Kentucky Route 8
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| Maintained by KYTC | ||||
| Length: | 114.202 mi (183.790 km) | |||
| Western segment | ||||
| Length: | 78.819 mi (126.847 km) | |||
| West end: |
 KY 237 near Francisville
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| Major junctions: |
  I-71 / I-75 in Covington   US 25 / US 42 / US 127 in Covington US 27 in Newport I-471 in Newport US 68 in Maysville
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| East end: |
 US 62in Maysville
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| Eastern segment | ||||
| Length: | 35.383 mi (56.943 km) | |||
| West end: |
  KY 57 / KY 3550 in Concord
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| East end: |
 US 23 in South Portsmouth
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| Counties: | Boone, Kenton, Campbell, Pendleton, Bracken, Mason, Lewis, Greenup | |||
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Kentucky Route 8 is a 114.202-mile-long (183.790 km) east–west state highway divided into two distinct segments across northern Kentucky. The western terminus of the route is at KY 237 near Francisville. The eastern terminus is at U.S. Route 23 in South Portsmouth. The two distinct segments of this route were not meant to be connected together.
KY 8 is named the Mary Ingles Highway for part of its length. It is rumored that she was the first white woman in Kentucky. Captured by Indians in Virginia in 1755 and taken to Ohio, she later escaped a salt-making party at Big Bone Lick and made her way across the Kentucky wilderness back home to Virginia.
The western segment of KY 8, the longer of the two, extends 78.819 miles (126.847 km) between rural Boone County and Maysville. KY 8 begins at Kentucky Route 237 along River Road near Francisville. The route runs parallel to the Ohio River as it heads eastward, passing through Covington, Newport, and Augusta before ending at an intersection with US 62 in Maysville.
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