Kentucky Route 15 begins at a junction of US 119/Corridor F & Business KY 15 in Whitesburg, and terminates in Winchester at US 60. It is a major route, connecting the coalfields of the Cumberland Plateau with Lexington and other cities in the Bluegrass region. The segment from Whitesburg to KY 15 at Campton, which in turn connects to the Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway near the town, is also the primary part of Corridor I of the Appalachian Development Highway System.

Kentucky Route 15 marker
Kentucky Route 15
Map
KY 15; mainline in red, business routes in blue
Route information
Maintained by KYTC
Length131.418 mi[1] (211.497 km)
Major junctions
South end US 119 in Whitesburg
Major intersections Hal Rogers Parkway / KY 80 in Hazard
Mountain Parkway in Campton
Mountain Parkway / KY 82 in Clay City
North end US 60 in Winchester
Location
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountiesLetcher, Knott, Perry, Breathitt, Wolfe, Powell, Clark
Highway system
  • Kentucky State Highway System
KY 14 KY 16

Future

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Currently, KY 15 is being relocated onto a new four-lane divided alignment in phases. Construction on section 17 of the relocation project is from KY 205 at Vancleve to Fivemile; construction began on January 6, 2005, at a cost of $36.4 million and is 100% complete.[2] Work is finished on section 16 from Fivemile to Wolverine;. There are additional plans to reconstruct the segment from Jackson south to Hazard on new alignment beginning in 2008.

The current construction is progressing from Vancleve to Jackson. Local reports suggest that the roadway will be opening for traffic flow by the summer of 2013. Construction of the section between Jackson and Haddix, KY has not started. The current budget crisis and lowered revenues for state and federal construction projects may delay groundbreaking on that section for years. (Updated June 2013)

Currently (Jan. 2021), construction is nearing completion north of Hazard. This section was expanded to four lanes from the Hazard bypass to Speedway Road. This project was designed to replace one of the heaviest used sections of two way, two lane traffic in Kentucky. The upgrade involved replacing several bridges and making large cuts to accommodate the widened roadway. An access road was added to allow traffic to enter and exit at Bonnyman near the post office. No projected date of construction has been made public for the section of roadway from Jackson to the current expansion.

Major intersections

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CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
LetcherWhitesburg0.0000.000   
 
KY 15X (Jenkins Road) / US 119 to US 23 – Jenkins, Cumberland
Southern terminus of business route
1.3892.235 
 
 
 
 
KY 15 Conn. east to KY 15X – Letcher County Veterans Memorial Museum
Western terminus of connector road
2.2843.676 
 
 
 
KY 15X south / KY 931 north (Hazard Road) – Whitesburg, Colson
Northern terminus of business route; south end of KY 931 overlap
2.7364.403 
 
KY 931 south (Whitco Road) – Gordon
North end of KY 931 overlap
3.9186.305 
 
KY 3401 south (Uz-Dry Fork Road)
Northern terminus of KY 3401
4.7947.715 
 
KY 3402 north
Southern terminus of KY 3402
Van6.22510.018 
 
 
 
KY 1811 north (Smoot Creek Road) / KY 160 south (Hickory Road) – Roxana, Gordon
Southern terminus of KY 1811; south end of KY 160 overlap
8.91114.341 
 
KY 1148 east – Colson
Western terminus of KY 1148
Isom9.21614.832 
 
KY 7 north – Deane, Mountain Motor Speedway
South end of KY 7 concurrency
9.87615.894 
 
KY 7 south – Letcher, Blackey, Leatherwood Battlefield, Brashearville
North end of KY 7 concurrency
Knott15.26224.562 
 
KY 160 north – Hindman, Alice Lloyd College
North end of KY 160 overlap
16.94527.270 
 
KY 1231 north (Big Branch Road)
Southern terminus of KY 1231
17.37527.962Carr Creek State Park
20.43532.887 
 
KY 1088 west (Main Street) – Sassafras
Eastern terminus of KY 1088
PerryVicco21.25334.203 
 
KY 1095 south (Main Street)
Northern terminus of KY 1095
26.84643.204 
 
KY 7 south (Ken Mount Road) – Jeff, Viper, Leatherwood, Leatherwood Battlefield, Brashearville
Northern terminus of KY 7
Glomawr29.58147.606 
 
KY 451 north (Christopher Road)
Southern terminus of KY 451
29.97048.232  KY 1096 (Fourseam Buffalo Road)
Hazard31.79551.169 
 
