Kentucky Route 218

Kentucky Route 218 (KY 218) is a 31.113-mile-long (50.072 km) west-east state highway that traverses three counties in south-central Kentucky. It is locally known as LeGrande Highway from Horse Cave to near Shady Grove.

Kentucky Route 218
KY 218 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by KYTC
Length31.113 mi[1] (50.072 km)
Major junctions
West endFlint Ridge Road / Mammoth Cave Park Road @ Davis Williams Road in Northtown
  I-65 near Horse Cave

US 31W in Horse Cave
US 31E at Wigwam
KY 677 near LeGrande

KY 314 near Shady Grove (Metcalfe County)
East end US 68 / KY 70 near Exie
Location
CountiesHart, Metcalfe, Green
Highway system
KY 217 KY 219

Route description

Hart County

Kentucky Route 218 begins at the unincorporated Hart County community of Northtown west of Interstate 65 (I-65). It is the beginning of state maintenance as the main road west of Northtown is actually a back road (Flint Ridge Road) that leads to the Mammoth Cave National Park, and would provide a direct link to the park's visitor center. The official Kentucky road maps do not show this section of KY 218 because of its western terminus is intersecting another back road and not a major road or highway.

It crosses I-65 near a local Love's Travel Stop, and enters the town of Horse Cave, which is part of a tourism hotbed in southern Kentucky due to its proximity to the Mammoth Cave park. After being co-signed with Kentucky Route 335 for a couple of miles, it crosses US Route 31W (Dixie Highway). Five miles after downtown Horse Cave, it crosses US Route 31E (Jackson Highway), and then continues eastward to LeGrande, and will enter Metcalfe County a moment after the KY 677 junction.

Metcalfe and Green Counties

KY 218 goes through a small sliver of the northernmost portion of Metcalfe County, and it intersects KY 314 while doing so. It enters Green County, crosses the Little Barren River, and will reach its end at Exie, where it meets the intersection with US Route 68, which at that point, is co-joined with Kentucky Route 70 from Sulphur Well all the way to Greensburg and Campbellsville.

History

KY 218 between US Route 31W and US Route 31E was formerly a portion of US Route 68.[2]

Points of interest along the route

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
HartNorthtown0.0000.000Davis Williams Road north / Mammoth Cave Park Road (Flint Ridge Road) westWestern terminus; continuation as Flint Ridge Road (Mammoth Cave Park Road)
Beginning of State Maintenance
Horse Cave5.2118.386 I-65 south NashvilleExit 58 off I-65 SB and on-ramp to I-65 NB
5.2678.476 I-65 north LouisvilleExit 58 off I-65 NB and on-ramp to I-65 NB
5.4238.727 KY 335 north (L and N Turnpike Road) to US 31W north RowlettsWestern end of KY 335 concurrency
7.24511.660 KY 335 south (Old Dixie Highway) Cave CityEastern end of KY 335 concurrency
7.6412.30 US 31W (Dixie Street) Munfordville, Cave City
8.43113.568 KY 1846 (Short Cut Road)
9.24114.872 KY 1141 south (Bear Wallow Road)Northern terminus of KY 1141
Wigwam11.52818.553 US 31E (Jackson Highway) Hodgenville, Hardyville, Glasgow
13.09921.081 KY 571 north (Lonoke Road)Western end of KY 571 concurrency
Seymour13.54321.795 KY 571 south (Seymour Park Road)Eastern end of KY 571 concurrency
14.55423.422 KY 572 west (Oil Field Road)Western end of KY 572
LeGrande15.04524.213 KY 570 north (Rex Road) / KY 436 east (Hundred Acre Pond Road)Southern terminus of KY 570; western terminus of KY 436
17.29527.834 KY 677 south (Hiseville Park Road) to KY 740 HisevilleWestern end of KY 677 concurrency
17.69128.471 KY 677 north (Three Springs Road)Eastern end of KY 677 concurrency
Metcalfe19.36831.170 KY 1243 south (Atwell Road)Northern terminus of KY 1243
20.9833.76 KY 314 west (Center Peggyville Road) CenterEastern terminus of KY 314
Green21.94735.320 KY 1048 westEastern terminus of KY 1048
24.77039.863 KY 729 south (Little Barren Road)Northern terminus of KY 729
Pierce26.63542.865 KY 1464 northSouthern terminus of KY 1464
Exie31.11350.072 US 68 (Edmonton Road) / KY 70 Greensburg, EdmontonEastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
Flint Ridge Road
LocationMammoth Cave Visitors Center to Horse Cave

Flint Ridge Road is an east–west local road that connects the Mammoth Cave National Park Visitor's Center directly to Horse Cave. It traverses eastern segments of Mammoth Cave National Park, which is in eastern Edmonson County, along with southwestern Hart County. It begins at an intersection with the Mammoth Cave Parkway near the park's Visitor's Center and ends at the I-65 exit 58 interchange with KY 218. The final 5 14 miles (8.4 km) of the road is actually part of KY 218.[3]

Points of interest along Flint Ridge Road include the Mammoth Cave Baptist Church, and the Dennison Ferry Day-use area.[4]

References

  1. Commonwealth of Kentucky. "Official DMI Route Log". Retrieved November 24, 2014.
  2. Kentucky Department of Highways (September 15, 1939). Road Map of Kentucky (PDF) (Map). Kentucky Department of Highways.
  3. Mammoth-Cave-National-Park-Visitor-Center-Area-Map.pdf
  4. National Park Service. Mammoth-Cave-National-Park-Map-Web.pdf Retrieved November 24, 2014.

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