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The Barren River [1] is a 135-mile-long (217 km) river in Southcentral Kentucky, United States, and a tributary of the Green River. [2] The watershed of the Green River is the largest of the twelve major river watersheds in Kentucky. [3] The Barren River rises near the Tennessee border in Monroe County and flows into the Green in northeast ...
In 2011, the Bowling Green Riverfront Foundation expanded its efforts to develop land on the opposite side of Barren River from Mitch McConnell Park (which is located alongside the U.S. 31-W Bypass and the riverbank, between Louisville Road and Old Louisville Road), upriver to Peete Park.
The highway begins at US 68 and KY 80, which run concurrently along Veterans Memorial Lane around the north side of the city of Bowling Green. KY 1435 heads northwest along Barren River Road, which comes close to the meanders of the Barren River several times on its course. The highway meets the western end of KY 2665 (Glenn Lily Road) at ...
The ferry provided a more direct route from Bowling Green to western Edmonson County. In the early 1950s, KY 185 was extended to follow a path from the Glenmore area to a junction with U.S. Route 31W at Bristow, near the present-day location of Warren East High School. After the decommissioning of the Bear Creek Ferry and KY 67 around 1969/70 ...
The highway heads east within a bend of the Barren River to Louisville Road, which carries US 31W, US 68, and KY 80. [1] [15] The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet used a January 17, 1984, official order to assign KY 3225 to a bypassed portion of US 31W on the east side of Bowling Green after US 31W had been rerouted through the city the previous ...
Barren River Lake State Resort Park, Lucas at the junction of US 31E and KY 87 in southern Barren County. Barren River Lake, a lake along the Barren-Allen County line that is operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Kentucky Action Park/Jesse James Riding Stables, Cave City, Kentucky; Guntown Mountain Old West town and Haunted Hotel, Cave City
Western Kentucky University is a central part of downtown Bowling Green's continued success and growth in the 20th and 21st centuries. Formerly known as the Southern Normal School, Western Kentucky University was donated to the state and renamed to its current moniker in 1906 by its president, Henry Hardin Cherry. [5]
KY 198 crosses Knob Lick Creek and the Green River on its way to Middleburg. There, the highway meets the south end of KY 3196 (College Street) and the east end of KY 1552 (Short Town Road). KY 198 crosses McCann branch and meets the west ends of KY 3270 and KY 698 before entering Lincoln County.