Kentucky Route 72

Kentucky Route 72 marker

Kentucky Route 72
Route information
Maintained by KYTC
Length: 16.932 mi[1] (27.249 km)
Western segment
Length: 8.042 mi[1] (12.942 km)
West end: US 119 near Blackmont
East end: Rockhouse Branch Road near Alva
Eastern segment
Length: 8.890 mi[1] (14.307 km)
West end: Dead end near Pansy
Major
junctions:

US 421 (twice) in Harlan

KY 38 in Harlan
East end: KY 413 at Baxter
Location
Counties: Bell, Harlan
Highway system
I-71KY 73

Kentucky Route 72 is a 16.932-mile (27.249 km) state highway in Kentucky that is separated into two segments. The western segments runs from U.S. Route 119 just north of Blackmont to Rockhouse Branch Road just southeast of Alva via Blackmont, Pathfork, and Alva. The eastern segment runs from a dead end west of Pansy to Kentucky Route 413 at Baxter via Mary Alice and Harlan. It appears that the two segments were originally planned to connect, as the segments are separated by only a few miles.

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Bell0.0000.000 US 119Western terminus
Harlan8.04212.942Rockhouse Branch RoadEastern terminus
Gap in route
Harlan0.0000.000Dead endWestern terminus
2.0253.259 KY 1216 southNorthern terminus of KY 1216
3.9436.346 KY 2425 south (Little Creek Road)Northern terminus of KY 2425
4.8967.879 KY 2427 west (Slag Street)Eastern terminus of KY 2427
Harlan6.24210.046 US 421 southWest end of US 421 overlap
6.40310.305 US 421 north / KY 3459 north (Sunshine Road)East end of US 421 overlap; southern terminus of KY 3459
7.27411.706 KY 38
8.17813.161 KY 3453 north (Coldiron Heights)Southern terminus of KY 3453
8.76514.106 US 421
Baxter8.89014.307 KY 413Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Commonwealth of Kentucky. "Official DMI Route Log". Retrieved 25 June 2014.
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