{{Short description|State highway in Kentucky}} {{redirect|KY 7|the former congressional district|Kentucky's 7th congressional district}} {{Use American English|date=April 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=KY |type=KY |route=7 |maint=KYTC | map={{maplink-road|from=Kentucky Route 7.map}} |map_custom=yes |map_notes=KY 7 highlighted in red |length_mi=203.073 |length_round=3 |length_ref=<ref name="ktc">{{cite web|url=http://apps.transportation.ky.gov/DMI_Reports/Official_MP_RL_params.aspx|publisher=Kentucky Transportation Cabinet |author=Division of Planning |work=Highway Information System |title=Official Milepoint Route Log Extract|access-date=April 3, 2017}}</ref> |direction_a=South |terminus_a={{jct|state=KY|KY|15}} in Jeff |junction={{Plainlist| * {{jct|state=KY|US|23}} in South Shore * {{jct|state=KY|US|460}} in West Liberty and Salyersville * {{jct|state=KY|Parkway|Mountain}} in Salyersville * {{jct|state=KY|US|60|KY|1}} in Grayson * {{jct|state=KY|I|64}} in Grayson }} |direction_b=North |terminus_b=East First Avenue in South Shore |counties=Perry, Letcher, Knott, Floyd, Magoffin, Morgan, Elliott, Carter, Greenup |previous_type=KY |previous_route=6 |next_type=KY |next_route=8 }}
'''Kentucky Route 7''' ('''KY 7''') is a {{convert|203.073|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} state highway in the U.S. state of Kentucky.
==Route description== Kentucky Route 7 begins at a junction with KY 15 at Jeff in Perry County. The route continues through the cities of Blackey in Letcher County, Wayland in Floyd County, Salyersville in Magoffin County, West Liberty in Morgan County, Sandy Hook in Elliott County, Grayson in Carter County, and South Shore in Greenup County, where the route terminates at East First Avenue a short distance north of US 23.
==History== {{more citations needed|date=June 2007}} Beginning in the early 1960s, KY 7 was relocated near Bruin when a portion of the Little Sandy River was impounded to create Grayson Lake. To facilitate a growing number of recreational enthusiasts, KY 7 was reconstructed on a new two-lane alignment from the northern edge of the Grayson Lake recreational area to Grayson between 1965 and 1975.
The route between Salyersville and Grayson was designated a part of the '''London-Ashland Highway''' in the mid-1990s. The designation extends along KY 7 and KY 30 between Interstate 64 in Grayson to Interstate 75 in London.{{citation needed|date=November 2014}} As such, much of KY 7 between the southern boundary of Grayson Lake to Sandy Hook has been upgraded or relocated to a new alignment. The new alignments feature a {{convert|60|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} design speed, full {{convert|12|ft|m|adj=on}} shoulders, and {{convert|12|ft|m|adj=on}} travel lanes.
==Major intersections== {{jcttop|length_ref=}} {{KYint |county=Perry |cspan=6 |location=Jeff |lspan=2 |mile=0.000 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|15|city1=Whitesburg|city2=Hazard}} |notes=Southern terminus }} {{KYint |mile=0.397 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY-Conn|7|dir1=north}} |notes=Road connecting KY 15 with northbound KY 7 }} {{KYint |location=Viper |mile=2.534 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1165|dir1=south|name1=Left Fork Maces Creek Road}} |notes=Northern terminus of KY 1165 }} {{KYint |location=Fusionia |mile=7.425 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|2447|dir1=east|name1=Kodak-Fusionia Road}} |notes=Western terminus of KY 2447 }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=9.999 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1165|dir1=north}} |notes=Southern terminus of KY 1165 }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=11.438 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|699|dir1=west|location1=Leatherwood Battlefield|city2=Brashearville}} |notes=Eastern terminus of KY 669 }} {{KYint |county=Letcher |cspan=9 |location=Ulvah |mile=14.705 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1103|dir1=south|location1=Lilley Cornett Woods}} |notes=Northern terminus of KY 1103 }} {{KYint |location=Blackey |lspan=2 |mile=18.850 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|3408|dir1=north}} |notes=Southern terminus of KY 3408 }} {{KYint |mile=19.467 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|588|dir1=east}} |notes=Western terminus of KY 588 }} {{KYint |location=Letcher |mile=20.649 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|2036|dir1=south}} |notes=Northern terminus of KY 2036 }} {{KYint |location=Isom |lspan=2 |mile=27.067 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|15|KY|160|dir2=north|city1=Hazard|city2=Jackson}} |notes=South end of KY 15/KY 160 overalp |type=concur }} {{KYint |mile=27.727 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|15|KY|160|dir2=south|city1=Whitesburg|city2=Jenkins}} |notes=North end of KY 15/KY 160 overlap |type=concur }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=32.254 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|931|dir1=south}} |notes=Northern terminus of KY 931 }} {{KYint |location=Colson |mile=33.101 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1410|dir1=west}} |notes=Eastern terminus of KY 1410 }} {{KYint |location=Deane |mile=38.795 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|317|dir1=south|city1=Fleming-Neon}} |notes=Northern terminus of KY 317 }} {{KYint |county=Knott |cspan=4 |location=Hall |mile=43.624 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1498|dir1=north|city1=Wheelwright}} |notes=Southern terminus of KY 1498 }} {{KYint |location=Kite |mile=46.593 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|582|dir1=west}} |notes=Eastern terminus of KY 582 }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=52.720 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1091|dir1=east|name1=Old House Branch Road}} |notes=Western terminus of KY 1091 }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=57.183 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|899|dir1=south|location1=Alice Lloyd College}} |notes=Northern terminus of KY 899 }} {{KYint |county=Floyd |cspan=7 |location=Wayland |mile=59.916 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1086|dir1=north}} |notes=Southern terminus of KY 1086 }} {{KYint |location=Lackey |mile=62.606 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|550|dir1=west}} |notes=South end of KY 550 overlap |type=concur }} {{KYint |location=Garrett |sub1dab=Floyd |lspan=3 |mile=63.197 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|777|dir1=north}} |notes=South end of KY 777 overlap |type=concur }} {{KYint |mile=63.466 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|777|dir1=south}} |notes=North end of KY 777 overlap |type=concur }} {{KYint |mile=63.654 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY-Conn|80|to2=to|KY|80|city1=Hindman|city2=Prestonsburg}} }} {{KYint |location=Hueysville |mile=65.163 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|550|dir1=east}} |notes=North end of KY 550 overlap |type=concur }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=67.983 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|2029|dir1=south}} |notes=Northern terminus of KY 2029 }} {{KYint |county=Magoffin |cspan=17 |location=none |mile=72.537 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|3336|dir1=south}} |notes=Northern terminus of KY 3336 }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=78.231 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|404|dir1=east|name1=Howard Branch Road}} |notes=Western terminus of KY 404 }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=79.314 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|542|dir1=west}} |notes=Eastern terminus of KY 542 }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=83.327 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1734|dir1=east|name1=Salt Lick Road}} |notes=Western terminus of KY 1734 }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=85.402 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1766|dir1=north|name1=Puncheon Creek Road}} |notes=Southern terminus of KY 1766 }} {{KYint |location=Swampton |mile=86.310 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1471|dir1=south|name1=Half Mountain Road}} |notes=Northern terminus of KY 1471 }} {{KYint |location=Royalton |mile=88.331 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|867|dir1=east}} |notes=South end of KY 867 overlap |type=concur }} {{KYint |location=Sublett |mile=89.063 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|867|dir1=west}} |notes=North end of KY 867 overlap |type=concur }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=93.730 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1090|dir1=south|name1=Lakeville Road}} |notes=Northern terminus of KY 1090 }} {{KYint |location=Salyersville |lspan=3 |mile=93.943 |mile2=94.038 |road={{jct|state=KY|Parkway|Mountain|city1=Campton|city2=Prestonsburg|city3=Lexington}} |notes=Interchange; Mountain Parkway exit 75 }} {{KYint |mile=95.110 |road={{jct|state=KY|US|460|to2=to|KY|114|dir1=east|name1=Parkway Drive|city1=Burning Fork|city2=Staffordsville|city3=Paintsville}} |notes=South end of US 460 concurrency |type=concur }} {{KYint |mile=95.413 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|40|dir1=east|name1=Maple Street|city1=Falcon}} |notes=Western terminus of KY 40 }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=96.716 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|30|city1=Jackson|dir1=west}} |notes=Eastern terminus of KY 30 }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=97.631 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|2019|dir1=north|name1=Elk Creek Road}} |notes=Southern terminus of KY 2019 }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=102.036 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|134|dir1=west|city1=Adale}} |notes=Eastern