Kentucky Route 8
 Kentucky Route 8 | ||||
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| Maintained by KYTC | ||||
| Length | 119.972 mi[1] (193.076 km) Western segment: 1.220 miles (1.963 km) Middle segment: 78.819 miles (126.847 km) Eastern segment: 39.933 miles (64.266 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
 I-275 near IdlewildTerrell Road north of Hebron   I-71/I-75 in Covington   US 25/42/127 in Covington US 27 in Newport I-471 in Newport  US 62/US 68 near Maysville US 62 BUS/US 68 BUS in MaysvilleConcord-Trinity Road west of Concord | ||||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Kentucky | |||
| Counties | Boone, Kenton, Campbell, Pendleton, Bracken, Mason, Lewis, Greenup | |||
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Kentucky Route 8 is a 119.972 mile (193.076 km) long east-west state highway divided into three distinct segments across northern Kentucky. The western terminus of the route is at Kentucky Route 20 near Idlewild. The eastern terminus is at U.S. Route 23 west of South Shore. The three distinct segments of this route were not meant to be connected together.
KY 8 is named the Mary Ingles Highway for part of its length. It is rumored that she was the first white woman in Kentucky. Captured by Indians in Virginia on July 1755 and taken to Ohio, she later she escaped a salt-making party at Big Bone Lick and made her way across the Kentucky wilderness back to Virginia.
Route description
Western segment
The western segment of KY 8 spans 1.220 miles (1.963 km) from KY 20 near Idlewild north to Interstate 275 exit 11.[2] The route terminates at the northern edge of the interchange.[1]
Middle segment
The middle segment of KY 8, the longest of the three, extends 78.819 miles (126.847 km) between rural Boone County and Maysville. KY 8 begins 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of Kentucky Route 237 and three miles (5 km) north of I-275 along the rural Terrell Road northwest of Hebron.[1] The route runs parallel to the Ohio River as it heads eastward, passing through Covington, Newport, and Augusta before ending at an intersection with U.S. Route 62/68 Business in Maysville.[3]
Eastern segment
The final, easternmost segment of KY 8 extends for 39.933 miles (64.266 km) from Concord-Trinity Road west of Concord[1][4] to U.S. Route 23 in South Portsmouth west of South Shore.[5] The western terminus of this portion is a very narrow two-lane road that becomes gravel.
From Kentucky Route 3037 in Vanceburg to its eastern terminus at US 23, KY 8 was formerly designated Kentucky Route 10, with KY 8 ending at KY 3037 (then KY 10). The road became part of KY 8 in the late-1990s after KY 10 was rerouted onto the AA Highway to the south.
References
- ^ a b c d "Kentucky Transportation Cabinet - Division of Planning - Highway Information System Official Milepoint Route Log Extract". Retrieved 2007-06-13.
- ^ "Newport, KY" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved June 8, 2009.
- ^ "Maysville, KY" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved June 8, 2009.
- ^ "Concord, KY" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved June 8, 2009.
- ^ "South Shore, KY" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved June 8, 2009.