Kentucky Route 58
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KY 58 highlighted in red | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by KYTC | ||||
Length | 56.845 mi[1] (91.483 km) | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | former ferry landing near Columbus | |||
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East end | ![]() | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Kentucky | |||
Counties | Hickman, Graves, Marshall | |||
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Kentucky Route 58 (KY 58) is a 56.845-mile-long (91.483 km) state highway in Kentucky that runs from a dead end near Columbus to U.S. Route 68 (US 68) near Briensburg, Kentucky via Columbus, Clinton, Mayfield, and Benton.
Route description
[edit]KY 58 begins at a ferry landing on the Mississippi River in Columbus, in Hickman County, where KY 80 used to connect with Missouri Route 80 at Belmont, Missouri. Following a short concurrency with KY 123, KY 58 begins turning southeast to Clinton After a brief concurrency with US 51, it continues eastward into Graves County where it traverses the Purchase Parkway (Future I-69), and begins a concurrency US 45 from Pryorsburg to downtown Mayfield.
KY 58 leaves US 45 by turning onto East Broadway and continues eastward to Marshall County, where it turns northeastward to Benton KY 58 joins US 641 to head towards Draffenville, but end that concurrency by turning east onto Briensburg Road about a couple of miles short of the town proper. KY 58 ends at US 68 in Briensburg.
History
[edit]Kentucky Route 58 was part of the initial Commonwealth of Kentucky highway numbering plan developed in the early 1920s as a primary east–west route through far western Kentucky. The original route began at Kentucky Route 93 in Eddyville, located in Lyon County, and immediately crossed the Cumberland River via ferry. The route exited Lyon County via a ferry over the Tennessee River into Marshall County at Birmingham, and continued west to Briensburg via US 68 from just southeast of Briensburg. where it joined its modern-day eastern terminus. The route continued via its modern-day route through Benton, Mayfield and Clinton.[2] The route exited Kentucky via a ferry over the Lower Mississippi River at Columbus into Missouri.
Major intersections
[edit]County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Hickman | | 0.000 | 0.000 | Dead end near the Mississippi River | |
Columbus | 0.445 | 0.716 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of KY 1757 | |
0.530 | 0.853 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of KY 3058 | ||
0.573 | 0.922 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of KY 80; west end of KY 123/GRR overlap | ||
0.761 | 1.225 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | East end of KY 123 overlap | ||
| 2.645 | 4.257 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of KY 1300 | |
| 4.375 | 7.041 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of KY 1772 | |
| 6.273 | 10.095 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of KY 1540 | |
| 7.892 | 12.701 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of KY 1475 | |
| 9.085 | 14.621 | ![]() ![]() | West end of KY 1826 overlap | |
| 9.105 | 14.653 | ![]() ![]() | East end of KY 1826 overlap | |
| 9.490 | 15.273 | ![]() ![]() | West end of KY 123 overlap | |
Clinton | 10.146 | 16.328 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | East end of KY 123 overlap; west end of US 51 concurrency; 51 also signed as GRR alternate route | |
10.264 | 16.518 | ![]() ![]() | East end of US 51 concurrency | ||
10.330 | 16.625 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of KY 1731 | ||
| 13.473 | 21.683 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of KY 780 | |
| 14.034 | 22.586 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of KY 2208 | |
| 15.978 | 25.714 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of KY 575 | |
| 16.460 | 26.490 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of KY 944 | |
Fulgham | 17.590 | 28.308 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
| 19.635 | 31.599 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of KY 3061 | |
Graves | | 21.045 | 33.869 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of KY 1283 |
Holifield | 22.218 | 35.756 | ![]() ![]() | West end of KY 339 overlap | |
22.245 | 35.800 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | East end of KY 339 overlap | ||
| 26.094 | 41.994 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | West end of US 45 concurrency | |
| 26.750 | 43.050 | ![]() | ||
Mayfield | 30.362 | 48.863 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of US 45 Bypass | |
32.897 | 52.943 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | East end of US 45 concurrency; eastern terminus of KY 80 business route | ||
32.961 | 53.046 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of KY 121 business route | ||
33.811 | 54.414 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
| 34.586 | 55.661 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of KY 1710 | |
| 35.523 | 57.169 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of KY 131 | |
| 36.459 | 58.675 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of KY 1821 | |
| 39.487 | 63.548 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of KY 301 | |
| 41.672 | 67.065 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of KY 564 | |
Marshall | | 43.993 | 70.800 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of KY 2603 |
| 44.404 | 71.461 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of KY 402 | |
| 45.604 | 73.393 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of KY 1522 | |
Harvey | 47.057 | 75.731 | ![]() | ||
| 49.010 | 78.874 | ![]() | ||
Benton | 50.384 | 81.085 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of KY 1311 | |
50.450 | 81.191 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
52.294 | 84.159 | ![]() ![]() | |||
52.343 | 84.238 | ![]() ![]() | West end of KY 408 overlap and US 641 North concurrency | ||
52.631 | 84.701 | ![]() ![]() | East end of KY 408 overlap | ||
52.888 | 85.115 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of KY 348; end of one-way split of 641/58 | ||
52.992 | 85.282 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of KY 2609 | ||
| 55.541 | 89.385 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | East end of US 641 concurrency | |
| 56.629 | 91.136 | ![]() | ||
| 56.845 | 91.483 | ![]() | Eastern terminus | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
[edit]- ^ Commonwealth of Kentucky. "Official DMI Route Log". Retrieved 24 June 2014.
- ^ Kentucky Department of State Highways (September 15, 1939). Road Map of Kentucky (PDF) (Map). c. 1:760,320. Frankfort: Kentucky Department of State Highways.