Kentucky Route 9

Highway in Kentucky

"KY 9" redirects here. For the former congressional district, see Kentucky's 9th congressional district.

See also: AA Highway

Kentucky Route 9

KY 9 highlighted in red

Route information
Maintained by KYTC
Length| 116.285 mi[1] (187.143 km)
Component
highways|  AA Highway from KY 1 / KY 7 to I-275
Major junctions
South end|  KY 1 / KY 7 in Grayson
Major intersections|

* AA Hwy (KY 10) near Vanceburg
* KY 10 near  Tollesboro
* US 62 / KY 10 in Maysville
* US 68 in Maysville
* KY 10 near Germantown
* US 27 in Cold Spring

I-275 in Wilder
North end|  KY 8 in Newport
Location
Country| United States
State| Kentucky
Counties| Carter, Lewis, Mason, Bracken, Pendleton, Campbell
Highway system

* Kentucky State Highway System

* Interstate
* US
* State
* Parkways

| ←  KY 8| | →  KY 10

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Kentucky Route 9 is a 116.285-mile-long (187.143 km) state highway maintained by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The highway extends from Grayson to Newport (a city in Kentucky across the Ohio River from Cincinnati, Ohio), roughly paralleling the Ohio River between Vanceburg and Newport.

Most of its route, from Grayson to the Interstate 275 (I-275) loop in Wilder, is part of the AA Highway, except for its northern 5.3 miles (8.5 km) which continues from the terminus of the AA Highway at I-275 into Newport. Kentucky Route 10 parallels KY 9 along most its route and has two concurrencies with it, one in Mason County and one in Lewis County. At Vanceburg, KY 9 turns south towards Grayson and Interstate 64, and the AA Highway splits into two spurs, one following KY 9 to its southern terminus and one following KY 10 to US Route 23 (US 23) in Greenup.

While KY 9 is not an expressway, it nonetheless serves as the shortest highway link between Cincinnati and Ashland, Kentucky. Most of the route is a rural two-lane highway. The only municipalities on the highway are Vanceburg and Maysville and suburban areas of Cincinnati at its western terminus.[2]

## Route description

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A view of KY9/10 entering Maysville at the intersection of KY 9/KY 10 with US 68 and U.S. 62 Aerial view of KY 9 in mountainous terrain near its eastern end

KY 9 follows a general northwest–southeast orientation. It begins at a traffic circle intersection with KY 8 in Newport in Campbell County. It is briefly named Chestnut Way, and then Licking Pike as it parallels the Licking River. At the I-275 interchange, it becomes part of the AA Highway and then passes the outskirts of its namesake Alexandria. Within Campbell County, the road is a four-lane arterial highway.

The next segment passes through a remote, hilly region where the road is generally two lanes, with a passing lane present at uphill grades.

A few miles west of Maysville, the route runs concurrently with KY 10 begins, and the road becomes an arterial highway again. The concurrency ends within Maysville, and upon passing out of the city, the road becomes a two-lane rural highway through an agricultural region.

KY 9 then crosses the Allegheny Escarpment into the Appalachian Mountains at the same time that another concurrency with KY 10 begins. The remainder of KY 9 passes through mountainous terrain and is generally two lanes with periodic passing lanes. After passing through Vanceburg, KY 9 turns south and KY 10 continues east; both routes are signed as part of the AA Highway. KY 9 ends at KY 1/KY 7 just north of Grayson and a block from the I-64 interchange.

## Major intersections

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County| Location| mi| km| Destinations| Notes