terminus of KY 134 }} {{KYint |location=Edna |mile=102.872 |road={{Jct|state=KY|KY|1081|dir1=west}} |notes=South end of KY 1081 overlap |type=concur }} {{KYint |location=Wonnie |mile=104.666 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1081|dir1=east}} |notes=North end of KY 1081 overlap |type=concur }} {{KYint |county=Morgan |cspan=11 |location=none |mile=107.728 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1081|dir1=east}} |notes=Western terminus of KY 1081 }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=108.939 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1000|dir1=south|city1=Caney}} |notes=Northern terminus of KY 1000 }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=111.580 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|364|dir1=south}} |notes=Northern terminus of KY 364 }} {{KYint |location=West Liberty |lspan=5 |mile=118.562 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|172|dir1=east|city1=Crocker|city2=Patoker Branch|location3=Fairgrounds}} |notes=Western terminus of KY 172 }} <!-- 2499 is only signed at 460/7; 2494 and 2495 aren't signed at all --> {{KYint |mile=118.682 |road={{jctname|state=KY|KY|2499|dir1=south|name1=Dogwood Lane|location1=West Liberty Airport}} }} {{KYint |mile=118.951 |road={{jctname|state=KY|KY|2494|dir1=west|name1=Glenn Avenue}} }} {{KYint |mile=119.481 |road={{jctname|state=KY|KY|2495|dir1=south|name1=Broadway Street}} }} {{KYint |mile=119.543 |road={{jct|state=KY|US|460|dir1=west|name1=Main Street|city1=Frenchburg}} |notes=North end of US 460 concurrency |type=concur }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=121.033 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|519|dir1=north|city1=Morehead}} |notes=Southern terminus of KY 519 }} {{KYint |location=Pomp |mile=122.066 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1161|dir1=east}} |notes=Western terminus of KY 1161 }} {{KYint |location=Wrigley |mile=126.253 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|711}} }} {{KYint |county=Elliott |cspan=16 |location=none |mile=131.612 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|173|dir1=north|city1=Morehead}} |notes=Southern terminus of KY 173 }} {{KYint |location=Little Sandy |mile=132.609 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|702|dir1=south}} |notes=Northern terminus of KY 702 }} {{KYint |location=Faye |lspan=2 |mile=133.715 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|650|dir1=north|name1=Doctors Branch Road}} |notes=South end of KY 650 overlap |type=concur }} {{KYint |mile=134.174 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|650|dir1=south|name1=Welles Creek Road}} |notes=North end of KY 650 overlap |type=concur }} {{KYint |location=Sandy Hook |lspan=5 |mile=136.530 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|556|dir1=west|name1=North Ruin Road}} |notes=Eastern terminus of KY 556 }} {{KYint |mile=136.660 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|32|dir1=east|name1=Brown Ridge Road|city1=Louisa}} |notes=South end of KY 32 overlap |type=concur }} <!-- Not signed --> {{KYint |mile=136.901 |road={{jctname|state=KY|KY|2526|dir1=north|name1=Kentucky Avenue}} }} {{KYint |mile=136.982 |road={{jctname|state=KY|KY|2526|dir1=south|name1=Kentucky Avenue}} }} {{KYint |mile=138.210 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|557|dir1=west|name1=Fannin Road}} |notes=Eastern terminus of KY 557 }} {{KYint |location=Newfoundland |mile=140.396 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|32|dir1=west|name1=Brown Ridge Road|city1=Morehead}} |notes=North end of KY 32 overlap |type=concur }} {{KYint |location=Green |mile=141.923 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|504|dir1=west|road|Prison Road|location1=Little Sandy Correctional Complex}} |notes=Eastern terminus of KY 504; prison directly to the east }} {{jctbridge |state=KY |location=none |mile=142.308 |mile2=142.466 |bridge=Bridge over the Little Sandy River }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=142.519 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|706|dir1=south}} |notes=Northern terminus of KY 706 }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=142.900 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|885|dir1=north|name1=Bear Flats Road}} |notes=Southern terminus of KY 885 }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=145.789 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|409|dir1=south|name1=Bruin Road}} |notes=Northern terminus of KY 409 }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=147.519 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|3353|dir1=south|name1=Horton Flats Road}} |notes=Northern terminus of KY 3353 }} {{jctplace |state=KY |county=Carter |cspan=20 |location=none |mile=148.509 |place=Grayson Lake State Park }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=149.391 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|986|dir1=west}} |notes=Eastern