# Kentucky Route 9

Kentucky Route 9 is a 116.285-mile-long (187.143 km) state highway maintained by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The highway extends from Grayson to Newport (a city in Kentucky across the Ohio River from Cincinnati, Ohio), roughly paralleling the Ohio River between Vanceburg and Newport.
Most of its route, from Grayson to the Interstate 275 (I-275) loop in Wilder, is part of the AA Highway, except for its northern 5.3 miles (8.5 km) which continues from the terminus of the AA Highway at I-275 into Newport.
While KY 9 is not an expressway, it nonetheless serves as the shortest highway link between Cincinnati and Ashland, Kentucky. Most of the route is a rural two-lane highway. The only municipalities on the highway are Vanceburg and Maysville and suburban areas of Cincinnati at its western terminus.

## Route description

KY 9 follows a general northwest–southeast orientation. It begins at a traffic circle intersection with KY 8 in Newport in Campbell County. It is briefly named Chestnut Way, and then Licking Pike as it parallels the Licking River. At the I-275 interchange, it becomes part of the AA Highway and then passes the outskirts of its namesake Alexandria. Within Campbell County, the road is a four-lane arterial highway.
The next segment passes through a remote, hilly region where the road is generally three lanes, with a passing lane present at uphill grades.
A few miles west of Maysville, the route runs concurrently with KY 10 begins, and the road becomes an arterial highway again. The concurrency ends within Maysville, and upon passing out of the city, the road becomes a two-lane rural highway through an agricultural region.
KY 9 then crosses the Allegheny Escarpment into the Appalachian Mountains at the same time that another concurrency with KY 10 begins. The remainder of KY 9 passes through mountainous terrain and is generally two lanes with periodic passing lanes. After passing through Vanceburg, KY 9 turns south and KY 10 continues east; both routes are signed as part of the AA Highway. KY 9 ends at KY 1/KY 7 just north of Grayson and a block from the I-64 interchange.

