Kentucky Route 91
Kentucky Route 91 (KY 91) is a 49.783-mile-long (80.118 km) state highway that traverses three counties in western Kentucky. It begins in Hopkinsville, Kentucky and ends at the Ohio River, the Kentucky-Illinois state line in northern Crittenden County.
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KY 91 highlighted in red | ||||
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| Maintained by KYTC | ||||
| Length | 49.783 mi[1] (80.118 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |   US 68 / KY 80 in Hopkinsville | |||
 KY 1682 (Hopkinsville Bypass)
 US 60 in Marion | ||||
| North end |  IL 1 at Ohio River ferry near Cave-in-Rock, IL | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties | Christian, Caldwell, Crittenden | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description
Hopkinsville to Princeton
It begins at a junction with US Route 68 and Kentucky Route 80 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, the Christian County seat. It crosses KY-1682, the Hopkinsville By-Pass before leaving town. It goes on a northwesterly path, and its junction with Kentucky Route 398 is KY 91's access point to Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park.[2]
KY 91 enters Caldwell County, and then it would meet Kentucky Routes 139 and 293, along with US Route 62 in downtown Princeton. It then traverses Interstate 69 on the northwest outskirts of Princeton.[3][4]
Princeton to Cave-in-Rock
KY 91 meets Kentucky Route 70 and then US Route 641 at Fredonia, a community northwest of Princeton. KY 70, KY 91, and US 641 would run concurrently from there into Crittenden County. KY 70 departs from US 641/KY 91 at a point north of the Crittenden-Caldwell County line, while KY 91 remains with US 641 until the U.S. Route's northern terminus at the US Route 60 junction at Kentucky. For a few blocks, KY 91 runs concurrently with US 60, and then KY 91 goes further north to reach its northern terminus at the Cave-In-Rock Ferry on the Ohio River, which will mark the Kentucky-Illinois state line. It becomes Illinois State Highway 1 upon entry into Hardin County, Illinois.[3][5]
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
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| Christian | Hopkinsville | 0.000 | 0.000 | US 68 (Cadiz Road) / KY 80 (West 7th Street) | Southern terminus of KY 91 | ||
| 0.679 | 1.093 |  KY 1682 (Eagle Way) to I-169 | |||||
| Sinking Fork | 5.43 | 8.74 |  KY 1349 south (Quisenberry Lane) | Northern terminus of KY-1349 | |||
| Sinking Fork | 6.351 | 10.221 |  KY 1026 west (Gracey-Sinking Fork Road) | Southern end of KY 1026 concurrency | |||
| Sinking Fork | 6.718 | 10.812 | KY 1026 east (Clark Store-Sinking Fork Road) | Northern end of KY 1026 concurrency | |||
| Bainbridge | 11.709 | 18.844 |  KY 398 north (Bainbridge Road) – Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park | Southern terminus of KY 398 | |||
| Bainbridge | 12.231 | 19.684 |  KY 124 west (Sugar Creek Road) | Eastern terminius of KY 124 | |||
| Caldwell | | 17.562 | 28.263 |  KY 672 | |||
| | 22.09 | 35.55 |  KY 1857 south (Dripping Spring Road) | Northern terminus of KY 1857 | |||
| | 22.948 | 36.931 |  KY 1603 north (Scottsburg Road) | Southern terminus of KY 1603 | |||
| | 24.043 | 38.693 |  KY 128 south (State Route 128) | Northern terminus of KY 128 | |||
| Princeton | 26.736 | 43.027 |  KY 2080 south (Cadiz Street) | Northern terminus of KY 2080; old KY 139 | |||
| 26.839 | 43.193 | East Main St./East Washington St. | Begin splitting of KY 91’s south/north lanes | ||||
| 26.981 | 43.422 | US 62 West (Do Not Enter) | Eastern end of concurrency with US 62 eastbound/KY 139 northbound | ||||
| 26.999 | 43.451 |   US 62 east / KY 293 north | Northern end of US 62 east/KY-293 north concurrency; eastern end of concurrency with US 62 westbound/KY 293 southbound | ||||
| 27.017 | 43.480 |  KY 139 south / KY 293 south | Southern end of KY 139 concurrency; western end of KY 293 southbound concurrency | ||||
| 27.305 | 43.943 |  US 62 east / KY 91 south / KY 139 south | End splitting of KY 91’s south/north lanes | ||||
| 28.05 | 45.14 | US 62 west – Eddyville | Western end of US 62 concurrency | ||||
| 28.493– 28.553 | 45.855– 45.952 |  I-69 – Paducah, Elizabethtown | I-69 Exit 79; Former Western Kentucky Parkway exit 11 | ||||
| | 30.106 | 48.451 | KY 139 north (Farmersville Road) | Northern end of KY 139 concurrency | |||
| Fredonia | 39.59 | 63.71 |  KY 70 east – Madisonville | Southern end of KY 70 concurrency | |||
| 40.082 | 64.506 |  US 641 south – Eddyville | Southern end of US 641 concurrency | ||||
| see US 641 or KY 70 | |||||||
| Crittenden | Marion | 49.328 | 79.386 | US 60 west (West Gum Street) – Paducah | Northern terminus of US 641 and northern end of US 641 concurrency; southern end of concurrency with US 60 | ||
| see US 60 | |||||||
| Crittenden | Marion | 49.625 | 79.864 | US 60 east – Morganfield | Northern end of US 60 concurrency | ||
| 50.072 | 80.583 |  KY 981 south (Old Salem Road) | Northern terminus of KY 981 | ||||
| | 58.018 | 93.371 |  KY 387 north | Southern terminus of KY 387 | |||
| | 59.548 | 95.833 |  KY 135 south – Carrsville | Northern terminus of KY 135 | |||
| Ohio River | 60.887 | 97.988 |  Cave-In-Rock Ferry; Kentucky-Illinois state line | ||||
| IL 1 | Continuation into Illinois | ||||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- Commonwealth of Kentucky. "Official DMI Route Log". Retrieved November 24, 2014.
- DeLorme. Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer. (2010) (Map, Fourth Edition) page 78
- DeLorme. Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer. (2010) (Map, Fourth Edition) pp. 60-61
- 2014 Official Kentucky Highway Map.
- DeLorme. Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer. (2010) (Map, Fourth Edition) page 43