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Carter| ​| 0.000| 0.000|
KY 1 / KY 7 to I-64 – Grayson, Greenbo Lake State Resort Park, Grayson Lake State Park| Southern terminus of KY 9 and AA Highway spur
​| 1.078| 1.735|  KY 1959|
​| 5.486| 8.829|
KY 7 south| Southern end of KY 7 concurrency
​| 6.498| 10.458|
KY 7 north – Carter City| Northern end of KY 7 concurrency
​| 11.324| 18.224|  KY 2 / KY 7 – Carter City|
​| 12.821| 20.633|
KY 1773 east| Northern terminus of KY 1773
Lewis| ​| 22.690| 36.516|
KY 1149 south| Southern end of KY 1149 concurrency
​| 22.899| 36.852|
KY 1306 north| Western terminus of KY 1306
​| 26.310| 42.342|
AA Hwy (KY 10) east – South Shore, Greenup, Ashland| Southern terminus of AA Hwy mainline; AA Hwy (KY 9) continues as southern spur and AA Hwy (KY 10) as eastern spur
​| 27.265| 43.879|
KY 1149 north| Northern end of KY 1149 concurrency
Vanceburg| 29.467| 47.423|  KY 59 – Olive Hill, Vanceburg|
​| 31.011| 49.907|
KY 2523 north| Southern terminus of KY 2523
Clarksburg| 32.827| 52.830|
KY 3037 north| Southern terminus of KY 3037
Charters| 36.815| 59.248|
KY 989 south| Northern terminus of KY 989
Ribolt| 42.518| 68.426|
KY 10 west| Northern end of KY 10 concurrency
​| 46.642| 75.063|  KY 57 – Flemingsburg, Tollesboro|
Mason| ​| 49.685| 79.960|
KY 1234 east| Southern end of KY 1234 concurrency
​| 50.078| 80.593|  KY 1237|
​| 50.222| 80.824|
KY 1234 west| Northern end of KY 1234 concurrency
​| 50.979| 82.043|
KY 3161 north| Southern terminus of KY 3161
​| 53.261| 85.715|  KY 1449 – Orangeburg|
​| 55.955| 90.051|  KY 3313|
​| 56.832| 91.462|
KY 1448 east| Southern end of KY 1448 concurrency
Maysville| 57.040| 91.797|
KY 11 / KY 1448 west – Flemingsburg, Maysville| Northern end of KY 1448 concurrency
58.451| 94.068|  KY 1448|
59.736| 96.136|
US 62 / KY 10 east – Lexington, Maysville| Southern end of KY 10 concurrency
61.875| 99.578|  US 68 – Lexington, Aberdeen, OH, Ripley, OH| Interchange
​| 65.378| 105.216|
KY 3056 east| Western terminus of KY 3056
​| 65.606| 105.583|
KY 10 west – Germantown| Northern end of KY 10 concurrency
​| 66.545| 107.094|  KY 435 – Minerva|
Bracken| ​| 72.799| 117.159|  KY 2370 (Dutch Ridge Road)|
​| 74.567| 120.004|  KY 19 – Brooksville, Augusta, Mount Olivet, Augusta Historic District|
​| 76.772| 123.553|  KY 875 – Chatham, Gertrude|
Woolcott| 79.280| 127.589|  KY 1159 – Brooksville, Mount Olivet|
​| 82.606| 132.941|  KY 1109 – Bradford, Johnsville|
​| 85.877| 138.206|  KY 1019 – Lenoxburg, Foster|
​| 87.830| 141.349|

KY 2228 east to KY 8 – Foster| Western terminus of KY 2228
Pendleton| ​| 89.174| 143.512|
KY 159 south – Kincaid Lake State Park| Northern terminus of KY 159
​| 91.711| 147.595|
KY 154 to KY 8 – Peach Grove|
Campbell| ​| 93.717| 150.823|
KY 2828 east (Ivor Road) – Carntown| Western terminus of KY 2828
Flagg Spring| 94.941| 152.793|
KY 735 to KY 10 – Mentor|
​| 99.316| 159.834|  KY 1996 (Carthage Road)|
​| 101.238| 162.927|

KY 1997 to KY 10 / KY 547|
​| 103.405| 166.414|  KY 547 – Alexandria, Silver Grove| Interchange
​| 105.348| 169.541|
KY 709 west (East Alexandria Pike)|
Cold Spring| 107.148| 172.438|  US 27| Interchange (exit 14)
109.337| 175.961|

KY 915 south (Licking Pike) to KY 10| Northern terminus of KY 915
Wilder| 109.755| 176.634|
KY 1998 east| Western terminus of KY 1998
111.037| 178.697|

I-275 east to I-471

I-275 west to I-71 – Airport| I-275 exit 77; northern terminus of AA Hwy
113.196| 182.171|
KY 2345 east (Johns Hill Road)| Northern terminus of KY 2345
113.400| 182.500|
KY 1632 east (Moock Road)| Western terminus of KY 1632
Newport| 115.666| 186.146|  KY 1120 (West Eleventh Street)|
116.231| 187.056|
KY 8 east (5th Street)|
116.285| 187.143|
KY 8 west (4th Street)| Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

* Concurrency terminus
* Route transition

## References

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1. ^ Division of Planning. "Official Milepoint Route Log Extract". Highway Information System. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
2. ^ Division of Planning (2004). "Possible KY 9 Improvements". Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Archived from the original on August 4, 2004.

## External links

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* KentuckyRoads.com KY 9

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Parkways and named highways in the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Parkway system|

* Audubon Parkway
* Bluegrass Parkway
* Cumberland Expressway
* Hal Rogers Parkway
* Mountain Parkway
* Western Kentucky Parkway

Named highways|

* Eagle Way
* Gene Snyder Freeway (I-265/KY 841)
* Henry Watterson Expressway (I-264)
* AA Highway
* KY 9
* KY 10
* Industrial Parkway (KY 67)
* Mammoth Cave Parkway
* KY 70
* KY 255
* Man o' War Boulevard (KY 1425)
* Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Expressway (I-65)
* New Circle Road (KY 4)
* Paris Pike
* US 27
* 68)
* Russellville Bypass
* US 68
* US 431
* The Trace (LBL)
* Veterans Memorial Highway
* KY 101
* KY 259
* Veterans Outer Loop
* US 68
* KY 1519
* KY 3600
* Wendell H. Ford Expressway
* US 60
* US 231

Pre-highway system roads|

* Dixie Highway
* US 31W
* US 25
* Jackson Highway
* U.S. Route 31E

Former parkways|

* Kentucky Turnpike
* I-65
* Pennyrile Parkway
* I-69
* I-169
* Purchase Parkway
* I-69
* William H. Natcher Parkway
* I-165

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