Kentucky Route 67 (1929–1969)

Kentucky Route 67
Route information
Maintained by KYTC
Length:	21.491 mi[1] (34.586 km)
Existed:	1929 – c. 1969
Major junctions
South end:	US 68 (Kentucky Street) / KY 80 in Bowling Green
	KY 263 near Richardsville KY 185 near Glenmore
North end:	KY 70 at Windyville
Location
Counties:	Edmonson, Warren
Highway system
Highways in Kentucky Interstate US State Parkways ← KY 67 US 68 →

The original alignment of Kentucky Route 67 (KY 67) was a north–south primary state highway that traversed Edmonson and Warren counties in south central Kentucky. It was one of the original state routes of the state highway system maintained by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. It was established in 1929 and was officially decommissioned in 1969. At the time of its removal from the state route system, it was estimated to be 21.491 miles (34.586 km) long as determined by the KYTC's state route logs and county road logs.

Route description

KY 67's original route began at an intersection with U.S. Route 68 (US 68 in downtown Bowling Green) a few blocks northeast of the campus of Western Kentucky State College (now Western Kentucky University). It followed Main Street (now Main Avenue) for 0.3 miles (0.48 km) before making a turn on Gordon Avenue to exit the city and cross the Barren River. The highway originally ran through parts of northern Warren County, including the unincorporated community of Anna, but passing just east of Richardsville.^[2]

At Glenmore, KY 67 intersected KY 185, which branched into the far eastern part of Butler County. KY 67 then crossed the Green River into Edmonson County via Honaker's Ferry (later Bear Creek Ferry), which was a toll ferry situated extremely close to the point where Edmonson and Warren counties meet Butler County, and a little bit upstream from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-operated Green River Lock and Dam Number 5. Most traffic from northern and western Edmonson County heading to Bowling Green used this ferry for convenience. The original tolls ranged from 20 to 40 cents each time the driver went one way on the ferry. After crossing the ferry, KY 67 went further north to Segal, where it had a junction with the original KY 555 (Segal Road), which is now present-day KY 655.^[3] After that, KY 67 followed the present-day KY 655 for the remainder of the course when it passed through Segal and Asphalt and it finally met its northern terminus at Windyville, where it intersected KY 70.^[4][5]

History

Road history

One of the state's charter state routes formed in 1929, KY 67 underwent some changes throughout its estimated 38-year-long existence, including some reroutings to straighten out the highway in one spot on the north side of Bowling Green. At one point sometime around the 1966/67 fiscal year, the Bear Creek Ferry was discontinued, so KY 67 no longer connected from the Asphalt–Segal area to Warren County, which was the reason the Edmonson County section of KY 67 was decommissioned in 1967.^[6] The Warren County section was still signed as KY 67 until sometime around 1970, when the KY 185 alignment in Warren County was rerouted to follow KY 67's original course.^[7][8] Ownership of the road from Glenmore to the ferry site on the Warren County side reverted to the Warren County Road Department, while the road on the Edmonson County side reverted to the Edmonson County Road Department, and became Mouth of Bear Creek Road.

The ferry site is now just a boat ramp,^[9] but local residents (mainly on the Edmonson County side) still use that area for recreational purposes such as boating or fishing.

Change of routes from Edmonson to Warren County

Since the discontinuation of the Bear Creek Ferry, residents of northern Edmonson County were forced to make alternate routes that adds more time to their commute, depending on where the resident lives in. Option A was for Edmonson County residents to use KY 70 westbound to Roundhill to turn left on KY 185 for their commute to Bowling Green. This option was used for many residents along Edmonson County's western boundary with Butler County. Option B, on the other hand, is to go through Brownsville (the Edmonson County seat) using Kentucky Routes 259 and 101 to enter Warren County, and to make a right turn on US Route 31W. That option is mainly used by people traveling to Bowling Green from the central part Edmonson County (i.e. Brownsville, Lindseyville, Sweeden, and Bee Spring).^[10][11]

The new KY 67

The KY 67 designation returned to the Kentucky highway system in 2002, but it was assigned to the then-new Industrial Parkway in northeastern Kentucky. KY 67 now follows a route from the exit 179 interchange of Interstate 64 (I-64) in northern Carter County to US 23 near Greenup.

Major intersections

County[3][12]	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Warren	Bowling Green	0.00	0.00	US 68 (Kentucky Street) to KY 80 / US 231 – Russellville, Park City, Glasgow	Southern terminus; intersection with present-day US 68 Bus.; serves Western Kentucky University
		0.30	0.48	KY 1435 west (Barren River Road) – Gasper, Morgantown	The southern terminus of that road is now at a junction with Veterans Memorial Lane (later KY 880, now a present-day alignment of US 68)
	​	5.9	9.5	KY 526 – Bristow
	Richardsville	7.1	11.4	KY 263 north (Richardsville Road) – Richardsville, Riverside
	Anna	9.3	15.0	KY 1320 east (Anna-Sand Hill Road) – Girkin, Bristow
	Glenmore	12.6	20.3	KY 185 – Roundhill, Caneyville, Shanty Hollow Lake
Green River		13.2	21.2	Bear Creek Ferry (Honaker's Ferry) at the Edmonson–Warren county line
Edmonson	Segal	16.9	27.2	KY 555 north (Segal Road) to KY 70 west	Now part of present-day KY 655 since 1968
	Windyville	21.5	34.6	KY 70 (Morgantown Road) – Roundhill, Morgantown, Brownsville, Mammoth Cave National Park, Nolin Lake Reservoir	Original northern terminus of KY 67 until 1967–68; now eastern terminus of KY 655
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Related roads

Mouth of Bear Creek Road

Mouth of Bear Creek Road (CR 1230)
Location:	Bear Creek Ferry Site at the Green River to Segal
Length:	3.0 mi (4.8 km)
Existed:	1967–present

Mouth of Bear Creek Road is a locally maintained road located in Edmonson County, Kentucky. The road was part of an original alignment of the original KY 67 from that state highway's 1929 establishment until its decommissioning in 1967. The road is 3.0 miles (4.8 km) long.

Kentucky Route 655

See also

• Kentucky portal
• U.S. Roads portal

References

1. This is determined by adding mileage of sections of the original highway. See other footnotes.
2. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (1937). Warren County Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
3. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (1958). Edmonson County Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved October 7, 2014.
4. Kentucky Department of State Highways (September 15, 1939). Road Map of Kentucky (PDF) (Map). c. 1:760,320. Frankfort: Kentucky Department of State Highways. Retrieved October 7, 2014.
5. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (1937). Edmonson County Route Planning Map (PDF) (Map). Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved October 7, 2014.
6. Kentucky Department of Highways (1968). Kentucky Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map). c. 1:760,320. Frankfort: Kentucky Department of Highways.
7. "H.B.'s Fun Facts About Kentucky Highways". Archived from the original August 27, 2002. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
8. Kentucky Department of Highways (1973). Kentucky Official Highway and Parkway Map (PDF) (Map). c. 1:760,320. Frankfort: Kentucky Department of Highways.
9. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (1977). Edmonson County Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved October 7, 2014.
10. Kentucky Atlas and Gazetteer (Map) (2010 ed.). 2010. pp. 64–65.
11. Rand McNally (2016). The 2016 Rand McNally Road Atlas (Map). Chicago: Rand McNally. p. 42.
12. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (1958). Warren County Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved December 21, 2014.

External links

• Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
• Bing Maps - reference source for purpose of current highway alignments.