Kentucky Route 185

x70px Kentucky Route 185
Route information
Maintained by KYTC
Length:	33.509 mi (53.928 km)
Major junctions
South end:	US 68/KY 80 in Bowling Green
	KY 70 at Roundhill
North end:	US 62/KY 79 in Caneyville
Location
Counties:	Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Warren
Highway system
Highways in Kentucky Interstate US State Parkways ← x20px KY 184 KY 186 x20px →

Kentucky Route 185 is a north–south state highway traversing four counties in south-central Kentucky.

Route description

Route 185 begins at a junction with the cojoined US 68/KY 80 just north of downtown Bowling Green.

It continues on past the community of Richardsville before passing into eastern Butler County.

KY 185 bridges the Green River before passing into Butler County. Just before entering the northwestern side of Edmonson County, KY 185 junctions with KY 70, in the community of Roundhill.

After this junction, KY 185 continues north until it passes into Grayson County. The route traverses the Western Kentucky Parkway via an overpass, shortly before reaching its northern terminus in the city of Caneyville at a junction with US 62 and KY 79.

History

KY 185's run within Warren County was originally Kentucky Route 67 from the 1930s until the discontinuation of the Bear Creek Ferry around 1967/68. Ky 185's original south end was at Glenmore. The original KY 67 ran KY 185's present routing in Warren County, goes northeast to meet the ferry and enters Edmonson County near Segal and ended at Windyville, Kentucky at a junction with KY 70. The ferry provided a more direct route from Bowling Green to western Edmonson County. In the early 1950s, KY 185 was extended to follow a path from the Glenmore area to a junction with U.S. Route 31W at Bristow. After the de-commission of the ferry and KY 67, KY 185 in Warren County was re-routed to its current routing. The current Kentucky Route 67 is now designated to follow the Industrial Parkway in Boyd and Greenup Counties in northeastern Kentucky just west of Ashland.

From 1967/68 until around 2010, KY 185's southern terminus was at US 68's junction with Kentucky Route 234 near the L&N Depot in Bowling Green. KY 185 ends at its current south terminus when US 68/KY 80 was rerouted onto the Vietnam Veterans Blvd (originally KY 880), and the other US 68 alignment was re-designated as US Route 68 Business.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Warren	Bowling Green	0.000	0.000	US 68 (Veterans Memorial Lane) / KY 80 – Bowling Green, Glasgow	Southern terminus
	​	5.029	8.093	KY 526 – Bristow	Western terminus of KY 526
	Richardsville	6.251	10.060	KY 263 – Richardsville	Southern terminus of KY 263
	Anna	8.507	13.691	KY 1320 – Girkin, Boiling Springs	Western terminus of KY 1320
	Glenmore	11.812	19.010	KY 1749 – Wingfield	Western terminus of KY 1749
Butler	Roundhill	18.499	29.771	KY 70 – Morgantown, Brownsville	Serves Mammoth Cave National Park and Nolin Lake
Edmonson	Big Reedy	21.330	34.327	KY 238 (Big Reedy Road)	Serves Big Reedy Lake
		23.443	37.728	KY 238 west (Big Reedy Road)	Serves Big Reedy Lake
		23.643	38.050	KY 238 east (Sunfish School Road) – Sunfish
		24.738	39.812	KY 1075 east (Sunny Point Road) – Leitchfield
Grayson	Ready	29.140	46.896	KY 411 – Jetson, Shrewsbury	Second junction of KY 411 at mile marker 29.155
		29.145	46.904	KY 1655 (Wilson Church Road)
	Caneyville	31.358	50.466	KY 2766 (Quisenberry School-Caney Creek Road)
		33.509	53.928	KY 79 (Morgantown Street) to US 62 / Western Kentucky Parkway – Beaver Dam, Rosine, Leitchfield, Falls of Rough, Hardinsburg	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Points of interest along route

• Shanty Hollow Lake near Anna (Ky. Dept. Of Fish & Wildlife)
• The Corner Market at Roundhill

External links

• Kentucky Route 185 News