# Kentucky Route 8

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 from its west end in Boone County to Augusta in Bracken County is designated as a part of an identified corridor for bikes named the Ramblin' River Tour by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO).
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.

## Route description
### Western segment

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 1.5 miles west of 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.
KY 8 has been re-routed from its original path along Mary Ingles Highway in Fort Thomas due to a landslide. According to Mike Bezold, a member of the Kentucky Transport Cabinet, the cost to repair the damaged section of road would be $50 million despite having a low number of drivers. Now, KY 8 follows KY 1998 out of Silver Grove until it meets up with US 27 in Cold Spring. It then returns to its original route in Newport, but creates a small spur through Bellevue and Dayton. Its previous route along Mary Ingles Highway in Fort Thomas has since been replaced with KY 445 to between Industrial Road and River Road. The rest of the route up to Dayton has since been reclassified as KY 6335. The Ramblin' River Tour which inhabits the part of the KY 8 that has been closed has not been redesignated as bicycles are still able to pass the landslide with ease. This section was reopened in July 2024 however the route still follows US 27 within the area.

### Eastern segment

The eastern segment of KY 8 extends for 39.933 miles (64.266 km) from Concord-Trinity Road west of Concord to U.S. Route 23 in South Portsmouth west of South Shore. The western terminus of this portion is a very narrow two-lane road that becomes gravel.
From Kentucky Route 3037 in Vanceburg to its eastern terminus at US 23, KY 8 was formerly designated Kentucky Route 10, with KY 8 ending at KY 3037 (then KY 10). The road became part of KY 8 in the late-1990s after KY 10 was rerouted onto the AA Highway to the south.