## Major intersections

| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
| Carter | ​ | 0.000 | 0.000 | KY 1 / KY 7 to I-64 – Grayson, Greenbo Lake State Resort Park, Grayson Lake State Park | Southern terminus of KY 9 and AA Highway spur |
| Carter | ​ | 1.078 | 1.735 | KY 1959 | |
| Carter | ​ | 5.486 | 8.829 | KY 7 south | Southern end of KY 7 concurrency |
| Carter | ​ | 6.498 | 10.458 | KY 7 north – Carter City | Northern end of KY 7 concurrency |
| Carter | ​ | 11.324 | 18.224 | KY 2 / KY 7 – Carter City | |
| Carter | ​ | 12.821 | 20.633 | KY 1773 east | Northern terminus of KY 1773 |
| Lewis | ​ | 22.690 | 36.516 | KY 1149 south | Southern end of KY 1149 concurrency |
| Lewis | ​ | 22.899 | 36.852 | KY 1306 north | Western terminus of KY 1306 |
| Lewis | ​ | 26.310 | 42.342 | AA Hwy (KY 10) east – South Shore, Greenup, Ashland | Southern terminus of AA Hwy mainline; AA Hwy (KY 9) continues as southern spur and AA Hwy (KY 10) as eastern spur |
| Lewis | ​ | 27.265 | 43.879 | KY 1149 north | Northern end of KY 1149 concurrency |
| Lewis | Vanceburg | 29.467 | 47.423 | KY 59 – Olive Hill, Vanceburg | |
| Lewis | ​ | 31.011 | 49.907 | KY 2523 north | Southern terminus of KY 2523 |
| Lewis | Clarksburg | 32.827 | 52.830 | KY 3037 north | Southern terminus of KY 3037 |
| Lewis | Charters | 36.815 | 59.248 | KY 989 south | Northern terminus of KY 989 |
| Lewis | Ribolt | 42.518 | 68.426 | KY 10 west | Northern end of KY 10 concurrency |
| Lewis | ​ | 46.642 | 75.063 | KY 57 – Flemingsburg, Tollesboro | |
| Mason | ​ | 49.685 | 79.960 | KY 1234 east | Southern end of KY 1234 concurrency |
| Mason | ​ | 50.078 | 80.593 | KY 1237 | |
| Mason | ​ | 50.222 | 80.824 | KY 1234 west | Northern end of KY 1234 concurrency |
| Mason | ​ | 50.979 | 82.043 | KY 3161 north | Southern terminus of KY 3161 |
| Mason | ​ | 53.261 | 85.715 | KY 1449 – Orangeburg | |
| Mason | ​ | 55.955 | 90.051 | KY 3313 | |
| Mason | ​ | 56.832 | 91.462 | KY 1448 east | Southern end of KY 1448 concurrency |
| Mason | Maysville | 57.040 | 91.797 | KY 11 / KY 1448 west – Flemingsburg, Maysville | Northern end of KY 1448 concurrency |
| Mason | Maysville | 58.451 | 94.068 | KY 1448 | |
| Mason | Maysville | 59.736 | 96.136 | US 62 / KY 10 east – Lexington, Maysville | Southern end of KY 10 concurrency |
| Mason | Maysville | 61.875 | 99.578 | US 68 – Lexington, Aberdeen, OH, Ripley, OH | Interchange |
| Mason | ​ | 65.378 | 105.216 | KY 3056 east | Western terminus of KY 3056 |
| Mason | ​ | 65.606 | 105.583 | KY 10 west – Germantown | Northern end of KY 10 concurrency |
| Mason | ​ | 66.545 | 107.094 | KY 435 – Minerva | |
| Bracken | ​ | 72.799 | 117.159 | KY 2370 (Dutch Ridge Road) | |
| Bracken | ​ | 74.567 | 120.004 | KY 19 – Brooksville, Augusta, Mount Olivet, Augusta Historic District | |
| Bracken | ​ | 76.772 | 123.553 | KY 875 – Chatham, Gertrude | |
| Bracken | Woolcott | 79.280 | 127.589 | KY 1159 – Brooksville, Mount Olivet | |
| Bracken | ​ | 82.606 | 132.941 | KY 1109 – Bradford, Johnsville | |
| Bracken | ​ | 85.877 | 138.206 | KY 1019 – Lenoxburg, Foster | |
| Bracken | ​ | 87.830 | 141.349 | KY 2228 east to KY 8 – Foster | Western terminus of KY 2228 |
| Pendleton | ​ | 89.174 | 143.512 | KY 159 south – Kincaid Lake State Park | Northern terminus of KY 159 |
| Pendleton | ​ | 91.711 | 147.595 | KY 154 to KY 8 – Peach Grove | |
| Campbell | ​ | 93.717 | 150.823 | KY 2828 east (Ivor Road) – Carntown | Western terminus of KY 2828 |
| Campbell | Flagg Spring | 94.941 | 152.793 | KY 735 to KY 10 – Mentor | |
| Campbell | ​ | 99.316 | 159.834 | KY 1996 (Carthage Road) | |
| Campbell | ​ | 101.238 | 162.927 | KY 1997 to KY 10 / KY 547 | |
| Campbell | ​ | 103.405 | 166.414 | KY 547 – Alexandria, Silver Grove | Interchange |
| Campbell | ​ | 105.348 | 169.541 | KY 709 west (East Alexandria Pike) | |
| Campbell | Cold Spring | 107.148 | 172.438 | US 27 | Interchange (exit 14) |
| Campbell | Cold Spring | 109.337 | 175.961 | KY 915 south (Licking Pike) to KY 10 | Northern terminus of KY 915 |
| Campbell | Wilder | 109.755 | 176.634 | KY 1998 east | Western terminus of KY 1998 |
| Campbell | Wilder | 111.037 | 178.697 | I-275 east to I-471 I-275 west to I-71 – Airport | I-275 exit 77; northern terminus of AA Hwy |
| Campbell | Wilder | 113.196 | 182.171 | KY 2345 east (Johns Hill Road) | Northern terminus of KY 2345 |
| Campbell | Wilder | 113.400 | 182.500 | KY 1632 east (Moock Road) | Western terminus of KY 1632 |
| Campbell | Newport | 115.666 | 186.146 | KY 1120 (West Eleventh Street) | |
| Campbell | Newport | 116.231 | 187.056 | KY 8 east (5th Street) | |
| Campbell | Newport | 116.285 | 187.143 | KY 8 west (4th Street) | Northern terminus |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Route transition ||||||