Kentucky Route 201
state highway in Kentucky, United States
Kentucky Route 201 (KY 201) is a 28.6-mile-long (46.0 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The highway connects mostly rural areas of Johnson and Lawrence counties with Blaine.
Route description
Johnson County
KY 201 begins at an intersection with U.S. Route 23 (US 23) north of Paintsville, within Johnson County. It travels to the northwest and curves to a northerly direction. It begins paralleling Goose Fork and has three crossings of the Fork before It intersects KY 1559. The two highway begin a concurrency at this point. They curve to the south-southwest and enter Sitka. There, they curve to the west and pass a U.S. Post Office before they split. KY 201 crosses over Toms Creek and curves to the north and northeast. It then ends its paralleling of Goose Fork before it curves to the north-northwest.
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