Kentucky Route 163 (KY 163) is a 29.823-mile-long (47.995 km) state highway that traverses through two counties in south-central Kentucky. It runs from Tennessee State Route 51 at the Kentucky-Tennessee border south of Hestand to U.S. Route 68, Kentucky Route 80, and East Stockton Street in Edmonton via Tompkinsville.
 Kentucky Route 163 | ||||
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| Maintained by KYTC | ||||
| Length | 29.823 mi[1] (47.995 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  SR 51 at the Tennessee State Line south of Hestand | |||
 KY 100 in Tompkinsville KY 90 at Beaumont | ||||
| North end |   US 68 / KY 80 / East Stockton Street in Edmonton | |||
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | Kentucky | |||
| Counties | Monroe, Metcalfe | |||
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Route description
editThe highway starts at the Tennessee state line in southern Monroe County on the road where going south, it continues as Tennessee State Route 51. KY 163 then heads southeast passing through Hestand before reaching the city of Tompkinsville, where it meets KY 100 and KY 63. KY 163 then enters Metcalfe County, and crosses KY 90 at Beaumont. KY 163 ends in the city of Edmonton at an intersection with U.S. Route 68 (US 68) and KY 80. Since the route of KY 163 was moved in 2020 to the 3.8 mile Tompkinsville Bypass,[2] KY 375 acts as a 3.3 mile alternate route of KY 163 in downtown Tompkinsville, as the north and south endpoints are at KY 163.[3]
Since 2002, the first 8.5 miles (13.7 km) of KY 163, along with the entire Tennessee Route 51 corridor, and several other routes, is part of the designated route of the annual Roller Coaster Yard Sale, an outdoor second-hand yard sale event that takes place in the first weekend of October.[4][5] The specified section of KY 163 is also part of the Cordell Hull Scenic Byway, one of Kentucky's Scenic Byway routes.
History
editIn addition to KY 163's current alignment through Monroe and southern Metcalfe Counties, KY 163 ran an additional 10 miles (16 km) to end at a junction with KY 70, another major state route, at Sulphur Well. KY 70 alone went northward to Greensburg (Green County) and Campbellsville (Taylor County) at that point. KY 163's northern terminus was relocated to its current location when US 68 was rerouted onto this route during the 1940s. Since then, KY 70 ran concurrent with US 68 all the way to Campbellsville.[6][7]
Major intersections
edit| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Monroe | | 0.000 | 0.000 |  SR 51 south (Tompkinsville Highway) | Southern terminus at state line |
| Hestand | 3.227 | 5.193 |   KY 216 east (Vernon Road) | Western terminus of KY 216 | |
| | 6.153 | 9.902 |   KY 3144 west (Capp Harlan Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 144 | |
| Tompkinsville | 7.064 | 11.368 |   KY 375 north (Celina Road) | Southern terminus of KY 375; southern end of Tompkinsville bypass route | |
| 7.763 | 12.493 | KY 3144 east (Capp Harlan Road) | Western terminus of KY 3144 | ||
| 9.088 | 14.626 | KY 100 (Center Point Road) | |||
| 10.022 | 16.129 |  KY 1049 (Radio Station Road) | |||
| 10.842 | 17.449 | KY 375 south (Edmonton Road) | Northern terminus of KY 375; northern end of bypass route | ||
| | 11.656 | 18.759 |  KY 2768 west (Old Edmonton Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 2768 | |
| | 15.302 | 24.626 | KY 1049 south (Radio Station Road) | Northern terminus of KY 1049 | |
| | 16.994 | 27.349 |  KY 678 west (Homer Bartley Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 678 | |
| Metcalfe | | 20.792 | 33.461 |  KY 1520 south (Roy Lee Humes Road) / Roy Lee Humes Road | Northern terminus of KY 1520 |
| | 21.510 | 34.617 | KY 90 (Summer Shade Road) | ||
| Edmonton | 29.753 | 47.883 |  KY 496 south (East Hamilton Street) / West Hamilton Street | Northern terminus of KY 496 | |
| 29.823 | 47.995 |   US 68 / KY 80 (West Stockton Street / North Main Street) to Cumberland Parkway / Stockton Street – Columbia, Glasgow | Northern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
edit- ^ a b Division of Planning. "HIS Official Rout Point Log Criteria". Highway Information System. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved 16 Jun 2022.
- ^ http://www.columbiamagazine.com/index.php?sid=112555
- ^ "HIS Official Milepoint Route Log Report".
- ^ http://therollercoasteryardsale.com/route.htm
- ^ http://therollercoasteryardsale.com/bfront12.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "H.B.'s Fun Facts About Kentucky Highways". Archived from the original Archived 2002-08-27 at the Wayback Machine August 27, 2002. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
- ^ Kentucky Department of Highways (1939). Official Kentucky State Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Frankfort: Kentucky Department of Highways. Retrieved June 16, 2016.