# Kentucky Route 30

Kentucky Route 30 (KY 30) is an east–west state highway in Kentucky managed by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.
It goes through Laurel, Jackson, Owsley, Breathitt, Magoffin Counties.

## Route description

KY 30 begins at an intersection with the Hal Rogers Parkway in London, and goes north as a divided highway until it becomes an undivided two-lane highway about a mile up the road. The road is a recently constructed standard highway with 11 ft wide lanes and shoulders on both sides of the road, with a speed limit of 55 mph. The road continues through Greenmount into Jackson County. The road then goes through the hilly terrain of Jackson County, and runs past Annville and reaches US 421 at Tyner. At this point, the road is no longer a standard highway and runs as a concurrency to the northern part of Tyner, where it goes east towards Mummie. The road runs a very curvy route and reaches Owsley County where it continues to be curvy until it reaches another newly constructed standard highway at Travellers Rest, which continues past Vincent into Levi where the road intersects with KY 11. From here, the road follows a concurrent route with KY 11 into Booneville and heads west towards Breathitt County. From here, the road curves and goes into the town of Jackson where it then goes on another curvy route into Magoffin County where it meets its eastern terminus in Salyersville.

## New alignment

Work has been done to improve the route of KY 30, to establish it as a corridor between London and the impoverished areas the road currently runs through. Beginning in 2003, KY 30 has been realigned on a ~7 mile segment between London and Greenmount, where construction stalled until 2010 when a ~15 mile segment was completed between Greenmount and Annville, where construction stalled again. In 2014, a ~5 mile segment was completed between Annville and Tyner. In a separate segment, a new ~7 mile alignment was constructed in Owsley County between Levi and Travellers Rest. It is estimated that the road will be completely connected as a new highway between Laurel, Jackson and Owsley Counties by 2022. Another development for the corridor may be under way for KY 11 between Levi and Beattyville to connect the realigned segment to another standard highway, to connect Lee, Powell, and Wolfe Counties to this new corridor that leads to London in Laurel County.

