Kentucky Route 595

Kentucky Route 595 is a north- south route running through Madison County, Kentucky, United States. Its northern terminus is at the Kentucky River near Valley View and it southern terminus is at the intersection of Kentucky Route 1617 2 miles south of Berea. From the northern terminus to its intersection with Kentucky Route 876 it follows Silver Creek.

Kentucky Route 595
Route information
Maintained by KYTC
Length24.653 mi[1] (39.675 km)
Major junctions
South end KY 1617 near Berea
  US 25 in Berea
I-75 near Berea
KY 52 south of Kirksville
North endPoosey Ridge Road in rural Madison County
Location
CountiesMadison
Highway system
← KY 594→ KY 596

Route description

From the intersection with Kentucky Route 876 it passes through the communities of Round Hill and Kirksville. Four miles south of Kirksville its meets up with Kentucky Route 52 for a mile east until Happy Landing and then it turns towards Berea going through Bucketown along the way. Upon entering Berea it intersects with Interstate 75, then intersects with Kentucky Route 956 (Berea Bypass) and Mayde Road. Kentucky Route 595 turns at the light onto Walnut Meadow Pike on into Berea, passing by the Artisan Center and Berea Community Schools and though Berea. At the center of Berea it meets with US Route 25 and Kentucky Route 21. After that, it becomes Scaffald Cane Road and runs two more miles before ending at Kentucky Route 1617. Kentucky Route 1617 maintains Scaffald Cane Road until its end with US Route 25 in Rockcastle County. Future extensions are aspired and KYTC will expand it to freeway and end somewhere and turn and overlap with other highways and have exits and intersections from its current end.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Madison County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Berea0.0000.000 KY 1617
2.3213.735 KY 21
2.3973.858 US 25
3.7456.027 KY 1983 north
4.4717.195 KY 956 west
4.8117.743 I-75I-75 exit 77
5.0058.055 KY 2874
​10.78517.357 KY 52 eastSouth end of KY 52 overlap
KY 595 mileage not counted along KY 52
​10.78517.357 KY 52 westNorth end of KY 52 overlap
Kirksville12.82020.632 KY 1295
​16.06325.851 KY 876
​24.65339.675Poosey Ridge RoadEnd state maintenance
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References
  1. Commonwealth of Kentucky. "Official DMI Route Log". Retrieved September 1, 2011.


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