{{short description|Highway in Kentucky}} {{Redirect|KY 9|the former congressional district|Kentucky's 9th congressional district}} {{See also|AA Highway}} {{Use American English|date=April 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road | state = KY | type = KY | route = 9 | alternate_name = | maint = KYTC | map = {{maplink-road|from=Kentucky Route 9.map}} | map_custom = yes | map_notes = KY 9 highlighted in red | length_mi = 116.285 | 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=July 2, 2013}}</ref> | direction_a = South | terminus_a = {{jct|state=KY|KY|1|KY|7}} in Grayson | junction = * {{jct|state=KY|AA|10}} near Vanceburg *{{jct|state=KY|KY|10}} near Tollesboro *{{jct|state=KY|US|62|KY|10}} in Maysville *{{jct|state=KY|US|68}} in Maysville *{{jct|state=KY|KY|10}} near Germantown *{{jct|state=KY|US|27}} in Cold Spring {{jct|state=KY|I|275}} in Wilder | direction_b = North | terminus_b = {{jct|state=KY|KY|8}} in Newport | counties = Carter, Lewis, Mason, Bracken, Pendleton, Campbell | previous_type = KY | previous_route = 8 | next_type = KY | next_route = 10 | name = | allocation = 24px|frameless AA Highway from {{jct|state=KY|KY|1|KY|7| noshield=yes}} to {{jct|state=KY|I|275| noshield=yes}} }}
'''Kentucky Route 9''' is a {{convert|116.285|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} state highway maintained by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The highway extends from Grayson to Newport (a city in Kentucky across the Ohio River from Cincinnati, Ohio), roughly paralleling the Ohio River between Vanceburg and Newport.
Most of its route, from Grayson to the Interstate 275 (I-275) loop in Wilder, is part of the AA Highway, except for its northern {{convert|5.3|mi|km}} which continues from the terminus of the AA Highway at I-275 into Newport. Kentucky Route 10 parallels KY 9 along most its route and has two concurrencies with it, one in Mason County and one in Lewis County. At Vanceburg, KY 9 turns south towards Grayson and Interstate 64, and the AA Highway splits into two spurs, one following KY 9 to its southern terminus and one following KY 10 to US Route 23 (US 23) in Greenup.
While KY 9 is not an expressway, it nonetheless serves as the shortest highway link between Cincinnati and Ashland, Kentucky. Most of the route is a rural two-lane highway. The only municipalities on the highway are Vanceburg and Maysville and suburban areas of Cincinnati at its western terminus.<ref name="KY9_IMPROV">{{cite web |publisher = Kentucky Transportation Cabinet |title = Possible KY 9 Improvements |author = Division of Planning |year = 2004 |url = http://transportation.ky.gov/planning/projects/projects/dist6/ky9_mult/ky9_mult.shtm |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040804082626/http://transportation.ky.gov/planning/projects/projects/dist6/ky9_mult/ky9_mult.shtm |archive-date = August 4, 2004 }}</ref>
== Route description == [[File:KYSR9SR10US68US62Maysville.jpg|thumb|A view of KY9/10 entering Maysville at the intersection of KY 9/KY 10 with US 68 and U.S. 62]] thumb|Aerial view of KY 9 in mountainous terrain near its eastern end KY 9 follows a general northwest–southeast orientation. It begins at a traffic circle intersection with KY 8 in Newport in Campbell County. It is briefly named Chestnut Way, and then Licking Pike as it parallels the Licking River. At the I-275 interchange, it becomes part of the AA Highway and then passes the outskirts of its namesake Alexandria. Within Campbell County, the road is a four-lane arterial highway.
The next segment passes through a remote, hilly region where the road is generally two lanes, with a passing lane present at uphill grades.
A few miles west of Maysville, the route runs concurrently with KY 10 begins, and the road becomes an arterial highway again. The concurrency ends within Maysville, and upon passing out of the city, the road becomes a two-lane rural highway through an agricultural region.
