{{Short description|State highway in Kentucky}} {{redirect|KY 1|the congressional district|Kentucky's 1st congressional district}} {{Use American English|date=April 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=KY |type=KY |route=1 |map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=240|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Kentucky Route 1}}}} |map_custom=yes |map_notes=KY 1 highlighted in red |alternate_name= |maint=KYTC |length_mi=48.486 |length_round=3 |length_ref=<ref name="ktc">{{cite web|url=http://apps.transportation.ky.gov/DMI_Reports/Official_MP_RL_Report1.aspx?param=LAWRENCE|publisher=Kentucky Transportation Cabinet |author=Division of Planning |work=Highway Information System |title=Official Milepoint Route Log Extract|accessdate=July 2, 2013}}</ref><ref name="ktc2">{{cite web|url=http://apps.transportation.ky.gov/DMI_Reports/Official_MP_RL_Report1.aspx?param=CARTER|publisher=Kentucky Transportation Cabinet |author=Division of Planning |work=Highway Information System |title=Official Milepoint Route Log Extract|accessdate=July 2, 2013}}</ref><ref name="ktc3">{{cite web|url=http://apps.transportation.ky.gov/DMI_Reports/Official_MP_RL_Report1.aspx?param=GREENUP|publisher=Kentucky Transportation Cabinet |author=Division of Planning |work=Highway Information System |title=Official Milepoint Route Log Extract|accessdate=July 2, 2013}}</ref> |established= |direction_a=South |terminus_a={{jct|state=KY|KY|3}} east of Cadmus |junction={{jct|state=KY|US|60|KY|7}} in Grayson<br>{{jct|state=KY|I|64}} in Grayson<br>{{jct|state=KY|AA|9}} in Grayson |direction_b=North |terminus_b={{jct|state=KY|US|23|KY|2541}} in Greenup |counties=Lawrence, Carter, Greenup |previous_type=KY |previous_route=9007 |next_type=KY |next_route=2 }}
'''Kentucky Route 1''' ('''KY 1''') is a {{convert|48.486|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} state highway in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It originates at a junction with KY 3, one mile (1.6 km) east of Cadmus in Lawrence County. The route continues through Grayson in Carter County to terminate at US 23 in Greenup in Greenup County. Part of the highway is co-signed with the Jenny Wiley Trail. Segments of KY 1 are built upon the old Eastern Kentucky Railroad. KY 1 follows parts of the Little Sandy River and parts of a smaller fork of the Little Sandy called the Little Fork upstream of Grayson.
Kentucky Route 1 allows access to Greenbo Lake State Resort Park and River Bend Golf Course, as well to the Oldtown Covered Bridge and the Jesse Stuart Nature Preserve. For general travel between Grayson and Greenup, Kentucky Route 67 is suggested over the much narrower and twisting Route 1.
Caney Falls, on the Little Fork of the Little Sandy, is to the south of Route 1, between Grayson and Route 3.
