Kentucky Route 58
 Kentucky Route 58 | ||||
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 KY 58 highlighted in red | ||||
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| Maintained by KYTC | ||||
| Length | 56.845 mi[1] (91.483 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end | former ferry landing near Columbus | |||
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| East end |  US 68 near Briensburg | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Kentucky | |||
| Counties | Hickman, Graves, Marshall | |||
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Kentucky Route 58 (KY 58) is a 56.845-mile-long (91.483 km) state highway in Kentucky that runs from a dead end near Columbus to U.S. Route 68 (US 68) near Briensburg, Kentucky via Columbus, Clinton, Mayfield, and Benton.
Route description
KY 58 begins at a ferry landing on the Mississippi River in Columbus, in Hickman County, where KY 80 used to connect with Missouri Route 80 at Belmont, Missouri. Following a short concurrency with KY 123, KY 58 begins turning southeast to Clinton After a brief concurrency with US 51, it continues eastward into Graves County where it traverses the Purchase Parkway (Future I-69), and begins a concurrency US 45 from Pryorsburg to downtown Mayfield.
KY 58 leaves US 45 by turning onto East Broadway and continues eastward to Marshall County, where it turns northeastward to Benton KY 58 joins US 641 to head towards Draffenville, but end that concurrency by turning east onto Briensburg Road about a couple of miles short of the town proper. KY 58 ends at US 68 in Briensburg.
History
Kentucky Route 58 was part of the initial Commonwealth of Kentucky highway numbering plan developed in the early 1920s as a primary east–west route through far western Kentucky. The original route began at Kentucky Route 93 in Eddyville, located in Lyon County, and immediately crossed the Cumberland River via ferry. The route exited Lyon County via a ferry over the Tennessee River into Marshall County at Birmingham, and continued west to Briensburg via US 68 from just southeast of Briensburg. where it joined its modern-day eastern terminus. The route continued via its modern-day route through Benton, Mayfield and Clinton.[2] The route exited Kentucky via a ferry over the Lower Mississippi River at Columbus into Missouri.
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Hickman | | 0.000 | 0.000 | Dead end near the Mississippi River | |
| Columbus | 0.445 | 0.716 |   KY 1757 north (Polk Circle) – Columbus Belmont State Park | Southern terminus of KY 1757 | |
| 0.530 | 0.853 |  West Hoover Parkway (KY 3058 north) | Southern terminus of KY 3058 | ||
| 0.573 | 0.922 |      KY 80 east / KY 123 north / Great River Road (Eastern Route) north (East Hoover Parkway) | Western terminus of KY 80; west end of KY 123/GRR overlap | ||
| 0.761 | 1.225 |   KY 123 south / Great River Road (Eastern Route) south – Oakton | East end of KY 123 overlap | ||
| | 2.645 | 4.257 |  KY 1300 south | Northern terminus of KY 1300 | |
| | 4.375 | 7.041 |  KY 1772 north | Southern terminus of KY 1772 | |
| | 6.273 | 10.095 |  KY 1540 east | Western terminus of KY 1540 | |
| | 7.892 | 12.701 |   KY 1475 west | Eastern terminus of KY 1475 | |
| | 9.085 | 14.621 |  KY 1826 west | West end of KY 1826 overlap | |
| | 9.105 | 14.653 | KY 1826 east – Clinton | East end of KY 1826 overlap | |
| | 9.490 | 15.273 | KY 123 north – Moscow, Cayce | West end of KY 123 overlap | |
| Clinton | 10.146 | 16.328 |  US 51 north (Washington Street) / KY 123 south (East Clay Street) – Arlington | East end of KY 123 overlap; west end of US 51 concurrency; 51 also signed as GRR alternate route | |
