.265	KY 369 north (Russellville Street) to KY 1117	Southern terminus of KY-369
	​	105.066	169.087	KY 106 south (Huntsville-Quality Road) – Quality - Spartaville, Idlewood	Northern terminus of KY-106
	​	108.472	174.569	KY 3205 south	Northern terminus of KY-3205
	Morgantown	112.133	180.461	KY 2267 south (Dunbar-Leetown Road)	Northern terminus of KY-2267
		112.709	181.388	KY 1117 west (Provo Road)	Eastern terminus of KY-1117
		115.016	185.100	KY 1468 east (Gardner Lane Road)	Western terminus of KY-1468
		115.512	185.899	I-165 south / US 231 Truck south / KY 79 Truck south – Bowling Green	Exit 29 from southbound Natcher Parkway and ramps to Natcher Parkway South; Begin concurrency with US 231 Truck and KY 79 Truck.
		115.612	186.059	I-165 north – Owensboro	Exit 29 from northbound Natcher Parkway and ramps to Natcher Parkway North
		117.013	188.314	KY 403 north (Logansport Road) / KY 2162 east (Old Logansport Road)	Beginning of brief concurrency of KY-403; western terminus of KY-2162
		117.103	188.459	US 231 (G.L. Smith Street) / KY 79 / KY 403 south – Morgantown, Woodbury	End KY-403 concurrency; end concurrency with US 231 Truck and KY 79 Truck; begin concurrency with US-231 and KY-79
	​	117.847– 118.127	189.656– 190.107	Bridge over the Green River at Morgantown
	Aberdeen	118.916	191.377	KY 79 north (Caneyville Road) – Caneyville	End KY-79 concurrency
		119.163	191.774	KY 1328 east (Leonard Oak Road)	Western terminus of KY-1328
	​	119.874	192.919	US 231 north (Beaver Dam Road) – Beaver Dam, Hartford, Owensboro	End of concurrency with US-231
	Aberdeen	120.605	194.095	KY 79 (Caneyville Road)
	Huldeville	124.776	200.808	KY 340 north (Brooklyn Road)	Southern terminus of KY-340
	Jetson	129.635	208.627	KY 1328 west (Millshed Road)	Eastern terminus of KY-1328
	Whittinghill	130.457	209.950	KY 411 north (Love Lee Road)	Southern terminus of KY-411
	Roundhill	135.432	217.957	KY 185 – Big Reedy, Bowling Green
Edmonson	Huff	139.293	224.170	KY 187 north (Sunfish Road) – Leitchfield	Southern terminus of KY-187
	​	141.820	228.237	KY 655 east (Segal Road)	Western (clockwise) terminus of KY-655
	Windyville	142.796	229.808	KY 655 west (Segal Road) – Asphalt	Eastern (counterclockwise) terminus of KY-655
	​	143.904	231.591	KY 1365 north (Grassland-Black Gold Road)	Southern terminus of KY-1365
	Brownsville	145.394	233.989	KY 259 north – Bee Spring, Leitchfield, Nolin Lake State Park	Begin KY-259 concurrency
		146.074	235.083	KY 183 north (Lock Road)	Southern terminus of KY-183
		146.222– 146.464	235.321– 235.711	Bridge over KY 183 (Lock Road), the Green River, and CR-1203
		147.203	236.900	KY 2184 north (Washington Street) – Brownsville City Park, Green River Amphitheater, Camp Joy	Southern terminus of KY-2184
		147.551	237.460	Houchin's Ferry Road	Alternate route to Edmonson County High School
		147.613	237.560	Wildcat Way to Edmonson County High School
		147.843	237.930	KY 259 south (South Main Street) to KY 101 – Rhoda, Smiths Grove, Bowling Green	End concurrency with KY-259
	Mammoth Cave	152.517	245.452	KY 2325 south (Silent Grove Church Road)	Northern terminus of KY-2325
		157.617	253.660	Mammoth Cave Parkway north – Tours/Visitor Center	Main entrance to Mammoth Cave NP; beginning of concurrency with Mammoth Cave Parkway
		160.117	257.683	Mammoth Cave Parkway south / KY 255 south to I-65 – Park City	End concurrency with Mammoth Cave Parkway; begin concurrency with KY-255
Barren	​	161.890	260.537	KY 255 north – Frozen Niagara Entrance, Mammoth Cave Tours/Visitors Center	End concurrency with KY-255
	Cave City	165.303	266.029	I-65 south – Nashville	Exit 53 to/from 65 south
		165.403	266.190	I-65 north – Louisville	Exit 53 to/from 65 north
		165.548	266.424	KY 90 east (Happy Valley Road) – Glasgow	Western terminus of KY-90; 70 turns north here while 90 begins directly east
		166.966	268.706	US 31W (Dixie Highway) – Horse Cave, Park City, Bowling Green, Caverna Memorial Hospital
		167.645	269.798	KY 2195 east (Old Lexington Road)	Western terminus of KY-2195
	​	168.601	271.337	KY 685 south (Wilson Road)	Northern terminus of KY-685
	​	172.063	276.909	US 31E (Jackson Highway) – Hodgenville, Glasgow, Barren River Lake S.R.P.
	Hiseville	175.336	282.176	KY 740
	​	176.635	284.266	KY 314 north (Center Road) – Center	Southern terminus of KY-314
	​	177.167	285.123	KY 2131 west (Corral Hill-Halfway Road)	Eastern terminus of KY-2131
Metcalfe	Knob Lick	182.340	293.448	KY 640 south / KY 2435 north	Northern terminus of KY-640; southern terminus of KY-2435
		182,953	294,434	KY 1243 north	Southern terminus of KY-1243
