History Kentucky Route 259
in beginning, ky 259 ran hardinsburg rhodelia. highway hays harned began history kentucky route 65 @ time of inception. ky 65 had total length of estimated 65.1 miles (104.8 km).
the then-ky 65 (during concurrency ky 70) in edmonson county crossed green river ferry until re-routed onto bridge in 1950s.
at 1 point between 1959 , 1963, ky 65 redesignated current ky 259, extending route current longevity. done in order avoid confusion between , then-planned-and-under-construction interstate 65 in edmonson/warren/barren county area, , entire course through west-central kentucky, completed in 1967. date, there never ky 65 designation ever since. re-numbering current ky 259 complied state s policy no duplication of highway numbers allowed in state except 79 , ky 79 in west-central kentucky. policy compliant of former ky 64 in region of state after interstate 64 under construction in north-central , northeast kentucky, , of may 2017, i-169 , ky 169, in different regions of state.
in 2001, construction began create straight by-pass two-lane corridor brownsville chalybeate, including rerouting of ky 259 rhoda brownsville, along final stretch of ky 101 in rhoda area. once completed in november 2001, old alignments 2 routes reconstructed include intersections new alignment. once done in 2002, kytc assigned old alignment then-new state route designations of ky 3019 , ky 3021.
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