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U.S. Route 23 (US 23) is a 157.765-mile-long (253.898 km) United States Numbered Highway in the state of Kentucky.It travels from the Virginia state line near Jenkins to the Ohio state line west of South Shore via Jenkins, Pikeville, Coal Run Village, Prestonsburg, Paintsville, Louisa, Catlettsburg, Ashland, Russell, Flatwoods, Raceland, Wurtland, Greenup, and South Shore.
US 23 in Pike County south of Pikeville, Kentucky. US 23 is known as the "Country Music Highway" as it enters Kentucky from Virginia after crossing Pound Gap near Whitesburg. Loretta Lynn, Dwight Yoakam, Billy Ray Cyrus, Patty Loveless, Crystal Gayle, Chris Stapleton, Hylo Brown, and more are all noted along US 23's path through Kentucky. [4]
US 25 at Devon — — KY 555: 14.639: 23.559 KY 55 in Springfield: Bluegrass Parkway near Willisburg — — KY 620: 2.837: 4.566 US 62 near Georgetown: I-75 near Georgetown — — KY 627: 12.457: 20.048 US 25 near Richmond: I-64 in Winchester — — KY 645: 9.887: 15.912 US 23 near Ulysses: KY 40 in Inez: 1984: current KY 676: 5.287: 8.509 ...
Country singer Dwight Yoakam's song "Readin', Rightin', Rt. 23" from his 1987 album "Hillbilly Deluxe" describes how, for the children of coal miners south of Prestonsburg, Kentucky, the most important things that they learn are reading, writing, and to take U.S. Route 23 out of the area to find factory jobs in the industrial cities north of ...
Parkways. The Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway, commonly known as the Mountain Parkway, is a freeway in eastern Kentucky. The route runs from Interstate 64 just east of Winchester southeast for 75.627 miles (121.710 km) to a junction with U.S. Route 460 near Salyersville. The first 46 miles (74 km), beginning at the western terminus in Winchester ...
The U.S. 23 Country Music Highway Museum is a museum in Paintsville, Kentucky dedicated to the country music entertainers who were born or lived near U.S. Route 23 in eastern Kentucky. [1] Entertainers exhibited within the museum include Billy Ray Cyrus, The Judds, Tom T. Hall, Ricky Skaggs, Hylo Brown, Loretta Lynn, Rebecca Lynn Howard, Keith ...
US 23: 157.76: 253.89 US 23 at the VA state line: US 23 at the OH state line 1926: current Also known as the Country Music Highway. It is a designated Kentucky Scenic Byway and an American Byway. US 25: 177.3: 285.3 US 25W/US 25E at North Corbin: US 42/US 127 at Covington: 1926: current US 25W: 28: 45 US 25W at the TN state line
The Kentucky Scenic Byway System is a system of tourist routes in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It consists of roads in the state that travel through areas of scenic, historic, and cultural significance. The state's scenic byway system was initiated in October 1994, and it presently includes 34 designated byways, including three national scenic ...