## Major intersections
### Western segment

| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
| Boone | ​ | 1.528 | 2.459 | KY 237 south (North Bend Road) to I-275 | Northern terminus of KY 237 |
| Boone | Taylorsport | 4.575 | 7.363 | KY 2846 west (Tanner Road) to I-275 – Hebron | Eastern terminus of KY 2846 |
| Boone | Constance | 8.458 | 13.612 | KY 20 west (Petersburg Road) to I-275 | Eastern terminus of KY 20 |
| Boone | Constance | | | Anderson Ferry Road - Anderson Ferry | |
| Kenton | Villa Hills | 9.617 | 15.477 | KY 371 south (Amsterdam Road) | Northern terminus of KY 371 |
| Kenton | Ludlow | 13.536 | 21.784 | KY 1072 south (Deverill Street) | north terminus of KY 1072 |
| Kenton | Covington | 15.929 | 25.635 | West 3rd Street (KY 2374 east) | Western terminus of KY 2374 |
| Kenton | Covington | 16.152 | 25.994 | I-71 / I-75 – Cincinnati, Lexington, Louisville | I-75 exit 192 |
| Kenton | Covington | 16.312 | 26.252 | Philadelphia Street (KY 3090 north) | |
| Kenton | Covington | 16.459 | 26.488 | US 25 / US 42 / US 127 (Main Street) | |
| Kenton | Covington | 16.551 | 26.636 | Johnson Street (KY 2374 west) | Eastern terminus of KY 2374 |
| Kenton | Covington | 16.918 | 27.227 | KY 17 south (Scott Boulevard) | |
| Kenton | Covington | 16.999 | 27.357 | KY 17 north (Greenup Street) | |
| Campbell | Newport | 17.621 | 28.358 | KY 9 south (Central) | Northern terminus of KY 9 |
| Campbell | Newport | 17.802 | 28.650 | US 27 south (York Street) | west end of US 27 overlap |
| Campbell | Newport | 18.04 | 29.03 | US 27 north (Taylor Southgate Bridge) | east end of US 27 overlap; one-block overlap of US 27 north and KY 8 west; traffic circle |
| Campbell | Newport | 18.553 | 29.858 | I-471 to I-275 – Cincinnati | I-471 exit 5 |
| Campbell | Fort Thomas | 25.310 | 40.732 | KY 445 north (River Road) | Southern terminus of KY 445 |
| Campbell | Highland Heights | 25.689 | 41.342 | KY 2926 south (Winters Lane) | north terminus of KY 2926 |
| Campbell | Silver Grove | 26.472 | 42.603 | KY 1998 west (Industrial Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 1998 |
| Campbell | Silver Grove | 28.189 | 45.366 | KY 547 south (Four Mile Pike) – Alexandria | Northern terminus of KY 547 |
| Campbell | Oneonta | 35.192 | 56.636 | KY 1566 west (Oneonta Road) to KY 9 | Eastern terminus of KY 1566 |
| Campbell | New Richmond Station | 36.766 | 59.169 | KY 2921 west (Painter Road) to KY 9 | east terminus of KY 2921 |
| Campbell | ​ | 37.316 | 60.054 | KY 1996 west (New Richmond Road) to KY 9 | Eastern terminus of KY 1996 |
| Campbell | Mentor | 41.689 | 67.092 | KY 735 west (Smith Road) to KY 9 | east terminus of KY 735 |
| Pendleton | Ivor | 43.618 | 70.196 | KY 2828 west (Ivor Road) to AA Hwy (KY 9) | Eastern terminus of KY 2828 |
| Pendleton | Carntown | 45.467 | 73.172 | KY 154 west – Peach Grove | Eastern terminus of KY 154 |
| Bracken | Foster | 48.688 | 78.356 | KY 2228 (Foster Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 2228 |
| Bracken | Foster | 48.936 | 78.755 | KY 1019 south (Lenoxburg Foster Road) – Lenoxburg | Northern terminus of KY 1019 |
| Bracken | Bradford | 52.813 | 84.994 | KY 1109 south (Bradford Road) to KY 9 | Northern terminus of KY 1109 |
| Bracken | Wellsburg | 55.293 | 88.985 | KY 1159 south (Wellsburg Woolcott Road) | Northern terminus of KY 1159 |
| Bracken | Augusta | 61.326 | 98.695 | KY 19 south (Augusta-Chatham Road) | Northern terminus of KY 19 |
| Bracken | Augusta | 61.431 | 98.864 | KY 435 south (Augusta Minerva Road) | Northern terminus of KY 435 |
| Mason | Dover | 67.824 | 109.152 | KY 1235 south (Dover Minerva Road) | Northern terminus of KY 1235 |
| Mason | South Ripley | 69.906 | 112.503 | KY 576 south (Tuckahoe Road) | north terminus of KY 576 |
| Mason | Maysville | 74.114 | 119.275 | KY 1597 south (Charleston Bottoms Road) | Northern terminus of KY 1597 |
| Mason | Maysville | 75.686 | 121.805 | US 68 / to AA Highway (KY 9) – Ripley, OH, Aberdeen, OH | interchange |
| Mason | Maysville | 77.542 | 124.792 | KY 3056 west (Jersey Ridge Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 3056 |
| Mason | Maysville | 78.819 | 126.847 | US 62 (Third Street / Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge / US 68 Bus.) | Eastern terminus |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus ||||||

### Eastern segment

| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
| Lewis | Concord | 0.000 | 0.000 | KY 57 south / KY 3550 west | Western terminus |
| Lewis | Vanceburg | 12.622 | 20.313 | KY 3037 south (Clarksburg Road) to AA Hwy (KY 9) | Northern terminus of KY 3037 |
| Lewis | Vanceburg | 12.962 | 20.860 | KY 59 south / Main Street | Northern terminus of KY 59; former KY 2525 east |
| Lewis | Vanceburg | 13.310 | 21.420 | Second Street | former KY 2525 west |
| Lewis | ​ | 15.891 | 25.574 | KY 3020 east | Western terminus of KY 3020 |
| Lewis | Garrison | 22.063 | 35.507 | KY 1306 south (Kinney Road) | north terminus of KY 1306 |
| Lewis | Garrison | 23.011 | 37.033 | KY 3311 south (Montgomery Road) | Northern terminus of KY 3311 |
| Lewis | ​ | 24.016 | 38.650 | To KY 10 (via KY 8C) | Northern terminus of KY 8C |
| Lewis | Quincy | 24.916 | 40.098 | KY 1021 south (Briary Road) | Northern terminus of KY 1021 |
| Greenup | South Portsmouth | 34.360 | 55.297 | US 23 Truck north / KY 8S north (Carl Perkins Bridge) to US 52 – Portsmouth | west end of US 23 Truck overlap |
| Greenup | South Portsmouth | 35.383 | 56.943 | US 23 (U.S. Grant Bridge) – Greenup, Ashland, Portsmouth | east end of US 23 Truck overlap |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi ||||||