Kentucky Route 7
# Kentucky Route 7

Kentucky Route 7 (KY 7) is a 203.073-mile-long (326.814 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Kentucky.

## Route description

Kentucky Route 7 begins at a junction with KY 15 at Jeff in Perry County. The route continues through the cities of Blackey in Letcher County, Wayland in Floyd County, Salyersville in Magoffin County, West Liberty in Morgan County, Sandy Hook in Elliott County, Grayson in Carter County, and South Shore in Greenup County, where the route terminates at East First Avenue a short distance north of US 23.

## History

Beginning in the early 1960s, KY 7 was relocated near Bruin when a portion of the Little Sandy River was impounded to create Grayson Lake. To facilate a growing number of recreational enthusiasts, KY 7 was reconstructed on a new two-lane alignment from the northern edge of the Grayson Lake recreational area to Grayson between 1965 and 1975.

The route between Salyersville and Grayson was designated a part of the London-Ashland Highway in the mid-1990s. The designation extends along KY 7 and KY 30 between Interstate 64 in Grayson to Interstate 75 in London. As such, much of KY 7 between the southern boundary of Grayson Lake to Sandy Hook has been upgraded or relocated to a new alignment. The new alignments feature a 60 mph (97 km/h) design speed, full 12-foot (3.7 m) shoulders, and 12-foot (3.7 m) travel lanes.