KY 9 then crosses the Allegheny Escarpment into the Appalachian Mountains at the same time that another concurrency with KY 10 begins. The remainder of KY 9 passes through mountainous terrain and is generally two lanes with periodic passing lanes. After passing through Vanceburg, KY 9 turns south and KY 10 continues east; both routes are signed as part of the AA Highway. KY 9 ends at KY 1/KY 7 just north of Grayson and a block from the I-64 interchange. {{Clear}}
==Major intersections== {{jcttop|state=KY}} {{KYint |county=Carter |cspan=6 |location=none |type=trans |mile=0.000 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1|KY|7|to3=to|I|64|city1=Grayson|location2=Greenbo Lake State Resort Park|location3=Grayson Lake State Park}}<!--anything else signed?--> |notes=Southern terminus of KY 9 and AA Highway spur }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=1.078 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1959}} }} {{KYint |location=none |type=concur |mile=5.486 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|7|dir1=south}} |notes=Southern end of KY 7 concurrency }} {{KYint |location=none |type=concur |mile=6.498 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|7|dir1=north|city1=Carter City}}<!--why do some signs show the concurrency continuing?--> |notes=Northern end of KY 7 concurrency }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=11.324 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|2|KY|7|city1=Carter City}} |notes= }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=12.821 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1773|dir1=east<!--or south?-->}} |notes=Northern terminus of KY 1773 }} {{KYint |county=Lewis |cspan=10 |location=none |type=concur |mile=22.690 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1149|dir1=south}} |notes=Southern end of KY 1149 concurrency }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=22.899 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1306|dir1=north<!--or east?-->}} |notes=Western terminus of KY 1306 }} {{KYint |location=none |type=trans |mile=26.310 |road={{jct|state=KY|AA|10|dir1=east|city1=South Shore|city2=Greenup|city3=Ashland}} |notes=Southern terminus of AA Hwy mainline; AA Hwy (KY 9) continues as southern spur and AA Hwy (KY 10) as eastern spur }} {{KYint |location=none |type=concur |mile=27.265 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1149|dir1=north}} |notes=Northern end of KY 1149 concurrency }} {{KYint |location=Vanceburg |mile=29.467 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|59|city1=Olive Hill|city2=Vanceburg}} }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=31.011 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|2523|dir1=north}} |notes=Southern terminus of KY 2523 }} {{KYint |location=Clarksburg |mile=32.827 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|3037|dir1=north}}<!--what does the green sign say?--> |notes=Southern terminus of KY 3037 }} {{KYint |location=Charters |mile=36.815 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|989|dir1=south<!--or west?-->}} |notes=Northern terminus of KY 989 }} {{KYint |location=Ribolt |type=concur |mile=42.518 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|10|dir1=west}} |notes=Northern end of KY 10 concurrency }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=46.642 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|57|city1=Flemingsburg|city2=Tollesboro}} |notes= }} {{KYint |county=Mason |cspan=14 |location=none |type=concur |mile=49.685 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1234|dir1=east}} |notes=Southern end of KY 1234 concurrency }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=50.078 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1237}}<!--what's on the green sign? Rectorville?--> |notes= }} {{KYint |location=none |type=concur |mile=50.222 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1234|dir1=west}} |notes=Northern end of KY 1234 concurrency }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=50.979 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|3161|dir1=north}} |notes=Southern terminus of KY 3161 }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=53.261 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1449|city1=Orangeburg<!--I think this is what the sign says-->}} |notes= }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=55.955 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|3313}} |notes= }} {{KYint |type=concur |location=none |mile=56.832 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1448|dir1=east}} |notes=Southern end of KY 1448 concurrency }} {{KYint |type=concur |location=Maysville |lspan=4 |mile=57.040 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|11|KY|1448|dir2=west|city1=Flemingsburg|city2=Maysville}} |notes=Northern end of KY 1448 concurrency }} {{KYint |mile=58.451 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1448}} |notes= }} {{KYint |type=concur |mile=59.736 |road={{jct|state=KY|US|62|KY|10|dir2=east|city1=Lexington<!--still signed with the US 68 realignment?-->|city2=Maysville}} |notes=Southern end of KY 10 concurrency }} {{KYint |mile=61.875 |road={{jct|state=KY|US|68|city1=Lexington|location2=Aberdeen, OH|location3=Ripley, OH}}<!