	​	186.457	300.073	KY 869 north	Southern terminus of KY-869
	​	195.326	314.347	US 68 west to Cumberland Parkway – Edmonton	Beginning of concurrency with US-68
Green	​	197.933	318.542	KY 729 north (Little Barren Road)	Southern terminus of KY-729
	​	202.083	325.221	KY 487 north (Little Barren Road)	Southern terminus of KY-487
	​	203.606	327.672	KY 218 west – Horse Cave	Eastern terminus of KY-218
	Greensburg	209.461	337.095	KY 61 south – Columbia	Begin concurrency with KY-61
		210.892	339.398	KY 417 east (Legion Park Road)	Western terminus of KY-417
		211.794	340.849	KY 61 west – Hodgenville	End concurrency with KY-61
	​	214.135	344.617	KY 793 west	Eastern terminus of KY-793
Taylor	​	215.948	347.535	KY 2764 west	Eastern terminus of KY-2764
	​	216.297	348.096	KY 883 north	Southern terminus of KY-883
	Campbellsville	219.893	353.883	KY 323 (Friendship Pike/West Main Street)	Friendship Pike to the west, West Main Street to the east
		220.788	355.324	KY 55 south / KY 210 west – Columbia, Green River Reservoir State Park, Hodgenville	Begin concurrency with KY-55; eastern terminus of KY-210
		221.585	356.606	KY 323 west (North Columbia Avenue)	Eastern terminus of KY-323
		221.725	356.832	KY 527 north (North Central Avenue) / US 68 east / KY 55 north (East Broadway Street) – Lebanon	End concurrency with US-68/KY-55; 70 continues to the east on South Central Avenue
		222.805	358.570	KY 372 south (Smith Ridge Road)	Northern terminus of KY-372
		223.606	359.859	KY 3518 north (Watertower Bypass)
	​	225.893	363.540	KY 76 east (Kniffey Road) – Elkhorn, Pikes Ridge Recreation Area	Western terminus of KY-76
	​	226.752	364.922	KY 1799 north (Reids Chapel Road)	Southern terminus of KY-1799
	Acton	228.368	367.523	KY 1798 east (Stoner Creek Road) / KY 2784 north (Wooleyville Road)	Western terminus of KY-1798; southern terminus of KY-2784
	Mannsville	231.637	372.784	KY 337 north (Bradfordsville Road) – Bradfordsville	Southern terminus of KY-337
		231.957	373.299	KY 659 east (Raikes Hill Road)	Western terminus of KY-659
	​	234.824	377.913	KY 1798 west (Stoner Creek Road)	Eastern terminus of KY-1798
	​	235.682	379.293	KY 1752 west (Speck Ridge Road) / KY 659 west (Bass Ridge Road)	Eastern terminus of KY-1752; eastern terminus of KY-659
Casey	​	236.660	380.867	KY 1742 south (Roley Road)	Begin concurrency with KY-1742
	​	236.834	381.147	KY 1742 north (Dry Creek Road)	End concurrency with KY-1742
	​			KY 1859 north (Chicken Gizzard Road)	Southern terminus of KY-1859
	Clementsville	240.297	386.721	KY 551 north (Possum Trot Road)	Begin concurrency with KY-551
		240.345	386.798	KY 551 south (Knifely Road)	End concurrency with KY-551
	​	243.677	392.160	KY 2970 south (Moxley Road)	Northern terminus of KY-2970
	​	244.663	393.747	KY 206 west	Eastern terminus of KY-206
	​	245.745	395.488	KY 1615 north	Southern terminus of KY-1615
	​	247.957	399.048	KY 1547 north (White Oak Road)	Southern terminus of KY-1547
	Liberty	249.271	401.163	KY 70 Bus. east (Campbell Street)	Western terminus of KY-70 Business. Former routing of KY-70
		249.883	402.148	US 127 south (Wallace Wilkinson Boulevard) – Russell Springs	Begin concurrency with US-127
		251.464	404.692	US 127 north (Wallace Wilkinson Boulevard) / KY 70 Bus. west (Campbellsville Street) – Danville, Liberty	End concurrency with US-127; eastern terminus of KY-70 Business
		252.302	406.041	KY 1649 east (Dry Ridge Road)	Western terminus of KY-1649
		252.539	406.422	KY 817 north	Southern terminus of KY-817
	Yosemite	258.691	416.323	KY 198 north	Southern terminus of KY-198
	​	259.594	417.776	KY 501 north (Grove Ridge Road)	Begin concurrency with KY-501
	​	260.267	418.859	KY 501 south	End concurrency with KY-501
	​	265.546	427.355	KY 837
Pulaski	​	270.365	435.110	KY 635 east	Western terminus of KY-635
Lincoln	​	273.106	439.522	KY 328 east	Western terminus of KY-328
Pulaski	Eubank	275.592	443.522	KY 1247
		278.132	447.610	US 27 – Stanford, Somerset
	Clarence	283.424	456.127	KY 865 north	Southern terminus of KY-865
	​	287.629	462.894	KY 3267 north (Arnie Gentry Road)
Rockcastle	Willailla	288.879	464.906	KY 3273 west (Owen School Road)	Beginning of concurrency with KY-3273
		289.357	465.675	KY 3273 east (Level Green Road) – Level Green	End of concurrency with KY-3273
	Quail	290.544	467.585	KY 618 (Quail Road)
	​	292.632	470.946	KY 1650 west – Ottawa	Eastern terminus of KY-1650
	​	294.962	474.695	US 150 to I-75 – Stanford, Mount Vernon	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Closed/former       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

