U.S. Route 79 in Kentucky

U.S. Route 79
Route information
Maintained by KYTC
Length:	21.319 mi[1] (34.310 km)
Major junctions
South end:	US 79 / SR 13 at Tennessee state line
	US 41 near Guthrie
North end:	US 431 in Russellville
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Bannered Divided Replaced Highways in Kentucky Interstate US State Parkways ← KY 78 KY 79 →

U.S. Route 79 (US 79) enters Kentucky from Tennessee in Todd County west of Guthrie and runs northeast into Logan County, terminating at a junction with US 431 in Russellville.

Route description

US 79 in Kentucky begins at the Tennessee state line west of Guthrie and travels northeast, forming a junction with US 41 0.497 miles (0.800 km) from the state line. The route continues to the northeast, passing north of Guthrie and Allensville in rural areas of Todd County. 10.606 miles (17.069 km) from the Kentucky-Tennessee border, US 79 crosses into Logan County where it becomes known as Clarksville Road. The route continues northeast through rural areas of Logan County until it comes to its northern terminus at US 431 on the south side of Russellville 10.713 miles (17.241 km) from the Todd County line. US 79 remains a two-lane road throughout Kentucky.

History

Current terminus of U.S. 79 at Russellville.

The current route in Kentucky was paved by 1939 but was not signed as US 79. The highway was originally designated as Kentucky Route 105. KY 105 originally ran the current designations of US Route 79 and Kentucky Route 79, from the state line to Russellville to the Rough River Lake State Resort Park area, and ending with KY 105's current alignment.^[2] By 1958, the current route was signed as US 79, although, it extended a bit further northeast into Russellville.^[3] The current northern terminus at US 431 was created by 1999 with the construction of the Russellville Bypass.^[4]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Todd	​	0.000	0.000	US 79 south (SR 13) to I-24 – Clarksville	Tennessee state line
	Guthrie	0.281	0.452	KY 181 north / KY 2128 east to KY 294 / US 41 north – Elkton, Trenton, Hopkinsville
		0.497	0.800	US 41 to KY 181 north – Trenton, Hopkinsville, Downtown Guthrie, Robert Penn Warren Birthplace Museum
		1.864	3.000	KY 346 (North Ewing Street)
	​	3.973	6.394	KY 848
	​	8.792	14.149	KY 102
Logan	​	12.570	20.229	KY 775
	Old Volney	14.084	22.666	KY 1309 (Old Volney Road)
	​	15.792	25.415	KY 1151	South end of KY 1151 overlap
	​	15.834	25.482	KY 1151 (Union Church Road)	North end of KY 1151 overlap
	Cave Springs	17.957	28.899	KY 1041 (Watermelon Road)
	Russellville	21.319	34.310	US 431 – Adairville, Lewisburg, Lake Malone State Park
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

1. "Kentucky Transportation Cabinet - Division of Planning". Retrieved July 22, 2014.
2. Kentucky (PDF) (Map) (1939 ed.). 1 inch:12 miles. Cartography by State-wide Highway Planning Survey. Kentucky State Highway Department. 1939. Retrieved July 22, 2014.
3. Logan County (PDF) (Map) (1958 ed.). 1 inch:125000 feet. Cartography by State-wide Highway Planning Survey. Kentucky State Highway Department. 1958. Retrieved July 22, 2014.
4. Kentucky (PDF) (Map) (1999 ed.). 1 inch:12 miles. Cartography by State-wide Highway Planning Survey. Kentucky State Highway Department. 1999. Retrieved July 22, 2014.