Houchin's Ferry Road
| Houchin's Ferry Road | |
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| Route information | |
| Maintained by Edmonson County Road Department and the NPS | |
| Length: | 9.6 mi (15.4 km) |
| Major junctions | |
| South end: |
  KY 70 / KY 259 at Brownsville
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| North end: |
  KY 728 / KY 1827 near Lincoln and Ollie |
| Highway system | |
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National Park Service Road
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Houchin’s Ferry Road is a secondary roadway located in Edmonson County in west-central Kentucky. County road logs list this road as CR-1004 and CR-1005.
Most of the road is maintained by the National Park Service, but portions of the road outside of Mammoth Cave National Park are being maintained by the Edmonson County Road Department.
Brownsville’s local branch of Minit Mart is where the road's southern end is located. This is at a junction with South Main Street (KY 70/259) on the south side of town. A trailblazer sign for the local library stands at the intersection with Ferguson Street. Houchin’s Ferry Road passes by the edges of the campus of Edmonson County High School and provides school access points to the parking lots which connects Wildcat Way.
After passing the high school, Houchin’s Ferry Road enters the western part of the Mammoth Cave National Park. This is the only road that goes through the western half of the park. It would cross the Green River via a river ferry, which is how the road got its name. The ferry crossing features a campground, boat ramp, as well as a picnic area.
The road continues as a gravel road at a point at a point north of the ferry. It then travels northeast to cross a number of horseback and hiking trails. After crossing First Creek Trail and J. Skaggs Road (which access the Great Onyx Job Corps Center), the road becomes “Ollie Road.”
Ollie Road continues northeast past a few residences before ending at an intersection with Kentucky Route 728 right near the KY 728/1827 split near Demunbruns Store and Lincoln communities, which are located east of the Nolin Lake State Park area.
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