Kentucky Route 15
Kentucky Route 15 begins at a junction of US 119/Corridor F & Business KY 15 in Whitesburg, and terminates in Winchester at US 60. It is a major route, connecting the coalfields of the Cumberland Plateau with Lexington and other cities in the Bluegrass region. The segment from Whitesburg to KY 15 at Campton, which in turn connects to the Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway near the town, is also the primary part of Corridor I of the Appalachian Development Highway System.
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by KYTC | ||||
| Length | 131.418 mi[1] (211.497 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  US 119 in Whitesburg | |||
  Hal Rogers Parkway / KY 80 in Hazard Mountain Parkway in Campton Mountain Parkway / KY 82 in Clay City | ||||
| North end |  US 60 in Winchester | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties | Letcher, Knott, Perry, Breathitt, Wolfe, Powell, Clark | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Future
Currently, KY 15 is being relocated onto a new four-lane divided alignment in phases. Construction on section 17 of the relocation project is from KY 205 at Vancleve to Fivemile; construction began on January 6, 2005 at a cost of $36.4 million and is 100% complete.[2] Work is finished on section 16 from Fivemile to Wolverine;. There are additional plans to reconstruct the segment from Jackson south to Hazard on new alignment beginning in 2008.
The current construction is progressing from Vancleve to Jackson. Local reports suggest that the roadway will be opening for traffic flow by the summer of 2013. Construction of the section between Jackson and Haddix, KY has not started. The current budget crisis and lowered revenues for state and federal construction projects may delay groundbreaking on that section for years. (Updated June 2013)
Currently (Jan. 2021), construction is nearing completion north of Hazard. This section was expanded to four lanes from the Hazard bypass to Speedway Road. This project was designed to replace one of the heaviest used sections of two way, two lane traffic in Kentucky. The upgrade involved replacing several bridges and making large cuts to accommodate the widened roadway. An access road was added to allow traffic to enter and exit at Bonnyman near the post office. No projected date of construction has been made public for the section of roadway from Jackson to the current expansion.
Working on a cut near Vancleve.
Looking north across Frozen Creek and KY 1812.
Looking south on KY 15 near the northern end of construction on section 17 at KY 205.
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Letcher | Whitesburg | 0.000 | 0.000 |   KY 15X (Jenkins Road) / US 119 to US 23 – Jenkins, Cumberland | Southern terminus of business route |
| 1.389 | 2.235 |    KY 15 Conn. east to KY 15X – Letcher County Veterans Memorial Museum | Western terminus of connector road | ||
| 2.284 | 3.676 |  KY 15X south / KY 931 north (Hazard Road) – Whitesburg, Colson | Northern terminus of business route; south end of KY 931 overlap | ||
| | 2.736 | 4.403 | KY 931 south (Whitco Road) – Gordon | North end of KY 931 overlap | |
| | 3.918 | 6.305 |  KY 3401 south (Uz-Dry Fork Road) | Northern terminus of KY 3401 | |
| | 4.794 | 7.715 |  KY 3402 north | Southern terminus of KY 3402 | |
| Van | 6.225 | 10.018 |   KY 1811 north (Smoot Creek Road) / KY 160 south (Hickory Road) – Roxana, Gordon | Southern terminus of KY 1811; south end of KY 160 overlap | |
| | 8.911 | 14.341 |  KY 1148 east – Colson | Western terminus of KY 1148 | |
| Isom | 9.216 | 14.832 |  KY 7 north – Deane, Mountain Motor Speedway | South end of KY 7 concurrency | |
| | 9.876 | 15.894 | KY 7 south – Letcher, Blackey, Leatherwood Battlefield, Brashearville | North end of KY 7 concurrency | |
| Knott | | 15.262 | 24.562 | KY 160 north – Hindman, Alice Lloyd College | North end of KY 160 overlap |
| | 16.945 | 27.270 |  KY 1231 north (Big Branch Road) | Southern terminus of KY 1231 | |
| | 17.375 | 27.962 | Carr Creek State Park | ||
| | 20.435 | 32.887 |  KY 1088 west (Main Street) – Sassafras | Eastern terminus of KY 1088 | |
| Perry | Vicco | 21.253 | 34.203 |  KY 1095 south (Main Street) | Northern terminus of KY 1095 |