 
KY 15 Bus. north (Main Street)
Southern terminus of Hazard business route
32.51552.328 
 
 
 
 
KY 451 Conn. south to KY 451
Northern terminus of connector road
33.93354.610 
 
 
KY 15 Bus. south
Northern terminus of Hazard business route
34.35155.283 
 
 
 
KY 80 west / KY 550 east
Interchange; western terminus of KY 550; south end of KY 80 overlap
35.86157.713 
 
KY 80 east – Prestonsburg, Pikeville
Interchange; north end of KY 80 overlap; ramp from EB Hal Rogers Parkway to KY 15 south of intersection
36.02357.973 
 
Hal Rogers Parkway west – London
Interchange; eastern terminus of Hal Rogers Parkway; parkway exit 59; ramp from WB KY 80 to KY 15 just east of here
Bonnyman36.60858.915  KY 267 (Harveyton Road/Typo Road) – Harveyton, Typo
40.51865.207 
 
KY 1067 north (Fifteenmile Branch Road)
Southern terminus of KY 1067
41.39966.625 
 
KY 28 west – Buckhorn, Booneville, Buckhorn Lake State Resort Park
Eastern terminus of KY 28
BreathittNed46.37274.628 
 
KY 2446 south
Northern terminus of KY 2446
49.89080.290 
 
KY 1278 south – Watts
Northern terminus of KY 1278
Lost Creek53.58286.232 
 
KY 476 south – Riverside, Clayhole
Northern terminus of KY 476
Haddix55.01988.544 
 
KY 1110 south
Northern terminus of KY 1110
Jackson60.48797.344 
 
 
 
KY 1098 west / KY 1812 north (Quicksand Road)
Eastern terminus of KY 1098; southern terminus of KY 1812
60.74197.753 
 
KY 30 east – Sugar Creek Golf Course, Julian Carroll Airport
South end of KY 30 overlap
62.593100.734 
 
 
 
KY 1812 north / KY 3068 west (Main Street)
South end of KY 1812 overlap; eastern terminus of KY 3068
62.813101.088 
 
Jetts Drive (KY 3232 east)
63.289101.854 
 
KY 1812 south (Washington Avenue)
North end of KY 1812 overlap
63.740102.580 
 
 
 
KY 30 west (Park Road) to KY 52 – Booneville
North end of KY 30 overlap
65.699105.732 
 
KY 205 south
South end of KY 205 overlap
66.802107.507 
 
KY 205 north
North end of KY 205 overlap
68.164109.699 
 
KY 1812 south
South end of KY 1812 overlap
Vancleve69.164111.309  
 
 
 
 
KY 205 / KY 1812 north to Mountain Parkway east
Interchange; 205 both ways, 1812 to the north; north end of KY 1812 overlap
WolfeBethany73.200117.804 
 
KY 1261 south
South end of KY 1261 overlap
73.239117.867 
 
KY 1261 north
North end of KY 1261 overlap
77.059124.014 
 
KY 2028 south (Flat Mary Road) – Flat, Mary
Northern terminus of KY 2028
80.199129.068 
 
 
 
 
KY 2491 Conn. north to KY 2491
Southern terminus of connector road
80.377129.354  
 
KY 3355 (Elkins Road) to KY 2491
Campton81.022130.392 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
KY 15 Spur north (Mountain Parkway Spur) to Mountain Parkway / KY 191 east (Drake Street) – Winchester, Stanton, Campton, Hazel Green
Southern terminus of KY 15 Spur; western terminus of KY 191
82.239132.351 
 
KY 651 south (Bear Pen Road)
Northern terminus of KY 651
84.897136.628 
 
 
 
KY 1653 east to Mountain Parkway – Campton
Western terminus of KY 1653
85.129–
85.422
137.002–
137.473
  Mountain Parkway – Lexington, CamptonInterchange; Mountain Parkway exit 40
84.455135.917 
 
KY 3040 east (Hobbs Road)
Western terminus of KY 3040
85.555137.687 
 
KY 715 south – Beattyville
South end of KY 715 overlap
Pine Ridge86.389139.030 
 
KY 715 north (Sky Bridge Road)
North end of KY 715 overlap
PowellSlade93.704150.802 
 
 
 
KY 11 south (Natural Bridge Road) to Mountain Parkway – Natural Bridge State Resort Park, Beattyville, Prestonsburg, Lexington
South end of KY 11 concurrency
95.200153.210 
 