==Route description== The route originates at a junction with KY 3, one mile (1.6 km) east of Cadmus in Lawrence County and winds southwest for {{convert|3.640|mi}} until it meets KY 828 and turns more toward the west. At KY 201 in Webbville KY 1 turns toward the northwest, then toward the north in Carter County. In Grayson KY 1 overlaps with US 60, crosses over Interstate 64, meets the eastern terminus of KY 9 (AA Highway), and intersects with KY 7. Roughly {{convert|6.5|mi}} north of Grayson, KY 1 enters Greenup County. {{convert|17.134|mi}} north of the Carter-Greenup County line KY 1 meets its northern terminus at US 23 in Greenup just south of the Ohio River. ==Major intersections== {{jcttop|state=KY|}} {{KYint |county=Lawrence |cspan=3 |location=none |mile=0.00 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|3|city1=Ashland|city2=Louisa}} |notes=Southern terminus }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=3.640 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|828|dir1=south}} |notes=north terminus of KY 828 }} {{KYint |location=Webbville |mile=12.820 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|201|dir1=south|city1=Blaine}}<!--sign northbound points Sandy Hook straight - what's the intent here? to turn left at KY 486?--> |notes=Northern terminus of KY 201 }} {{KYint |county=Carter |cspan=12 |location=none |mile=14.163 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|486|dir1=west<!--or south?-->}} |notes=Eastern terminus of KY 486 }} {{KYint |location=Willard |lspan=2 |type=concur |mile=15.299 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1496|dir1=east<!--presumably-->}} |notes=Southern end of KY 1496 overlap }} {{KYint |type=concur |mile=15.982 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1496|dir1=west<!--presumably-->}} |notes=Northern end of KY 1496 overlap }} {{KYint |location=Hitchins |mile=21.049 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|773|name1=Kouns Road<!--is this a current street name?-->}} }} {{KYint |location=Grayson |lspan=5 |type=concur |mile=24.786 |road={{jct|state=KY|US|60|dir1=east|city1=Ashland<!--signed at the other end of the overlap-->}} |notes=south end of US 60 overlap }} {{KYint |mile= |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|3297|dir1=east<!--presumably-->|name1=Robert & Mary Avenue}} }} {{KYint |type=concur |mile=25.478 |road={{jct|state=KY|US|60|dir1=west|name1=Main Street|KY|7|dir2=south|name2=Carol Malone Boulevard|city1=Olive Hill|city2=Sandy Hook|location3=Grayson Lake State Park|location4=Carter Caves State Resort Park<!--signed at the other end of the overlap-->}} |notes=Northern end of US 60 overlap/Southern end of KY 7 overlap }} {{KYint |mile=26.375 |road={{jct|state=KY|I|64|city1=Lexington|city2=Ashland}} |notes=I-64 exit 172 }} {{KYint |mile= |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1947}} }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=26.841 |road={{jct|state=KY|AA|9|dir1=north|city1=Vanceburg|city2=Maysville}} |notes=south terminus of KY 9 }} {{KYint |type=concur |location=Pactolus |lspan=2 |mile=27.636 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|7|dir1=north}} |notes=Northern end of KY 7 overlap }} {{KYint |mile=27.768 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1910|dir1=east}} |notes=Western<!--or north?--> terminus of KY 1910 }} {{KYint |county=Greenup |cspan=8 |location=Hopewell |ctdab=Greenup |mile=31.930 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|3306|dir1=east<!--presumably-->|name1=Tunnel Branch Road<!--is this a current street name?-->}} |notes=Western terminus of KY 3306 }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=32.556 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|784|dir1=north<!--presumably-->|name1=Lost Creek Road<!--is this a current street name?-->}} |notes=south terminus of KY 784 }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=40.937 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1711|dir1=west<!--presumably-->|name1=Greenbo Road<!--is this a current street name?-->|location1=Greenbo Lake State Resort Park}} |notes=Eastern terminus of KY 1711 }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=42.180 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1459|name1=Low Gap Road<!--is this a current street name?-->}} |notes=Southern<!--or east?--> terminus of KY 1459 }} {{KYint |location=Argillite |type=concur |mile=42.740 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|207|dir1=south<!--presumably-->}} |notes=Southern end of KY 207 overlap }} {{KYint |location=none |type=concur |mile=44.002 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|207|dir1=north<!--presumably-->}} |notes=Northern end of KY 207 overlap }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=46.566 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|2433|dir1=west<!--presumably-->|city1=W Hollow}} |notes=east terminus of KY 2433 }} {{KYint |location=Greenup |mile=48.486 |road={{jct|state=KY|US|23|KY|2541|dir2=north<!--or west?-->}}<!--any cities signed?--> |notes=Northern terminus }} {{Jctbtm|keys=concur}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Further reading== *{{cite web|url= http://transportation.ky.gov/Planning/SPRS%20Maps/Carter.pdf |title=State Primary Road System in Carter County }} {{small|(1.77 MB)}} *{{cite web|url= http://transportation.ky.gov/Planning/SPRS%20Maps/Greenup.pdf |title=State Primary Road System in Greenup County }} {{small|(2.12 MB)}} *{{cite web|url= http://transportation.ky.gov/Planning/SPRS%20Maps/Lawrence.pdf |title=State Primary Road System in Lawrence County }} {{small|(1.73 MB)}}
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