Kentucky Route 56
Appearance
Route map:
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KY 56 highlighted in red | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by KYTC | ||||
Length | 61.503 mi[1] (98.979 km) | |||
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Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Kentucky | |||
Counties | Union, Webster, McLean, Daviess | |||
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Kentucky Route 56 (KY 56) is a 61.503-mile-long (98.979 km) state highway in Kentucky that runs from Illinois Route 13 (IL 13) near Old Shawneetown, Illinois, on the Shawneetown Bridge at the Kentucky-Illinois state line to KY 81 near Owensboro via Morgantown and Sebree.
Major intersections
[edit]County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Ohio River | 0.000 | 0.000 | ![]() ![]() | Continuation into Illinois | |
0.020– 0.630 | 0.032– 1.014 | Shawneetown Bridge | |||
Union | | 0.870 | 1.400 | ![]() | |
| 2.723 | 4.382 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of KY 109 | |
| 5.396 | 8.684 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of KY 2834 | |
Spring Grove | 6.608 | 10.635 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of KY 1598 | |
| 7.812 | 12.572 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of KY 360 | |
| 11.119 | 17.894 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of KY 1594 | |
| 11.500 | 18.507 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Morganfield bypass; western terminus of KY 56 truck route | |
Morganfield | 12.308 | 19.808 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of KY 947 | |
12.415 | 19.980 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of KY 130 overlap | ||
13.075 | 21.042 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of KY 130 overlap; 130 turns north to follow 60 East | ||
| 14.011 | 22.549 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of KY 56 truck route; bridge to the west | |
| 15.810 | 25.444 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of KY 2091 | |
| 15.974 | 25.708 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of KY 758 | |
Boxville | 19.637 | 31.603 | ![]() | ||
| 20.326 | 32.712 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of KY 983 | |
Webster | | 28.506 | 45.876 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern end of US 41 Alt. concurrency |
| 30.010 | 48.296 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of KY 2839 | |
Poole | 32.435 | 52.199 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of US 41 Alt. concurrency; southern terminus of KY 145 | |
| 36.354 | 58.506 | ![]() | ||
Sebree | 39.373 | 63.365 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of KY 139 | |
39.583 | 63.703 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern end of US 41 concurrency; northern terminus of KY 359 | ||
39.798 | 64.049 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of US 41 concurrency | ||
| 41.360– 41.644 | 66.562– 67.020 | ![]() | I-69 exit 134 | |
| 41.933– 41.999 | 67.485– 67.591 | Corporal James B. Grisham Commemorative bridge over Green River | ||
McLean | Beech Grove | 47.328 | 76.167 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of KY 256 |
47.515 | 76.468 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of KY 136 | ||
| 48.164 | 77.512 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of KY 1233 | |
| 49.021 | 78.892 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of KY 258 | |
Elba | 50.872 | 81.871 | ![]() | ||
Daviess | | 54.204 | 87.233 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of KY 258 |
Saint Joseph | 54.565 | 87.814 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of KY 500 | |
| 56.619 | 91.119 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of KY 815 | |
| 59.612 | 95.936 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of KY 456 | |
Sorgho | 61.586 | 99.113 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of KY 1554 | |
| 62.415 | 100.447 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of KY 279 overlap | |
| 63.422 | 102.068 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of KY 279 overlap | |
| 65.647 | 105.649 | ![]() | Eastern terminus of KY 56; roundabout | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
[edit]- ^ Staff. "Official DMI Route Log". Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
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