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U.S. Route 27 (US 27) in Kentucky runs 201.120 miles (323.671 km) from the Tennessee border to the Ohio border at Cincinnati.It crosses into the state in the Lake Cumberland area, passing near or through many small towns, including Somerset, Stanford, and Nicholasville.
Northern Kentucky is located within a climatic transition zone and is at the extreme northern limit of the humid subtropical climate.Evidence of both humid subtropical climate and humid continental climate can be found here, particularly noticeable by the presence of plants indicative of each climatic region; for example, the southern magnolia, and crape myrtle, from the subtropics and the ...
Louisville, Kentucky, and the associated Indiana communities—Jeffersonville, Clarksville, and New Albany—all owe their existence as communities to the falls, as the navigational obstacles the falls presented meant that late-18th-century and early- to late-19th-century river traffic could benefit from local expertise in navigating the 26 ...
All rivers in Kentucky flow to the Mississippi River, nearly all by virtue of flowing to its major tributary, the Ohio River. Also listed are some important tributaries to the few Kentucky rivers that originate in, or flow through, other states.
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The Kentucky River basin, including North Fork and its tributaries, suffered a major flood in January and February 1957. [22] Hazard was the worst hit place in the entire basin, with all highways blocked, all utilities out of operation, and the main streets under anywhere up to 17 feet (5.2 m) of floodwater. [ 23 ]
The Clay Wade Bailey Bridge is a cantilever bridge carrying U.S. Route 42 and U.S. Route 127 across the Ohio River, connecting Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky. It also carries U.S. Route 25, the northern terminus of which is the Ohio state line, at the historic low-water mark of the Ohio River. The bridge's main span is 675 feet (206 m).
Jacob Strader on the Ohio 1853. The Jacob Strader [1] was a side wheel packet steamboat built in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1853. [2] She was owned by the U.S. Mail Line of Cincinnati. . She provided the ultimate in luxurious travel between Cincinnati and Louisville up to the time of the Civil