Kentucky Route 9
KY 9 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by KYTC
Length	116.285 mi [1] (187.143 km)
Component highways	AA Hwy from I-275 in Wilder to KY 1 / KY 7 in Grayson
Major junctions
South end	KY 1 / KY 7 in Grayson
Major intersections	US 62 in Maysville US 68 in Maysville US 27 in Cold Spring I-275 in Wilder
North end	KY 8 in Newport
Location
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
Counties	Carter, Lewis, Mason, Bracken, Pendleton, Campbell
Highway system
Kentucky State Highway System Interstate US State Parkways
← KY 8 → KY 10

Kentucky Route 9 is a 116.285-mile-long (187.143 km) state highway maintained by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The highway extends from Grayson to Newport (a city in Kentucky across the Ohio River from Cincinnati, Ohio), roughly paralleling the Ohio River between Vanceburg and Newport.

Most of its route, from Grayson to the Interstate 275 (I-275) loop in Wilder, is part of the AA Highway, except for its northern 5.3 miles (8.5 km) which continues from the terminus of the AA Highway at I-275 into Newport.

While KY 9 is not an expressway, it nonetheless serves as the shortest highway link between Cincinnati and Ashland, Kentucky. Most of the route is a rural two-lane highway. The only municipalities on the highway are Vanceburg and Maysville and suburban areas of Cincinnati at its western terminus. ^[2]

Route description

KY 9 follows a general northwest–southeast orientation. It begins at a traffic circle intersection with KY 8 in Newport in Campbell County. It is briefly named Chestnut Way, and then Licking Pike as it parallels the Licking River. At the I-275 interchange, it becomes part of the AA Highway and then passes the outskirts of its namesake Alexandria. Within Campbell County, the road is a four-lane arterial highway.

The next segment passes through a remote, hilly region where the road is generally three lanes, with a passing lane present at uphill grades.

A few miles west of Maysville, the route runs concurrently with KY 10 begins, and the road becomes an arterial highway again. The concurrency ends within Maysville, and upon passing out of the city, the road becomes a two-lane rural highway through an agricultural region.

KY 9 then crosses the Allegheny Escarpment into the Appalachian Mountains at the same time that another concurrency with KY 10 begins. The remainder of KY 9 passes through mountainous terrain and is generally two lanes with periodic passing lanes. After passing through Vanceburg, KY 9 turns south and KY 10 continues east; both routes are signed as part of the AA Highway. KY 9 ends at KY 1/ KY 7 just north of Grayson and a block from the I-64 interchange.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Carter	​	0.000	0.000	KY 1 / KY 7 to I-64 – Grayson, Greenbo Lake State Resort Park, Grayson Lake State Park	Southern terminus of KY 9 and AA Highway spur
	​	1.078	1.735	KY 1959
	​	5.486	8.829	KY 7 south	Southern end of KY 7 concurrency
	​	6.498	10.458	KY 7 north – Carter City	Northern end of KY 7 concurrency
	​	11.324	18.224	KY 2 / KY 7 – Carter City
	​	12.821	20.633	KY 1773 east	Northern terminus of KY 1773
Lewis	​	22.690	36.516	KY 1149 south	Southern end of KY 1149 concurrency
	​	22.899	36.852	KY 1306 north	Western terminus of KY 1306
	​	26.310	42.342	AA Hwy (KY 10) east – South Shore, Greenup, Ashland	Southern terminus of AA Hwy mainline; AA Hwy (KY 9) continues as southern spur and AA Hwy (KY 10) as eastern spur
	​	27.265	43.879	KY 1149 north	Northern end of KY 1149 concurrency
	Vanceburg	29.467	47.423	KY 59 – Olive Hill, Vanceburg
	​	31.011	49.907	KY 2523 north	Southern terminus of KY 2523
	Clarksburg	32.827	52.830	KY 3037 north	Southern terminus of KY 3037
	Charters	36.815	59.248	KY 989 south	Northern terminus of KY 989
	Ribolt	42.518	68.426	KY 10 west	Northern end of KY 10 concurrency
	​	46.642	75.063	KY 57 – Flemingsburg, Tollesboro
Mason	​	49.685	79.960	KY 1234 east	Southern end of KY 1234 concurrency
	​	50.078	80.593	KY 1237
	​	50.222	80.824	KY 1234 west	Northern end of KY 1234 concurrency
	​	50.979	82.043	KY 3161 north	Southern terminus of KY 3161
	​	53.261	85.715	KY 1449 – Orangeburg
	​	55.955	90.051	KY 3313
	​	56.832	91.462	KY 1448 east	Southern end of KY 1448 concurrency
	Maysville	57.040	91.797	KY 11 / KY 1448 west – Flemingsburg, Maysville	Northern end of KY 1448 concurrency
		58.451	94.068	KY 1448
		59.736	96.136	US 62 / KY 10 east – Lexington, Maysville	Southern end of KY 10 concurrency
		61.875	99.578	US 68 – Lexington, Aberdeen, OH, Ripley, OH	Interchange
	​	65.378	105.216	KY 3056 east	Western terminus of KY 3056
	​	65.606	105.583	KY 10 west – Germantown	Northern end of KY 10 concurrency
	​	66.545	107.094	KY 435 – Minerva
Bracken	​	72.799	117.159	KY 2370 (Dutch Ridge Road)
	​	74.567	120.004	KY 19 – Brooksville, Augusta, Mount Olivet, Augusta Historic District
	​	76.772	123.553	KY 875 – Chatham, Gertrude
	Woolcott	79.280	127.589	KY 1159 – Brooksville, Mount Olivet
	​	82.606	132.941	KY 1109 – Bradford, Johnsville
	​	85.877	138.206	KY 1019 – Lenoxburg, Foster
	​	87.830	141.349	KY 2228 east to KY 8 – Foster	Western terminus of KY 2228
Pendleton	​	89.174	143.512	KY 159 south – Kincaid Lake State Park	Northern terminus of KY 159
	​	91.711	147.595	KY 154 to KY 8 – Peach Grove
Campbell	​	93.717	150.823	KY 2828 east (Ivor Road) – Carntown	Western terminus of KY 2828
	Flagg Spring	94.941	152.793	KY 735 to KY 10 – Mentor
	​	99.316	159.834	KY 1996 (Carthage Road)
	​	101.238	162.927	KY 1997 to KY 10 / KY 547
	​	103.405	166.414	KY 547 – Alexandria, Silver Grove	Interchange
	​	105.348	169.541	KY 709 west (East Alexandria Pike)
	Cold Spring	107.148	172.438	US 27	Interchange (exit 14)
		109.337	175.961	KY 915 south (Licking Pike) to KY 10	Northern terminus of KY 915
	Wilder	109.755	176.634	KY 1998 east	Western terminus of KY 1998
		111.037	178.697	I-275 east to I-471 I-275 west to I-71 – Airport	I-275 exit 77; northern terminus of AA Hwy
		113.196	182.171	KY 2345 east (Johns Hill Road)	Northern terminus of KY 2345
		113.400	182.500	KY 1632 east (Moock Road)	Western terminus of KY 1632
	Newport	115.666	186.146	KY 1120 (West Eleventh Street)
		116.231	187.056	KY 8 east (5th Street)
		116.285	187.143	KY 8 west (4th Street)	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi        Concurrency terminus        Route transition

References

External links

• KentuckyRoads.com KY 9