terminus of KY 986 }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=150.949 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|3295|dir1=west|name1=Rattlesnake Ridge Road}} |notes=Eastern terminus of KY 3295 }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=152.756 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1496|dir1=east|location1=Grayson Lake Wildlife Management Area}} |notes=Western terminus of KY 1496 }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=153.880 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1444|dir1=north|name1=Mayhew Flats Road}} |notes=Southern terminus of KY 1444 }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=153.995 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1661|dir1=north}} |notes=Southern terminus of KY 1661 }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=157.124 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1661|dir1=south}} |notes=Northern terminus of KY 1661 }} {{KYint |location=Grayson |lspan=5 |mile=157.656 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|773|dir1=east}} |notes=Western terminus of KY 773 }} {{KYint |mile=158.832 |road={{jct|state=KY|US|60|KY|1|dir2=south|city1=Olive Hill|city2=Hitchins|city3=Ashland}} |notes=South end of KY 1 concurrency; US 60 both ways, KY 1 to the east |type=concur }} {{KYint |mile=159.345 |road=Academic Parkway – Kentucky Christian University }} {{KYint |mile=160.358 |mile2=160.526 |road={{jct|state=KY|I|64|city1=Ashland|city2=Lexington}} |notes=Interchange; I-64 exit 172 }} {{KYint |mile=160.624 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1947|dir1=west}} |notes=Eastern terminus of KY 1947 }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=160.887 |road={{jct|state=KY|AA|9|dir1=north|city1=Vanceburg|city2=Maysville}} |notes=Southern terminus of the AA Highway/KY 9 }} {{KYint |location=Pactolus |mile=161.682 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1|dir1=north}} |notes=North end of KY 1 concurrency }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=162.127 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1959|dir1=south}} |notes=Northern terminus of KY 1959 }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=166.605 |road={{jct|state=KY|AA|9|dir1=south|city1=Grayson}} |notes=South end of KY 9/AA Highway concurrency |type=concur }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=167.617 |road={{jct|state=KY|AA|9|dir1=north|city1=Vanceburg|city2=Maysville}} |notes=North end of KY 9/AA Highway concurrency |type=concur }} {{KYint |location=Gesling |mile=172.252 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|2|dir1=west|city1=Carter}} |notes=South end of KY 2 concurrency |type=concur }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=175.503 |road={{jct|state=KY|AA|9|city1=Grayson|city2=Vanceburg|city3=Maysville}} }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=175.932 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1773|dir1=west}} |notes=Eastern terminus of KY 1773 }} {{KYint |county=Greenup |cspan=10 |location=Kehoe |mile=176.973 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|784|name1=Lost Creek Road/Three Prong Road}} }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=182.988 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|2|dir1=east|city1=Greenup}} |notes=North end of KY 2 concurrency |type=concur }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=188.551 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|2070|dir1=west|name1=Big White Oak Road}} |notes=Eastern terminus of KY 2070 }} {{KYint |location=Lynn |mile=190.257 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|827|dir1=east|name1=Coal Branch Road|city1=Greenup}} |notes=Western terminus of KY 827 }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=193.649 |road={{jct|state=KY|AA|10|city1=Maysville|city2=Vanceburg|city3=Greenup}} }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=198.628 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|3308|dir1=west}} |notes=Eastern terminus of KY 3308 }} {{KYint |location=Sunshine |sub1dab=Greenup |mile=201.830 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|784|dir1=south|name1=White Oak Road}} |notes=Northern terminus of KY 784 }} {{KYint |location=South Shore |lspan=3 |mile=202.730 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|2540|dir1=west|name1=SM Roberson Drive}} |notes=Eastern terminus of KY 2540 }} {{KYint |mile=203.040 |road={{jct|state=KY|US|23|location1=Portsmouth, Ohio|city2=Lloyd|city3=Greenup}} }} {{KYint |mile=203.073 <!-- This is the northern terminus, not East 1st Avenue --> |road=5th Avenue / South Shore Drive |notes=Northern terminus of KY 7; road continues north as Main Street for approximately 0.3 miles before ending }} {{jctbtm|keys=concur}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.kentuckyroads.com/ky_7/ KY 7 at Kentucky Roads]
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