Kentucky Route 101

Kentucky Route 101 marker

Kentucky Route 101
Route information
Maintained by KYTC
Length 30.272 mi[1] (48.718 km)
Major junctions
North end KY 259 at Rhoda
 
South end KY 100 in Scottsville
Location
Counties Allen, Warren, Edmonson
Highway system
← KY 100KY 102 →

Kentucky Route 101 (KY 101) is a north–south highway traversing three counties in south central Kentucky.

Route description

KY 101 northbound on the border of Warren and Edmonson counties

KY 101 originates at the corner of Main and Court Streets in downtown Scottsville where its KY 100 junction is located. It crosses U.S. Route 31E before going northward to Meador, and then into Warren County. [2]

It then passes Threeforks and Kepler, and then intersects the concurrently running U.S. 68 and KY 80. Less than a mile later, it traverses the Exit 38 interchange of Interstate 65 at Smiths Grove. After passing through downtown Smiths Grove, KY 101 then has a concurrency of its own, with US 31W before reaching Edmonson County. [3]

The route then traverses the community of Chalybeate, and then reaches its northern terminus at the KY 259 junction at Rhoda.

History

In 2001, the final stretch of KY 101 between Chalybeate and Rhoda, along with KY 259 from Rhoda to Brownsville was re-routed onto a straighter alignment that is also known as the Veterans Memorial Highway. [4][5] The original alignment of KY 101 in that area was re-designated as Kentucky Route 3019.

In mid-to-late 2010, KY 101 in the Chalybeate area was reconstructed, and was realigned to bypass the town. The old alignment in that area was redesignated as KY 3611, which became the shortest signed state route in Edmonson County once the designation was assigned in 2013.


Major intersections

CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
AllenScottsville0.0000.000 KY 100 (South Court Street / East Main Street) to KY 980Southern terminus of KY 101
​1.2001.931 US 31E
​ KY 1332 west
​5.8619.432 KY 234 westEastern terminus of KY 234
Meador KY 1533 – Barren River Lake
Warren​14.43823.236 KY 1402 westEastern terminus of KY 1402
Kepler16.42926.440 KY 1297
​20.62433.191 US 68 / KY 80
Smiths Grove21.21034.134 I-65 – Nashville, LouisvilleI-65 exit 38
​ US 31W north (Louisville Road)Southern end of US 31W concurrency
​ US 31W south (Louisville Road)Northern end of US 31W concurrency
Edmonson​ KY 743 northNorthern end of KY 743 overlap
​ KY 743 south (Chalybeate School Road) – South Edmonson Elementary SchoolNorthern end of KY 743 overlap
Chalybeate KY 3611 south (Old KY 101)
​ KY 3019 north
Rhoda30.27248.718 KY 259 (Brownsville Road) – Brownsville, Rocky Hill, Edmonson County, Nolin Lake State ParkNorthern terminus of KY 101
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ↑ "Official DMI Route Log". Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
  2. ↑ DeLorme (2010). Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer (Map) (4th ed.). Yarmouth, ME: DeLorme. Pages 81 & 82.
  3. ↑ DeLorme (2010). Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer (Map) (4th ed.). Yarmouth, ME: DeLorme. Page 64.
  4. ↑ KY 259 at KentuckyRoads.com
  5. ↑ KY 101 at KentuckyRoads.com
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