KY 77 south (Nada Tunnel Road) – Nada Tunnel, Red River Gorge
Northern terminus of KY 77
97.652157.156 
 
KY 1639 south (South Fork Road)
Northern terminus of KY 1639
Bowen99.517160.157 
 
KY 613 east (Little North Fork Road)
Western terminus of KY 613
102.535165.014 
 
KY 3354 south (Cat Creek Road)
Northern terminus of KY 3354
Rosslyn103.015165.787 
 
KY 1184 north (Little North Bend Road)
Southern terminus of KY 1184
Stanton105.744170.178  
 
KY 213 (Main Street) to Mountain Parkway – Furnace, Jeffersonville
105.791170.254 
 
KY 2486 north (Washington Street)
Southern terminus of KY 2486
106.325171.114 
 
KY 2073 north (Halls Lane)
Southern terminus of KY 2073
Clay City109.298175.898 
 
KY 2480 north (10th Avenue)
Southern terminus of KY 2480
109.741176.611 
 
KY 1057 east (11th Street)
Western terminus of KY 1057
109.978176.992 
 
 
 
KY 2026 east (Pompeii Road) / KY 2481 south (9th Street)
Western terminus of KY 2026; northern terminus of KY 2481
110.513177.853 
 
KY 2479 north (3rd Street)
Southern terminus of KY 2479
110.949178.555 
 
KY 11 north (Black Creek Road) – Bluegrass Council Scouting Reservation, Camp McKee
North end of KY 11 concurrency
111.466179.387 
 
KY 3022 north (Lofty Heights Road)
Southern terminus of KY 3022
111.478–
111.511
179.406–
179.460
 
 
Mountain Parkway east – Lexington
Interchange; Mountain Parkway exit 16
111.613179.624 
 
 
 
Mountain Parkway west / KY 82 west (Irvine Road) – Campton, Irvine
Eastern terminus of KY 82; ramp to parkway to the south, 82 to the west; 15 turns north
112.904181.701 
 
KY 3352 south (Virden Ridge Road)
Northern terminus of KY 3352
ClarkGoffs Corner117.692189.407  
 
KY 974 (Kiddville Road/Trapp-Goffs Corner Road) to Mountain Parkway
Pilot View122.295196.815 
 
KY 3368 north (Schollsville Road)
Southern terminus of KY 3368
128.086206.134  KY 1958
128.718207.152 
 
KY 1960 east (Ecton Road)
Western terminus of KY 1960
Winchester129.449208.328  US 60 (North Main Street)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Special routes

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Kentucky Route 15X

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Kentucky Route 15X
LocationWhitesburg, Letcher County
Length2.838 mi[1] (4.567 km)

Kentucky Route 15 Business in Whitesburg, in Letcher County, signed as KY 15X, is the business route of KY 15 in Whitesburg. It begins at KY 15's southern terminus and ends at KY 15 north of town. The route is 2.838 miles (4.567 km) long.

Kentucky Route 15 Connector

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Kentucky Route 15 Connector
LocationWhitesburg, Letcher County
Length0.24 mi[1] (390 m)

Kentucky Route 15 Connector (KY 15C) provides access from KY 15 to KY 15X and the Letcher County Veterans Memorial Museum in Whitesburg. It is 0.24 miles (0.39 km) long.

Kentucky Route 15 Business (Hazard)

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Kentucky Route 15 Business
LocationHazard, Perry County
Length2.306 mi[1] (3.711 km)

Kentucky Route 15 Business (KY 15 BUS) is a business route of KY 15 in Hazard, Perry County. It is the original alignment of KY 15 through the city. It is 2.306 miles (3.711 km) long.

Kentucky Route 15 Spur

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Kentucky Route 15 Spur
LocationCampton, Wolfe County
Length1.058 mi[1] (1.703 km)

Kentucky Route 15 Spur (KY 15 Spur) is the spur route connecting KY 15 with the Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway's Exit 46 interchange at Campton, in Wolfe County. The length of this alignment is 1.058 miles (1.703 km) long. This roadway is not accessible from the Mountain Parkway's westbound lanes.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Kentucky Transportation Cabinet - Division of Planning - Highway Information System Official Milepoint Route Log Extract". Archived from the original on April 30, 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-11.
  2. ^ KY-15 Corridor. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Archived from the original on March 3, 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-17.
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