## Major intersections

| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
| Laurel | London | 0.000 | 0.000 | Hal Rogers Parkway / KY 354 south (Tobacco Road) to I-75 | |
| Laurel | ​ | 2.785 | 4.482 | KY 1227 | |
| Laurel | ​ | 3.567 | 5.741 | KY 3094 west (Greenmount Bond Road) – East Bernstadt | Eastern terminus of KY 3094 |
| Laurel | ​ | 5.646 | 9.086 | KY 1394 west | Eastern terminus of KY 1394 |
| Laurel | ​ | 8.155 | 13.124 | KY 578 east (McWhorter-Victory Road) | West end of KY 578 overlap |
| Laurel | ​ | 8.246 | 13.271 | KY 578 west | East end of KY 578 overlap |
| Jackson | Moores Creek | 11.663 | 18.770 | KY 577 | |
| Jackson | ​ | 14.153 | 22.777 | KY 578 (Green Hill Road) – Annville | |
| Jackson | Annville | 15.013 | 24.161 | KY 3444 (Medical Drive) | |
| Jackson | ​ | 15.715 | 25.291 | KY 3629 north to KY 3630 – Annville | Southern terminus of KY 3629 |
| Jackson | ​ | 16.097 | 25.906 | KY 3443 west (Welchburg Road) to KY 3630 – Annville | West end of KY 3443 overlap |
| Jackson | ​ | 16.192 | 26.058 | KY 3443 east (Welchburg Road) | East end of KY 3443 overlap |
| Jackson | ​ | 18.687 | 30.074 | US 421 south – Manchester | West end of US 421 concurrency |
| Jackson | ​ | 18.839 | 30.318 | KY 1431 east | Western terminus of KY 1431 |
| Jackson | Tyner | 18.972 | 30.532 | KY 3630 west – Annville | Eastern terminus of KY 3630; former routing of KY 30 |
| Jackson | ​ | 19.786 | 31.842 | US 421 north – McKee | East end of US 421 concurrency |
| Jackson | ​ | 22.047 | 35.481 | KY 1431 west | Eastern terminus of KY 1431 |
| Owsley | ​ | 28.389 | 45.688 | KY 1071 west (Pierson Fork Road) | West end of KY 1071 overlap |
| Owsley | ​ | 28.768 | 46.298 | KY 1071 east | East end of KY 1071 overlap |
| Owsley | ​ | 31.560 | 50.791 | KY 846 east | Western terminus of KY 846 |
| Owsley | ​ | 33.348 | 53.668 | KY 847 north | Southern terminus of KY 847 |
| Owsley | Vincent | 34.931 | 56.216 | KY 399 north | Southern terminus of KY 399 |
| Owsley | Travellers Rest | 38.962 | 62.703 | KY 847 south | Northern terminus of KY 847 |
| Owsley | ​ | 39.303 | 63.252 | KY 11 north | West end of KY 11 concurrency |
| Owsley | ​ | 39.892 | 64.200 | KY 3504 east | Western terminus of KY 3504 |
| Owsley | Booneville | 41.532 | 66.839 | KY 11 south – Manchester | East end of KY 11 concurrency |
| Owsley | Booneville | 41.563 | 66.889 | KY 28 east (South Court Street) – Buckhorn, Chavies, Grapevine, Hazard | Western terminus of KY 28 |
| Owsley | ​ | 42.610 | 68.574 | KY 3347 south (Shepherds Lane Road) – Owsley County High School | Northern terminus of KY 3347 |
| Owsley | ​ | 42.931 | 69.091 | KY 3346 north | Southern terminus of KY 3346 |
| Owsley | ​ | 43.204 | 69.530 | KY 1411 north | Southern terminus of KY 1411 |
| Owsley | Lerose | 45.303 | 72.908 | KY 708 north – Lone, Tallega | Southern terminus of KY 708 |
| Owsley | ​ | 45.901 | 73.870 | KY 2024 south | Northern terminus of KY 2024 |
| Breathitt | ​ | 51.460 | 82.817 | KY 1202 north | Southern terminus of KY 1202 |
| Breathitt | ​ | 53.429 | 85.986 | KY 1114 south | Northern terminus of KY 1114 |
| Breathitt | ​ | 54.811 | 88.210 | KY 315 south – Buckhorn Lake State Resort Park | Northern terminus of KY 315 |
| Breathitt | ​ | 54.979 | 88.480 | KY 3237 east – Canoe | Western terminus of KY 3237 |
| Breathitt | Shoulderblade | 55.930 | 90.011 | KY 2469 north – Highland, Athol | Southern terminus of KY 2469 |
| Breathitt | ​ | 60.138 | 96.783 | KY 397 south | Northern terminus of KY 397 |
| Breathitt | ​ | 62.705 | 100.914 | Town Hill Road | Former KY 3504 east |
| Breathitt | Jackson | 63.271 | 101.825 | KY 52 west – Beattyville | Eastern terminus of KY 52 |
| Breathitt | Jackson | 64.804 | 104.292 | KY 205 north – Campton | Southern terminus of KY 205 |
| Breathitt | Jackson | 65.383 | 105.224 | KY 15 to Mountain Parkway – Campton | West end of KY 15 concurrency |
| Breathitt | Jackson | 65.834 | 105.950 | KY 1812 south (Washington Avenue) – Quicksand | West end of KY 1812 overlap |
| Breathitt | Jackson | 66.310 | 106.716 | Jett Drive (KY 3232 north) | Lakeside Medical Center at the north end of the road |
| Breathitt | Jackson | 66.530 | 107.070 | KY 1812 north / KY 3068 west (Main Street) | East end of KY 1812 overlap; western terminus of KY 3068 |
| Breathitt | ​ | 68.382 | 110.050 | KY 15 south – Hazard | East end of KY 15 concurrency |
| Breathitt | ​ | 72.672 | 116.954 | KY 2436 north – Julian Carroll Airport | Southern terminus of KY 2436 |
| Breathitt | ​ | 79.172 | 127.415 | KY 2466 north | Southern terminus of KY 2466 |
| Breathitt | ​ | 86.871 | 139.805 | KY 542 east | Western terminus of KY 542 |
| Magoffin | ​ | 94.360 | 151.858 | KY 1397 south | Northern terminus of KY 1397 |
| Magoffin | ​ | 96.611 | 155.480 | KY 1090 north | Southern terminus of KY 1090 |
| Magoffin | ​ | 97.778 | 157.358 | KY 378 west | Eastern terminus of KY 378 |
| Magoffin | ​ | 98.942 | 159.232 | KY 3337 west | Eastern terminus of KY 3337 |
| Magoffin | ​ | 100.068– 100.249 | 161.044– 161.335 | Mountain Parkway – Salyersville, Prestonsburg, Lexington | Mountain Parkway exit 72 |
| Magoffin | ​ | 102.023 | 164.190 | US 460 / KY 7 – West Liberty, Salyersville | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus ||||||