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Kentucky Route 40 (KY 40) is a 42.339-mile-long (68.138 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Kentucky.The highway begins at an intersection with US 460/KY 7 in Salyersville, within Magoffin County, then continues eastward through Paintsville, within Johnson County.
Kentucky Route 80 (KY 80) is a 483.55-mile-long (778.20 km) state highway in the southern part of the U.S. state of Kentucky.The route originates on the state's western border at Columbus in Hickman County and stretches across the southern portion of the state, terminating southeast of Elkhorn City on the Virginia state line.
The Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway, commonly known as the Mountain Parkway, is a freeway in eastern Kentucky.The route runs from Interstate 64 (I-64) just east of Winchester southeast for 75.6 miles (121.7 km) to a junction with U.S. Route 460 (US 460) near Salyersville.
US 460 leads northwest (downriver) 22 miles (35 km) to West Liberty and east 19 miles (31 km) to Paintsville. Kentucky Route 7 passes through downtown Salyersville with US 460 but leads southeast 36 miles (58 km) to Wayland. Kentucky Route 40 runs northeast out of Salyersville and also leads to Paintsville, reaching it in 18 miles (29 km).
Prestonsburg is a small home rule-class city [6] in and the county seat of Floyd County, Kentucky, United States. [7] It is in the eastern part of the state in the valley of the Big Sandy River . The population was 3,255 at the time of the 2010 census , [ 8 ] down from 3,612 at the 2000 census.
The Grassy Creek Bridge project was listed as no. 1 on the Roads & Bridges 2013 Top 10 Bridges list. [ 5 ] With a construction cost of approximately $100 million, [ 3 ] the bridge was completed in September 2015 [ 2 ] and became the tallest and highest in the state, but was dubbed a " bridge to nowhere " as the highway leading to it remained ...
This twin steel-box girder bridge is more than 1,200 ft (370 m) long and is the only example of its kind in Kentucky. [6] The girders were chosen because of the curvature within the bridge structure; each girder is completely hollow and it features a 10 ft (3.0 m). clearance on the interior.
Paintsville (locally / ˈ p eɪ n t s v əl /) [2] is a home rule-class city [5] along Paint Creek in Johnson County, Kentucky, in the United States. It is the seat of its county. The population was 3,459 during the 2010 U.S. Census .