{{short description|State highway in Kentucky, United States}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=KY |type=KY |route=43 |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 43}}}} |map_custom=yes |map_notes=KY 43 highlighted in red |maint=KYTC |length_mi=12.535 |length_ref=<ref name="ktc">{{cite web|url=http://apps.transportation.ky.gov/DMI_Reports/Official_MP_RL_params.aspx|title=Kentucky Transportation Cabinet - Division of Planning - Highway Information System Official Milepoint Route Log Extract|accessdate=2007-06-13}}</ref> |direction_a=South |terminus_a={{Jct|state=KY|KY-Bus|55|dab1=Shelbyville|KY|2268}} near Shelbyville |junction={{Jct|state=KY|KY|12}} near Shelbyville |direction_b=North |terminus_b={{Jct|state=KY|US|421}} near Pleasureville |counties=Shelby |previous_type=US |previous_route=42 |next_type=KY |next_route=44 }} '''Kentucky Route 43''' ('''KY 43''') is a state highway in Kentucky that runs from BUS KY 55 and Boone Station Road northeast of Shelbyville to U.S. Route 421 (US 421) southeast of Pleasureville.
==Route description== KY 43 begins at an intersection with KY 55 Bus./KY 2268 in Shelbyville, Shelby County, heading to the east on two-lane undivided Cropper Road. The road passes through a mix of farmland and woodland with some homes, running to the north of a R.J. Corman Railroad line. The route curves northeast and intersects the western terminus of KY 1005. KY 43 passes through more rural areas while paralleling the railroad tracks, turning north and east before coming to the western terminus of KY 12. Here, the route turns north to remain on Cropper Road, passing through more agricultural areas with some woods. The road turns east before a curve back to the north as it continues through more rural areas. KY 43 intersects the southern terminus of KY 241 and turns east to pass a few homes in the community of Cropper. The route continues through more farmland with some trees and comes to a junction with the northern terminus of KY 395. KY 43 continues north-northwest through more rural areas before it ends at an intersection with US 421.<ref name="ktc"/><ref name="google">{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Kentucky+55+Business%2FEminence+Pike&daddr=Cropper+Rd&hl=en&sll=38.335328,-85.078554&sspn=0.018077,0.042272&geocode=FbFRRwIdE-rr-g%3BFfv-SAIdQsDt-g&t=h&mra=ls&z=12|title=overview of Kentucky Route 43|accessdate=February 7, 2013}}</ref>
==Major intersections== {{Jcttop|state=KY|county=Shelby|length_ref=<ref name="ktc"/>}} {{KYint |location=Shelbyville |mile=0.000 |road={{Jct|state=KY|KY-Bus|55|dab1=Shelbyville|name1=Eminence Pike|KY|2268|dir2=south|name2=Boone Station Road}} }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=1.661 |road={{Jct|state=KY|KY|1005|dir1=east|name1=Vigo Road}} }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=4.431 |road={{Jct|state=KY|KY|12|dir1=east|name1=Bagdad Road}} }} {{KYint |location=Cropper |mile=8.520 |road={{Jct|state=KY|KY|241|dir1=north|name1=Pleasureville Road}} }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=11.241 |road={{Jct|state=KY|KY|395|dir1=south|name1=Radcliff-Shipman Road}} }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=12.535 |road={{Jct|state=KY|US|421|name1=New Castle Highway}} }} {{Jctbtm}}
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0043 Category:Transportation in Shelby County, Kentucky