Kentucky Route 251
state highway in Kentucky, United States
Kentucky Route 251 (KY 251) is an 11-mile-long (18 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Kentucky, split into two sections. The highway connects Elizabethtown and Fort Knox with rural areas of Hardin County; the second section, separated from the first by Fort Knox, is near Belmont in Bullitt County.
Route description
KY 251 has two sections. The Hardin County section, a state secondary highway, extends 7.981 miles (12.844 km) from U.S. Route 31W (US 31W) in Elizabethtown north to KY 313 on the southern edge of Fort Knox. The 3.058-mile-long (4.921 km) Bullitt County segment is a rural secondary highway that runs from a dead end on the eastern edge of Fort Knox east to KY 61 at Belmont.
Elizabethtown to Fort Knox
The Hardin County portion of KY 251 begins at an intersection with U.S. Route 31W (West Dixie Avenue) in Elizabethtown. It travels to the northeast and curves to the north-northeast. It passes Elizabethtown High School, St. James Cemetery, Elizabethtown City Park, and Hardin Memorial Park cemetery. Just before leaving the city limits of the city, it intersects KY 3005 (Ring Road).
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