| | 26.846 | 43.204 | KY 7 south (Ken Mount Road) – Jeff, Viper, Leatherwood, Leatherwood Battlefield, Brashearville | Northern terminus of KY 7 | |
| Glomawr | 29.581 | 47.606 |  KY 451 north (Christopher Road) | Southern terminus of KY 451 | |
| | 29.970 | 48.232 |  KY 1096 (Fourseam Buffalo Road) | ||
| Hazard | 31.795 | 51.169 |  KY 15 Bus. north (Main Street) | Southern terminus of Hazard business route | |
| 32.515 | 52.328 |  KY 451 Conn. south to KY 451 | Northern terminus of connector road | ||
| 33.933 | 54.610 | KY 15 Bus. south | Northern terminus of Hazard business route | ||
| 34.351 | 55.283 |  KY 80 west / KY 550 east | Interchange; western terminus of KY 550; south end of KY 80 overlap | ||
| 35.861 | 57.713 | KY 80 east – Prestonsburg, Pikeville | Interchange; north end of KY 80 overlap; ramp from EB Hal Rogers Parkway to KY 15 south of intersection | ||
| 36.023 | 57.973 | Hal Rogers Parkway west – London | Interchange; eastern terminus of Hal Rogers Parkway; parkway exit 59; ramp from WB KY 80 to KY 15 just east of here | ||
| Bonnyman | 36.608 | 58.915 |  KY 267 (Harveyton Road/Typo Road) – Harveyton, Typo | ||
| | 40.518 | 65.207 |  KY 1067 north (Fifteenmile Branch Road) | Southern terminus of KY 1067 | |
| | 41.399 | 66.625 |  KY 28 west – Buckhorn, Booneville, Buckhorn Lake State Resort Park | Eastern terminus of KY 28 | |
| Breathitt | Ned | 46.372 | 74.628 |  KY 2446 south | Northern terminus of KY 2446 |
| | 49.890 | 80.290 |  KY 1278 south – Watts | Northern terminus of KY 1278 | |
| Lost Creek | 53.582 | 86.232 |  KY 476 south – Riverside, Clayhole | Northern terminus of KY 476 | |
| Haddix | 55.019 | 88.544 |  KY 1110 south | Northern terminus of KY 1110 | |
| Jackson | 60.487 | 97.344 |   KY 1098 west / KY 1812 north (Quicksand Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 1098; southern terminus of KY 1812 | |
| 60.741 | 97.753 |  KY 30 east – Sugar Creek Golf Course, Julian Carroll Airport | South end of KY 30 overlap | ||
| 62.593 | 100.734 |  KY 1812 north / KY 3068 west (Main Street) | South end of KY 1812 overlap; eastern terminus of KY 3068 | ||
| 62.813 | 101.088 |  Jetts Drive (KY 3232 east) | |||
| 63.289 | 101.854 | KY 1812 south (Washington Avenue) | North end of KY 1812 overlap | ||
| 63.740 | 102.580 |  KY 30 west (Park Road) to KY 52 – Booneville | North end of KY 30 overlap | ||
| | 65.699 | 105.732 |  KY 205 south | South end of KY 205 overlap | |
| | 66.802 | 107.507 | KY 205 north | North end of KY 205 overlap | |
| | 68.164 | 109.699 | KY 1812 south | South end of KY 1812 overlap | |
| Vancleve | 69.164 | 111.309 | KY 205 / KY 1812 north to Mountain Parkway east | Interchange; 205 both ways, 1812 to the north; north end of KY 1812 overlap | |
| Wolfe | Bethany | 73.200 | 117.804 |  KY 1261 south | South end of KY 1261 overlap |
| 73.239 | 117.867 | KY 1261 north | North end of KY 1261 overlap | ||
| | 77.059 | 124.014 |  KY 2028 south (Flat Mary Road) – Flat, Mary | Northern terminus of KY 2028 | |
| | 80.199 | 129.068 |  KY 2491 Conn. north to KY 2491 | Southern terminus of connector road | |
| | 80.377 | 129.354 |  KY 3355 (Elkins Road) to KY 2491 | ||
| Campton | 81.022 | 130.392 |   KY 15 Spur north (Mountain Parkway Spur) to Mountain Parkway / KY 191 east (Drake Street) – Winchester, Stanton, Campton, Hazel Green | Southern terminus of KY 15 Spur; western terminus of KY 191 | |
| | 82.239 | 132.351 |  KY 651 south (Bear Pen Road) | Northern terminus of KY 651 | |
| | 84.897 | 136.628 |  KY 1653 east to Mountain Parkway – Campton | Western terminus of KY 1653 | |
| | 85.129– 85.422 | 137.002– 137.473 | Mountain Parkway – Lexington, Campton | Interchange; Mountain Parkway exit 40 | |
| | 84.455 | 135.917 |  KY 3040 east (Hobbs Road) | Western terminus of KY 3040 | |
| | 85.555 | 137.687 |  KY 715 south – Beattyville | South end of KY 715 overlap | |
| Pine Ridge | 86.389 | 139.030 | KY 715 north (Sky Bridge Road) | North end of KY 715 overlap | |
| Powell | Slade | 93.704 | 150.802 |  KY 11 south (Natural Bridge Road) to Mountain Parkway – Natural Bridge State Resort Park, Beattyville, Prestonsburg, Lexington | South end of KY 11 concurrency |
