# Kentucky Route 49

Kentucky Route 49 (KY 49) is a 57-mile-long (92 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Kentucky.

## Route description

KY 49 begins at an intersection with U.S. Route 150 (US 150) in Bardstown and travels south towards Loretto. It then heads east-southeast concurrent with KY 52 to Lebanon. It splits with KY 52 in Lebanon and goes southeast to Bradfordsville. After that, it terminates in Liberty, at an intersection with KY 70.

## History

The road has seen improvements from Bradfordsville to Lebanon in recent years which has made the corridor safer and less curvy.

## Major intersections

| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
| Casey | Liberty | 0.000 | 0.000 | KY 70 Bus. (Campbellsville Street) | Southern terminus |
| Casey | Liberty | 0.114 | 0.183 | Hustonville Street (KY 2314 north) | Southern terminus of KY 2314 |
| Casey | ​ | 2.551 | 4.105 | KY 1552 east (Brush Creek Road) | Western terminus of KY 1552 |
| Casey | ​ | 8.008 | 12.888 | KY 1547 south | Northern terminus of KY 1547 |
| Casey | ​ | 11.337 | 18.245 | KY 78 east (Bradfordsville Road) | Western terminus of KY 78 |
| Marion | Bradfordsville | 21.179 | 34.084 | KY 337 north (East Main Street) – Gravel Switch | Southern end of KY 337 overlap |
| Marion | ​ | 22.424 | 36.088 | KY 337 south (Mannsville Road) | Northern end of KY 337 overlap |
| Marion | ​ | 23.053 | 37.100 | KY 1157 west | Eastern terminus of KY 1157 |
| Marion | Lebanon | 29.696 | 47.791 | KY 3321 west (Country Club Drive) – National Cemetery, Metts Drive Industrial Park | Eastern terminus of KY 3321 |
| Marion | Lebanon | 30.323 | 48.800 | US 68 / KY 52 west (West Main Street) – Campbellsville, Perryville | South end of KY 52 overlap; 68 both ways, 52 to the east |
| Marion | Lebanon | 30.604 | 49.252 | KY 55 north (West Walnut Street) – Springfield | South end of KY 55 overlap |
| Marion | Lebanon | 30.757 | 49.499 | KY 55 south (West Walnut Street) – Campbellsville, Columbia | North end of KY 55 overlap |
| Marion | ​ | 31.686 | 50.994 | KY 2154 (Veterans Memorial Highway) | |
| Marion | ​ | 31.792 | 51.164 | KY 84 west (St Mary's Road) – St. Mary, Marion Adjustment Center | Eastern terminus of KY 84 |
| Marion | ​ | 35.923 | 57.812 | KY 327 south – St. Mary | Northern terminus of KY 327 |
| Marion | ​ | 37.243 | 59.937 | KY 52 east – Historic Landmark Maker's Mark Distillery | North end of KY 52 overlap |
| Marion | Loretto | 40.026 | 64.416 | KY 52 west | South end of KY 52 overlap |
| Marion | Loretto | 40.566 | 65.285 | KY 52 east | East end of KY 52 overlap |
| Marion | ​ | 41.757 | 67.201 | KY 152 east – Sisters of Loretto Motherhouse Nerinx | Western terminus of KY 152 |
| Marion | ​ | 43.888 | 70.631 | KY 1183 east (Manton Road) | Western terminus of KY 1183 |
| Marion | Holy Cross | 46.762 | 75.256 | KY 457 south (New Haven Road) | Northern terminus of KY 457 |
| Marion | Holy Cross | 46.812 | 75.337 | KY 527 south (St. Francis-Holy Cross Road) | Northern terminus of KY 527 |
| Nelson | ​ | 49.444 | 79.572 | KY 46 west (Balltown Road) – Bardstown | Eastern terminus of KY 46 |
| Nelson | ​ | 50.695 | 81.586 | KY 2735 south (Roberts Road) | Northern terminus of KY 2735 |
| Nelson | ​ | 53.224 | 85.656 | KY 2735 (Roberts Road) | |
| Nelson | Bardstown | 56.908 | 91.585 | US 150 (Springfield Avenue/East Stephen Foster Avenue) to US 62 / Bluegrass Parkway – Springfield, Mt. Washington, Elizabethtown, My Old Kentucky Home State Park | Northern terminus; 62 and state park to the west, parkway to the east |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus ||||||