## Major intersections

| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Perry | Jeff | 0.000 | 0.000 | KY 15 – Whitesburg, Hazard | Southern terminus |
| Perry | Jeff | 0.397 | 0.639 | KY 7 Conn. north | Road connecting KY 15 with northbound KY 7 |
| Perry | Viper | 2.534 | 4.078 | KY 1165 south (Left Fork Maces Creek Road) | Northern terminus of KY 1165 |
| Perry | Fusionia | 7.425 | 11.949 | KY 2447 east (Kodak-Fusionia Road) | Western terminus of KY 2447 |
| Perry | ​ | 9.999 | 16.092 | KY 1165 north | Southern terminus of KY 1165 |
| Perry | ​ | 11.438 | 18.408 | KY 699 west – Leatherwood Battlefield, Brashearville | Eastern terminus of KY 669 |
| Letcher | Ulvah | 14.705 | 23.665 | KY 1103 south – Lilley Cornett Woods | Northern terminus of KY 1103 |
| Letcher | Blackey | 18.850 | 30.336 | KY 3408 north | Southern terminus of KY 3408 |
| Letcher | Blackey | 19.467 | 31.329 | KY 588 east | Western terminus of KY 588 |
| Letcher | Letcher | 20.649 | 33.231 | KY 2036 south | Northern terminus of KY 2036 |
| Letcher | Isom | 27.067 | 43.560 | KY 15 / KY 160 north – Hazard, Jackson | South end of KY 15/KY 160 overalp |
| Letcher | Isom | 27.727 | 44.622 | KY 15 / KY 160 south – Whitesburg, Jenkins | North end of KY 15/KY 160 overlap |
| Letcher | ​ | 32.254 | 51.908 | KY 931 south | Northern terminus of KY 931 |
| Letcher | Colson | 33.101 | 53.271 | KY 1410 west | Eastern terminus of KY 1410 |
| Letcher | Deane | 38.795 | 62.435 | KY 317 south – Fleming-Neon | Northern terminus of KY 317 |
| Knott | Hall | 43.624 | 70.206 | KY 1498 north – Wheelwright | Southern terminus of KY 1498 |
| Knott | Kite | 46.593 | 74.984 | KY 582 west | Eastern terminus of KY 582 |
| Knott | ​ | 52.720 | 84.845 | KY 1091 east (Old House Branch Road) | Western terminus of KY 1091 |
| Knott | ​ | 57.183 | 92.027 | KY 899 south – Alice Lloyd College | Northern terminus of KY 899 |
| Floyd | Wayland | 59.916 | 96.425 | KY 1086 north | Southern terminus of KY 1086 |
| Floyd | Lackey | 62.606 | 100.755 | KY 550 west | South end of KY 550 overlap |
| Floyd | Garrett | 63.197 | 101.706 | KY 777 north | South end of KY 777 overlap |
| Floyd | Garrett | 63.466 | 102.139 | KY 777 south | North end of KY 777 overlap |
| Floyd | Garrett | 63.654 | 102.441 | KY 80 Conn. to KY 80 – Hindman, Prestonsburg | |
| Floyd | Hueysville | 65.163 | 104.870 | KY 550 east | North end of KY 550 overlap |
| Floyd | ​ | 67.983 | 109.408 | KY 2029 south | Northern terminus of KY 2029 |
| Magoffin | ​ | 72.537 | 116.737 | KY 3336 south | Northern terminus of KY 3336 |
| Magoffin | ​ | 78.231 | 125.901 | KY 404 east (Howard Branch Road) | Western terminus of KY 404 |
| Magoffin | ​ | 79.314 | 127.644 | KY 542 west | Eastern terminus of KY 542 |
| Magoffin | ​ | 83.327 | 134.102 | KY 1734 east (Salt Lick Road) | Western terminus of KY 1734 |
| Magoffin | ​ | 85.402 | 137.441 | KY 1766 north (Puncheon Creek Road) | Southern terminus of KY 1766 |
| Magoffin | Swampton | 86.310 | 138.902 | KY 1471 south (Half Mountain Road) | Northern terminus of KY 1471 |
| Magoffin | Royalton | 88.331 | 142.155 | KY 867 east | South end of KY 867 overlap |
| Magoffin | Sublett | 89.063 | 143.333 | KY 867 west | North end of KY 867 overlap |
| Magoffin | ​ | 93.730 | 150.844 | KY 1090 south (Lakeville Road) | Northern terminus of KY 1090 |
| Magoffin | Salyersville | 93.943– 94.038 | 151.187– 151.339 | Mountain Parkway – Campton, Prestonsburg, Lexington | Interchange; Mountain Parkway exit 75 |
| Magoffin | Salyersville | 95.110 | 153.065 | US 460 east (Parkway Drive) to KY 114 – Burning Fork, Staffordsville, Paintsville | South end of US 460 concurrency |
| Magoffin | Salyersville | 95.413 | 153.552 | KY 40 east (Maple Street) – Falcon | Western terminus of KY 40 |
| Magoffin | ​ | 96.716 | 155.649 | KY 30 west – Jackson | Eastern terminus of KY 30 |
| Magoffin | ​ | 97.631 | 157.122 | KY 2019 north (Elk Creek Road) | Southern terminus of KY 2019 |
| Magoffin | ​ | 102.036 | 164.211 | KY 134 west – Adale | Eastern terminus of KY 134 |
| Magoffin | Edna | 102.872 | 165.556 | KY 1081 west | South end of KY 1081 overlap |
| Magoffin | Wonnie | 104.666 | 168.444 | KY 1081 east | North end of KY 1081 overlap |
| Morgan | ​ | 107.728 | 173.371 | KY 1081 east | Western terminus of KY 1081 |
| Morgan | ​ | 108.939 | 175.320 | KY 1000 south – Caney | Northern terminus of KY 1000 |
| Morgan | ​ | 111.580 | 179.571 | KY 364 south | Northern terminus of KY 364 |
| Morgan | West Liberty | 118.562 | 190.807 | KY 172 east – Crocker, Patoker Branch, Fairgrounds | Western terminus of KY 172 |
| Morgan | West Liberty | 118.682 | 191.000 | Dogwood Lane (KY 2499 south) – West Liberty Airport | |
| Morgan | West Liberty | 118.951 | 191.433 | Glenn Avenue (KY 2494 west) | |
| Morgan | West Liberty | 119.481 | 192.286 | Broadway Street (KY 2495 south) | |
| Morgan | West Liberty | 119.543 | 192.386 | US 460 west (Main Street}) – Frenchburg | North end of US 460 concurrency |
| Morgan | ​ | 121.033 | 194.784 | KY 519 north – Morehead | Southern terminus of KY 519 |