| | 95.200 | 153.210 |  KY 77 south (Nada Tunnel Road) – Nada Tunnel, Red River Gorge | Northern terminus of KY 77 | |
| | 97.652 | 157.156 |  KY 1639 south (South Fork Road) | Northern terminus of KY 1639 | |
| Bowen | 99.517 | 160.157 |  KY 613 east (Little North Fork Road) | Western terminus of KY 613 | |
| | 102.535 | 165.014 |  KY 3354 south (Cat Creek Road) | Northern terminus of KY 3354 | |
| Rosslyn | 103.015 | 165.787 |  KY 1184 north (Little North Bend Road) | Southern terminus of KY 1184 | |
| Stanton | 105.744 | 170.178 |  KY 213 (Main Street) to Mountain Parkway – Furnace, Jeffersonville | ||
| 105.791 | 170.254 |  KY 2486 north (Washington Street) | Southern terminus of KY 2486 | ||
| 106.325 | 171.114 |  KY 2073 north (Halls Lane) | Southern terminus of KY 2073 | ||
| Clay City | 109.298 | 175.898 |  KY 2480 north (10th Avenue) | Southern terminus of KY 2480 | |
| 109.741 | 176.611 |  KY 1057 east (11th Street) | Western terminus of KY 1057 | ||
| 109.978 | 176.992 |   KY 2026 east (Pompeii Road) / KY 2481 south (9th Street) | Western terminus of KY 2026; northern terminus of KY 2481 | ||
| 110.513 | 177.853 |  KY 2479 north (3rd Street) | Southern terminus of KY 2479 | ||
| 110.949 | 178.555 | KY 11 north (Black Creek Road) – Bluegrass Council Scouting Reservation, Camp McKee | North end of KY 11 concurrency | ||
| 111.466 | 179.387 |  KY 3022 north (Lofty Heights Road) | Southern terminus of KY 3022 | ||
| 111.478– 111.511 | 179.406– 179.460 | Mountain Parkway east – Lexington | Interchange; Mountain Parkway exit 16 | ||
| 111.613 | 179.624 | Mountain Parkway west / KY 82 west (Irvine Road) – Campton, Irvine | Eastern terminus of KY 82; ramp to parkway to the south, 82 to the west; 15 turns north | ||
| | 112.904 | 181.701 |  KY 3352 south (Virden Ridge Road) | Northern terminus of KY 3352 | |
| Clark | Goffs Corner | 117.692 | 189.407 |  KY 974 (Kiddville Road/Trapp-Goffs Corner Road) to Mountain Parkway | |
| Pilot View | 122.295 | 196.815 |  KY 3368 north (Schollsville Road) | Southern terminus of KY 3368 | |
| | 128.086 | 206.134 |  KY 1958 | ||
| | 128.718 | 207.152 |  KY 1960 east (Ecton Road) | Western terminus of KY 1960 | |
| Winchester | 129.449 | 208.328 | US 60 (North Main Street) | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Special routes
Kentucky Route 15X
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| Location | Whitesburg, Letcher County |
| Length | 2.838 mi[1] (4.567 km) |
Kentucky Route 15 Business in Whitesburg, in Letcher County, signed as KY 15X, is the business route of KY 15 in Whitesburg. It begins at KY 15's southern terminus and ends at KY 15 north of town. The route is 2.838 miles (4.567 km) long.
Kentucky Route 15 Connector
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| Location | Whitesburg, Letcher County |
| Length | 0.24 mi[1] (0.39 km) |
Kentucky Route 15 Connector (KY 15C) provides access from KY 15 to KY 15X and the Letcher County Veterans Memorial Museum in Whitesburg. It is 0.24 miles (0.39 km) long.
Kentucky Route 15 Business (Hazard)
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| Location | Hazard, Perry County |
| Length | 2.306 mi[1] (3.711 km) |
Kentucky Route 15 Business (KY 15 BUS) is a business route of KY 15 in Hazard, Perry County. It is the original alignment of KY 15 through the city. It is 2.306 miles (3.711 km) long.
Kentucky Route 15 Spur
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| Location | Campton, Wolfe County |
| Length | 1.058 mi[1] (1.703 km) |
Kentucky Route 15 Spur (KY 15 Spur) is the spur route connecting KY 15 with the Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway's Exit 46 interchange at Campton, in Wolfe County. The length of this alignment is 1.058 miles (1.703 km) long. This roadway is not accessible from the Mountain Parkway's westbound lanes.
References
- "Kentucky Transportation Cabinet - Division of Planning - Highway Information System Official Milepoint Route Log Extract". Archived from the original on April 30, 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-11.
- KY-15 Corridor. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Archived from the original on March 3, 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-17.