| 10.264 | 16.518 | US 51 south (Washington Street) – Fulton | East end of US 51 concurrency | ||
| 10.330 | 16.625 |  KY 1731 north (South Waterfield Drive) – Hickman County High School | Southern terminus of KY 1731 | ||
| | 13.473 | 21.683 |  KY 780 west | Eastern terminus of KY 780 | |
| | 14.034 | 22.586 |  KY 2208 north | Southern terminus of KY 2208 | |
| | 15.978 | 25.714 |  KY 575 north | Southern terminus of KY 575 | |
| | 16.460 | 26.490 |  KY 944 east | Western terminus of KY 944 | |
| Fulgham | 17.590 | 28.308 |    KY 307 to US 62 – Fulton | ||
| | 19.635 | 31.599 |  KY 3061 south | Northern terminus of KY 3061 | |
| Graves | | 21.045 | 33.869 |  KY 1283 south | Northern terminus of KY 1283 |
| Holifield | 22.218 | 35.756 |  KY 339 north | West end of KY 339 overlap | |
| 22.245 | 35.800 |   KY 339 south to Purchase Parkway | East end of KY 339 overlap | ||
| | 26.094 | 41.994 |  US 45 to Purchase Parkway – Fulton | West end of US 45 concurrency | |
| | 26.750 | 43.050 |  KY 1748 | ||
| Mayfield | 30.362 | 48.863 |  US 45 Byp. north – Paducah | Southern terminus of US 45 Bypass | |
| 32.897 | 52.943 |   US 45 north (North 7th Street) to I-69 / KY 80 Bus. west (West Broadway Street) – Murray, Arlington | East end of US 45 concurrency; eastern terminus of KY 80 business route | ||
| 32.961 | 53.046 |  KY 121 Bus. south (South 6th Street) | Northern terminus of KY 121 business route | ||
| 33.811 | 54.414 | KY 121 to KY 80 east / I-69 – Murray, Wickliffe | |||
| | 34.586 | 55.661 |  KY 1710 east | Western terminus of KY 1710 | |
| | 35.523 | 57.169 |  KY 131 north to I-69 | Southern terminus of KY 131 | |
| | 36.459 | 58.675 |  KY 1821 north (Airport Drive) – Mayfield-Graves County Airport | Southern terminus of KY 1821 | |
| | 39.487 | 63.548 |  KY 301 north | Southern terminus of KY 301 | |
| | 41.672 | 67.065 |  KY 564 south | Northern terminus of KY 564 | |
| Marshall | | 43.993 | 70.800 |  KY 2603 north (Vanzora Road) | Southern terminus of KY 2603 |
| | 44.404 | 71.461 |  KY 402 east (Brewers Highway) – Kenlake State Resort Park | Western terminus of KY 402 | |
| | 45.604 | 73.393 |  KY 1522 south (Soldier Creek Road) | Northern terminus of KY 1522 | |
| Harvey | 47.057 | 75.731 |  KY 1949 (Wadesboro Road) | ||
| | 49.010 | 78.874 |  KY 2606 (Jackson School Road) | ||
| Benton | 50.384 | 81.085 |  KY 1311 south (Slickback Road) | Northern terminus of KY 1311 | |
| 50.450 | 81.191 |    US 641 Spur to I-69 / I-24 – Mayfield, Fulton, Calvert City | |||
| 52.294 | 84.159 | US 641 south (Main Street) | |||
| 52.343 | 84.238 |  KY 408 east (East 12th Street) / Poplar Street | West end of KY 408 overlap and US 641 North concurrency | ||
| 52.631 | 84.701 | KY 408 west (Harold King Drive) | East end of KY 408 overlap | ||
| 52.888 | 85.115 |   KY 348 west (West 5th Street) / US 641 south / KY 58 west (Main Street) | Eastern terminus of KY 348; end of one-way split of 641/58 | ||
| 52.992 | 85.282 |  KY 2609 east (East 4th Street) | Western terminus of KY 2609 | ||
| | 55.541 | 89.385 |  US 641 north / KY 795 west (Scale Road) – Draffenville, Scale | East end of US 641 concurrency | |
| | 56.629 | 91.136 |  KY 1477 | ||
| | 56.845 | 91.483 | US 68 | Eastern terminus | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ Commonwealth of Kentucky. "Official DMI Route Log". Retrieved 24 June 2014.
- ^ Kentucky Department of State Highways (September 15, 1939). Road Map of Kentucky (PDF) (Map). c. 1:760,320. Frankfort: Kentucky Department of State Highways.