# Kentucky Route 261

Kentucky Route 261 (KY 261) is a 42.605-mile-long (68.566 km) state highway in Kentucky that runs from Kentucky Route 54 southeast of Fordsville to Kentucky Route 79 and Sandy Hill Road in rural Meade County southwest of Brandenburg via McQuady, Hardinsburg, and Webster.

## Route description

KY 261 begins at a junction with KY 54 on the east side of Fordsville, located in northeastern Ohio County. It then traverses the southernmost tip of Hancock County. The highway intersects KY 2124, along with a few more rural state highways that connect this particular area to Hawesville, the county seat of Hancock County.
KY 261 enters Breckinridge County and then intersects KY 105 at McQuady. It meets U.S. Route 60 (US 60) and KY 259 in the Breckinridge County seat, Hardinsburg. The highway runs concurrently with KY 259 from the US 60 junction to downtown Hardinsburg. KY 261 turns away to traverse mainly rural areas of northeastern Breckinridge County. That section of the route also includes a stretch concurrent with KY 86.
KY 261 ends in Meade County at an intersection with KY 79 between Irvington and the Meade County seat of Brandenburg.

## Major intersections

| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
| Ohio | ​ | 0.000 | 0.000 | KY 54 | Southern terminus |
| Hancock | ​ | 4.128 | 6.643 | KY 2124 north (Cabot Road) | Southern terminus of KY 2124 |
| Breckinridge | ​ | 8.306 | 13.367 | KY 629 (Rockvale Road / Mattingly-Tar Fork Road) | |
| Breckinridge | McQuady | 11.844 | 19.061 | KY 105 (McQuady-Axtel Road / Cloverport-McQuady Road) | |
| Breckinridge | Kirk | 13.969 | 22.481 | KY 108 south (Kirk-Glen Dean Road) | Northern terminus of KY 108 |
| Breckinridge | ​ | 17.380 | 27.970 | US 60 / KY 259 south | South end of KY 259 overlap |
| Breckinridge | Hardinsburg | 18.751 | 30.177 | KY 992 west (Second Street) / Second Street | Eastern terminus of KY 992 |
| Breckinridge | Hardinsburg | 18.843 | 30.325 | KY 259 north (North Main Street) / First Street | North end of KY 259 overlap |
| Breckinridge | ​ | 21.278 | 34.244 | KY 1385 east (Friendship Ch-Horsley Chapel Road) | Western terminus of KY 1385 |
| Breckinridge | ​ | 23.874 | 38.421 | KY 1385 west (Friendship Ch-Horsley Chapel Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 1385 |
| Breckinridge | ​ | 26.826 | 43.172 | KY 86 east (Garfield-Lodiburg Road) | South end of KY 86 overlap |
| Breckinridge | ​ | 27.616 | 44.444 | KY 2780 east (Webster-Clifton Mills Road) | Western terminus of KY 2780 |
| Breckinridge | ​ | 31.470 | 50.646 | KY 86 west | North end of KY 86 overlap |
| Breckinridge | Webster | 35.702 | 57.457 | KY 2780 west (Webster-Clifton Mills Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 2780 |
| Breckinridge | Webster | 35.827 | 57.658 | KY 477 north | South end of KY 477 overlap |
| Breckinridge | Webster | 35.996 | 57.930 | KY 477 south | North end of KY 477 overlap |
| Meade | ​ | 39.081 | 62.895 | KY 823 west (Hardesty Raymond Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 823 |
| Meade | ​ | 40.168 | 64.644 | KY 428 south (Guston Road) | Northern terminus of KY 428 |
| Meade | ​ | 42.605 | 68.566 | KY 79 / Sandy Hill Road | Northern terminus; continues as Sandy Hill Road beyond KY 79 |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus ||||||