| Morgan | Pomp | 122.066 | 196.446 | KY 1161 east | Western terminus of KY 1161 |
| Morgan | Wrigley | 126.253 | 203.185 | KY 711 | |
| Elliott | ​ | 131.612 | 211.809 | KY 173 north – Morehead | Southern terminus of KY 173 |
| Elliott | Little Sandy | 132.609 | 213.413 | KY 702 south | Northern terminus of KY 702 |
| Elliott | Faye | 133.715 | 215.193 | KY 650 north (Doctors Branch Road) | South end of KY 650 overlap |
| Elliott | Faye | 134.174 | 215.932 | KY 650 south (Welles Creek Road) | North end of KY 650 overlap |
| Elliott | Sandy Hook | 136.530 | 219.724 | KY 556 west (North Ruin Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 556 |
| Elliott | Sandy Hook | 136.660 | 219.933 | KY 32 east (Brown Ridge Road) – Louisa | South end of KY 32 overlap |
| Elliott | Sandy Hook | 136.901 | 220.321 | Kentucky Avenue (KY 2526 north) | |
| Elliott | Sandy Hook | 136.982 | 220.451 | Kentucky Avenue (KY 2526 south) | |
| Elliott | Sandy Hook | 138.210 | 222.427 | KY 557 west (Fannin Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 557 |
| Elliott | Newfoundland | 140.396 | 225.945 | KY 32 west (Brown Ridge Road) – Morehead | North end of KY 32 overlap |
| Elliott | Green | 141.923 | 228.403 | KY 504 west / Prison Road – Little Sandy Correctional Complex | Eastern terminus of KY 504; prison directly to the east |
| Elliott | ​ | 142.308– 142.466 | 229.023– 229.277 | Bridge over the Little Sandy River | Bridge over the Little Sandy River |
| Elliott | ​ | 142.519 | 229.362 | KY 706 south | Northern terminus of KY 706 |
| Elliott | ​ | 142.900 | 229.975 | KY 885 north (Bear Flats Road) | Southern terminus of KY 885 |
| Elliott | ​ | 145.789 | 234.625 | KY 409 south (Bruin Road) | Northern terminus of KY 409 |
| Elliott | ​ | 147.519 | 237.409 | KY 3353 south (Horton Flats Road) | Northern terminus of KY 3353 |
| Carter | ​ | 148.509 | 239.002 | Grayson Lake State Park | Grayson Lake State Park |
| Carter | ​ | 149.391 | 240.422 | KY 986 west | Eastern terminus of KY 986 |
| Carter | ​ | 150.949 | 242.929 | KY 3295 west (Rattlesnake Ridge Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 3295 |
| Carter | ​ | 152.756 | 245.837 | KY 1496 east – Grayson Lake Wildlife Management Area | Western terminus of KY 1496 |
| Carter | ​ | 153.880 | 247.646 | KY 1444 north (Mayhew Flats Road) | Southern terminus of KY 1444 |
| Carter | ​ | 153.995 | 247.831 | KY 1661 north | Southern terminus of KY 1661 |
| Carter | ​ | 157.124 | 252.867 | KY 1661 south | Northern terminus of KY 1661 |
| Carter | Grayson | 157.656 | 253.723 | KY 773 east | Western terminus of KY 773 |
| Carter | Grayson | 158.832 | 255.615 | US 60 / KY 1 south – Olive Hill, Hitchins, Ashland | South end of KY 1 concurrency; US 60 both ways, KY 1 to the east |
| Carter | Grayson | 159.345 | 256.441 | Academic Parkway – Kentucky Christian University | |
| Carter | Grayson | 160.358– 160.526 | 258.071– 258.342 | I-64 – Ashland, Lexington | Interchange; I-64 exit 172 |
| Carter | Grayson | 160.624 | 258.499 | KY 1947 west | Eastern terminus of KY 1947 |
| Carter | ​ | 160.887 | 258.923 | KY 9 (AA Hwy.) north – Vanceburg, Maysville | Southern terminus of the AA Highway/KY 9 |
| Carter | Pactolus | 161.682 | 260.202 | KY 1 north | North end of KY 1 concurrency |
| Carter | ​ | 162.127 | 260.918 | KY 1959 south | Northern terminus of KY 1959 |
| Carter | ​ | 166.605 | 268.125 | KY 9 (AA Hwy.) south – Grayson | South end of KY 9/AA Highway concurrency |
| Carter | ​ | 167.617 | 269.753 | KY 9 (AA Hwy.) north – Vanceburg, Maysville | North end of KY 9/AA Highway concurrency |
| Carter | Gesling | 172.252 | 277.213 | KY 2 west – Carter | South end of KY 2 concurrency |
| Carter | ​ | 175.503 | 282.445 | KY 9 (AA Hwy.) – Grayson, Vanceburg, Maysville | |
| Carter | ​ | 175.932 | 283.135 | KY 1773 west | Eastern terminus of KY 1773 |
| Greenup | Kehoe | 176.973 | 284.810 | KY 784 (Lost Creek Road/Three Prong Road) | |
| Greenup | ​ | 182.988 | 294.491 | KY 2 east – Greenup | North end of KY 2 concurrency |
| Greenup | ​ | 188.551 | 303.443 | KY 2070 west (Big White Oak Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 2070 |
| Greenup | Lynn | 190.257 | 306.189 | KY 827 east (Coal Branch Road) – Greenup | Western terminus of KY 827 |
| Greenup | ​ | 193.649 | 311.648 | KY 10 (AA Hwy.) – Maysville, Vanceburg, Greenup | |
| Greenup | ​ | 198.628 | 319.661 | KY 3308 west | Eastern terminus of KY 3308 |
| Greenup | Sunshine | 201.830 | 324.814 | KY 784 south (White Oak Road) | Northern terminus of KY 784 |
| Greenup | South Shore | 202.730 | 326.262 | KY 2540 west (SM Roberson Drive) | Eastern terminus of KY 2540 |
| Greenup | South Shore | 203.040 | 326.761 | US 23 – Portsmouth, Ohio, Lloyd, Greenup | |
| Greenup | South Shore | 203.073 | 326.814 | 5th Avenue / South Shore Drive | Northern terminus of KY 7; road continues north as Main Street for approximately 0.3 miles before ending |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus ||||||
