End of historic US highway 227
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Approx. time period
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North Terminus
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South Terminus
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1928-1930
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Paris, KY
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Richmond, KY
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1930-1960s
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Carrollton, KY
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Richmond, KY
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1960s-1972
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Carrollton, KY
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White Hall, KY
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(about 76 k)
Note: since I don't have access to a comprehensive collection of historical
road atlases, much of the info below is based on the research of Robert
Droz and H.B.
Elkins. More photos: me
US 227 was commissioned in 1928; at the time its north end was at US 27/US
68 in Paris KY. The photo below is looking northeast on Main Street at 10th
Street:
me, July 2007
Today Main is eastbound Business 68. Mainline 68 and 27 both follow a bypass
around the northwest side of town now, but originally this was mainline 27/68
(and Main carried both directions). So to the right on 10th was the north beginning
of US 227. The photo below is looking northwest on 10th:
me,
July 2007
US 227 ended just ahead at Main, but KY 627 ends two blocks ahead, at what
is now Main's southwestbound counterpart (High Street). This endpoint didn't
last long: two years later the north end of US 227 was extended to Carrollton
KY. H.B. writes:
"From Paris, US 227 ran concurrently with what is now US 460 to the
village of Great Crossing (west of Georgetown in Scott County), then northwest
to Carrollton, where it ended at US 42."
Elkins, Oct.
2007
That's the current end of KY 227 in Carrollton, and the historic endpoint of
US 227. Below we're looking east at the same junction:
Elkins,
Oct. 2007
To the right is the former north beginning of US 227.
"Today, the segment of historic US 227 between US 42 and US 460 carries
the KY 227 designation. The portion from White Hall to Paris carries the KY
627 designation."
However, for most of its life, the south end of US 227 was in Richmond KY. H.B.
writes:
"The original routing of US 227 had the highway coming into downtown
Richmond on 2nd Street and ending at US 25 and KY 52 (which now carries US 421
as well)."
Elkins, Jan. 1998
(From what I observed in 2007, that sign has been removed from downtown Richmond,
along with any others that may have been posted in reference to US 227 and/or
KY 388.)
"Note that the US 227 route ran southwest from Winchester to Boonesboro,
and then continued to Richmond. The route from Boonesboro to US 25/421 at White
Hall carried the KY 388 designation."
from official state hwy. map, c. 1950
"Some time in the early 1960s, concurrent to the building of I-75,
a new route was constructed between White Hall and Winchester. When that route
was built, the designations were reversed. The new route between White Hall
and Boonesboro became US 227; the old road between Richmond and Boonesboro became
KY 388. The photo referenced earlier now shows the end of KY 388; the road signs
in that photo actually date back to the existence of US 227."
from official state hwy. map, c. 1968
"The photo below shows the end of the "new" US 227 (which is now the
end of KY 627). It's at White Hall, just west of I-75's interchange 95."
Elkins, Jan. 2002
The shot below is looking north on US 25/421. US 227 began to the right...
me,
July 2007
...but ever since it was decommissioned in 1972, to the right has been the
south beginning of KY 627.
Page created 01 February 2002; last updated 06 December 2007.
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