# Kentucky Route 63

Kentucky Route 63 (KY 63) is a north–south state highway that traverses Monroe and Barren counties in south central Kentucky.

## Route description
### Monroe County

KY 63 starts at the Tennessee state line, where the road continues southward as Tennessee State Route 56 (SR 56). Just north of that point is Gamaliel, where it intersects Bugtussle Road (KY 382), and begins its concurrency with KY 100. The two routes have intersections with KY 1860, and KY 1366 during the concurrency from Gamaliel to Tompkinsville. The two routes split at their junction with KY 375 (a former alignment of KY 163) in Tompkinsville. KY 63 turns northwestward to the KY 678 junction at Mount Hermon.

### Barren County

After entering Barren County, it meets KY 1324 at Temple Hill. KY 63 continues northwest to Glasgow, traversing the Louie B. Nunn Cumberland Parkway via an overpass. The route ends with U.S. 31E Business just south of the Barren County Courthouse. A few KY 63 trailblazer signs are posted in a few locations in that city.
On November 8, 2021, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet finished realigning a portion of KY 63 (also known as Tompkinsville Road) between the Cumberland Expressway overpass and Fox Trail, to improve safety by avoiding curving down a hillside.

### Status as a scenic byway

Most of the KY 63 corridor between Tompkinsville and Glasgow is recognized as a Kentucky Scenic Byway, which signifies that KY 63 provides a scenic drive through most of its course in Monroe and Barren counties. Also, KY 63, along with the first 10 miles (16 km) of KY 90 and parts of KY 70 between Mammoth Cave National Park and Cave City are parts of the "Cordell Hull Scenic Highway".

## History

Since 1986, KY 63 from Tompkinsville to Glasgow, along with KY 90 northwest of Glasgow, is the core route of the annual Roller Coaster Yard Sale.

## Points of interest along the route

* Barren County Fairgrounds, Temple Hill

## Major intersections

| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
| Monroe | ​ | 0.000 | 0.000 | SR 56 south (Gamaliel Road) / Ivan Holcomb Road | Continuation into Tennessee as SR 56 |
| Monroe | Gamaliel | 1.211 | 1.949 | KY 382 west (West Main Street) | Western terminus of KY 382 |
| Monroe | Gamaliel | 1.300 | 2.092 | KY 100 west (Fountain Run Road) | South end of KY 100 overlap |
| Monroe | ​ | 6.271 | 10.092 | KY 1860 east (Red Hill-Harlan Crossroads Road) – Harlan Crossroads | Western terminus of KY 1860 |
| Monroe | ​ | 8.089 | 13.018 | KY 1366 west (County House Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 1366 |
| Monroe | Tompkinsville | 9.457 | 15.220 | KY 100 east (East 4th Street) / KY 375 – Tompkinsville-Monroe County Airport | North end of KY 100 overlap; 375 to the north and east; 100 to the east; 63 goes west; hospital and airport to the east |
| Monroe | Tompkinsville | 9.516 | 15.315 | KY 2172 north (Spruce Street) | Southern terminus of KY 2172 |
| Monroe | Tompkinsville | 9.625 | 15.490 | KY 2172 (South Jackson Street/North Jackson Street) | |
| Monroe | ​ | 10.815 | 17.405 | KY 859 north (Sulphur Lick Road) | Southern terminus of KY 859 |
| Monroe | ​ | 13.440 | 21.630 | KY 2452 north (Sand Lick Road) | Southern terminus of KY 2452 |
| Monroe | Mud Lick | 16.158 | 26.004 | KY 870 south (Mud Lick-Flippin Road) | Northern terminus of KY 870 |
| Monroe | Mount Hermon | 20.816 | 33.500 | KY 678 west (Stringtown-Flippin Road) – Flippin | South end of KY 678 overlap |
| Monroe | Mount Hermon | 20.836 | 33.532 | KY 678 east (Mount Hermon Road) | North end of KY 678 overlap |
| Barren | ​ | 21.959 | 35.340 | KY 820 west (Etoile Road) – Etoile | Eastern terminus of KY 820 |
| Barren | ​ | 26.816 | 43.156 | KY 1324 south (Temple Hill Road) | Northern terminus of KY 1324 |
| Barren | Glasgow | 35.783 | 57.587 | US 31E Bus. (South Green Street) | Northern terminus |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus ||||||