--how is this signed post-construction?--> |notes=Interchange }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=65.378 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|3056|dir1=east}} |notes=Western terminus of KY 3056 }} {{KYint |location=none |type=concur |mile=65.606 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|10|dir1=west|city1=Germantown}}<!--anything else signed?--> |notes=Northern end of KY 10 concurrency }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=66.545 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|435|city1=Minerva<!--I think that's what the sign says - anything else?-->}} |notes= }} {{KYint |county=Bracken |cspan=7 |location=none |mile=72.799 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|2370|name1=Dutch Ridge Road}} |notes= }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=74.567 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|19|city1=Brooksville|city2=Augusta|city3=Mount Olivet<!--I think this is signed-->|location4=Augusta Historic District}}<!--anything else signed?--> |notes= }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=76.772 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|875|city1=Chatham|city2=Gertrude}} |notes= }} {{KYint |location=Woolcott |mile=79.280 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1159|city1=Brooksville|city2=Mount Olivet}} |notes= }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=82.606 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1109|city1=Bradford|city2=Johnsville}}<!--what else is signed? to KY 10?--> |notes= }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=85.877 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1019|city1=Lenoxburg|location2=Foster}} |notes= }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=87.830 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|2228|dir1=east<!--or north?-->|to2=to|KY|8|location1=Foster}} |notes=Western terminus of KY 2228 }} {{KYint |county=Pendleton |cspan=2 |location=none |mile=89.174 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|159|dir1=south|location1=Kincaid Lake State Park}}<!--anything else signed?--> |notes=Northern terminus of KY 159 }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=91.711 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|154|to2=to|KY|8|city1=Peach Grove}}<!--anything else signed?--> |notes= }} {{KYint |county=Campbell |cspan=15 |location=none |mile=93.717 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|2828|dir1=east|name1=Ivor Road|city1=Carntown}} |notes=Western terminus of KY 2828 }} {{KYint |location=Flagg Spring |mile=94.941 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|735|to2=to|KY|10|city1=Mentor}} |notes= }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=99.316 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1996|name1=Carthage Road}} |notes= }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=101.238 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1997|to2=to|KY|10|KY|547}} |notes= }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=103.405 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|547|city1=Alexandria|city2=Silver Grove}} |notes=Interchange }} {{KYint |location=none |mile=105.348 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|709|dir1=west|name1=East Alexandria Pike}} |notes= }} {{KYint |location=Cold Spring |lspan=2 |mile=107.148 |road={{jct|state=KY|US|27|ity1=Alexandria|city2=Cold Spring}} |notes=Interchange (exit 14) }} {{KYint |mile=109.337 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|915|dir1=south|name1=Licking Pike|to2=to|KY|10}} |notes=Northern terminus of KY 915 }} {{KYint |location=Wilder |lspan=4 |mile=109.755 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1998|dir1=east}} |notes=Western terminus of KY 1998 }} {{KYint |mile=111.037 |type=trans |road={{jct|state=KY|I|275|dir1=east|to2=to|I|471}}<br> {{jct|state=KY|I|275|dir1=west|to2=to|I|71|extra=airport|location1=Airport}} |notes=I-275 exit 77; northern terminus of AA Hwy }} {{KYint |mile=113.196 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|2345|dir1=east|name1=Johns Hill Road}} |notes=Northern terminus of KY 2345 }} {{KYint |mile=113.400 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1632|dir1=east|name1=Moock Road}} |notes=Western terminus of KY 1632 }} {{KYint |location=Newport |lspan=3 |mile=115.666 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1120|name1=West Eleventh Street}} |notes= }} {{KYint |mile=116.231 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|8|dir1=east|name1=5th Street}} |notes= }} {{KYint |mile=116.285 |road={{jct|state=KY|KY|8|dir1=west|name1=4th Street}} |notes=Northern terminus }} {{jctbtm|keys=concur,trans}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Attached KML|display=title,inline}} *[http://www.kentuckyroads.com/ky_9/ KentuckyRoads.com KY 9]
{{Named Roads in Kentucky}}
0009 Category:Transportation in Carter County, Kentucky Category:Transportation in Lewis County, Kentucky Category:Transportation in Mason County, Kentucky Category:Transportation in Bracken County, Kentucky Category:Transportation in Pendleton County, Kentucky Category:Transportation in Campbell County, Kentucky