Points of interest along the route

• John Prine Memorial Park at Rochester Dam.^[36][37]
• Rochester Dam (Lock and Dam #3)
• Charles Black City Park in Morgantown - home to the annual Green River Catfish Festival held in late June and early July.
• Mammoth Cave National Park (Official Page)
  • Joppa Baptist Church and Cemetery (historical church building)
• Kentucky Action Park and Jesse James Riding Stables near Cave City is a major attraction in the region that identifies itself as a one-stop spot for family fun. The riding stable has won A Certificate of Excellence for 2012 by its guests, along with TripAdvisor.^[38]
• Guntown Mountain 2014-05-17 at the Wayback Machine is a realistic replica of an Old West town accessible via a scenic skylift.^[39]
• Dinosaur World just 100 yards west of the I-65 Exit 53 interchange with KY 70.
• Lighthouse Restaurant 2014-08-05 at the Wayback Machine - a roadside diner in Sulphur Well offering southern style dishes.^[40]

Special routes

Kentucky Route 70 Bypass (Cave City)

Kentucky Route 70 Bypass
Location	Cave City, Kentucky
Existed	1960s–2010

Kentucky Route 70 Bypass was a supplemental bypass route in Cave City, Kentucky. The route encompasses the first 0.819 miles (1.318 km) of KY 90 (Happy Valley Road), and US 31W from the KY 90 junction to the KY 70 junction in downtown Cave City. Although the route was known as KY 70 Bypass, by the mid-2000s, it was only signed as a trailblazer sign along the two specified routes.^[41]

Kentucky Route 70 Business (Liberty)

Kentucky Route 70 Business
Location	Liberty, Casey County
Length	2.800 mi^[1] (4.506 km)
Existed	2013–present

Kentucky Route 70 Business (KY 70 Bus.) is a business route of KY 70 in Liberty, Kentucky. It accounts with the old KY 70 alignment in downtown Liberty. It was formed after KY 70 was rerouted to a new junction with US 127]. The business route starts just west of Liberty, and it goes through downtown to end at the intersection with US 127 and the re-routed regular KY 70, which resumes after the intersection. The regular alignment of KY 70 was rerouted to a new intersection with US 127, then it gets co-joined with US 127 north to re-join the original route of KY 70 near downtown Liberty.^[42][43]

The entire route is in Liberty, Casey County.

mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
0.000	0.000	KY 70 (Campbellsville Road) to US 127 – Campbellsville, Liberty	Western terminus
2.291	3.687	KY 2312 east	Western terminus of KY-2312
2.338	3.763	KY 2312 west / KY 49 north – Bradfordsville, Lebanon	Southern terminus of KY-49; eastern terminus of KY-2312
2.474	3.982	KY 2313 south (Randolph Street)	Northern terminus of KY-2313
2.800	4.506	US 127 (Wallace Wilkinson Boulevard) / KY 70 (Middleburg Road) – Danville, Russell Springs, Yosemite, Eubank	Eastern terminus; KY 70 east straight ahead
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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