Kentucky Route 160

Kentucky Route 160, also known as KY 160, is a state highway in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It runs from the Virginia state line, where the roadway continues east to Appalachia, Virginia as State Route 160, north via Lynch, Benham, Clutts, Cumberland, Sand Hill, Gordon, Linefork, Kings Creek, Premium, and Hot Spot to Kentucky Route 15 at Van. KY 160 overlaps KY 15 through Isom to Cody, where it splits to run via Carr Creek, Brinkley, and Hindman, ending at Kentucky Route 1087 at Vest. Due to the mountainous terrain and numerous tight bends. KY 160 is signposted closed to tractor-trailers from Lynch to the Virginia state line.

View north at the south end of KY 160 at SR 160 at the Virginia state line in Harlan County

Kentucky Route 160
KY 160 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by KYTC
Length	61.146 mi[1] (98.405 km)
Major junctions
South end	SR 160 near Appalachia, VA
Major intersections	US 119 in Cumberland KY 80 near Hindman
North end	KY 1087 in Vest
Location
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
Counties	Harlan, Letcher, Knott
Highway system
Kentucky State Highway System Interstate US State Parkways
← KY 159 → KY 161

KY 160 is part of the State Primary System from Virginia to the U.S. Highway 119 interchange in Cumberland, the State Secondary System from US 119 to KY 15 at Van and from KY 15 at Cody to Kentucky Route 80 north of Hindman, and the Rural Secondary System from KY 80 to KY 1087 at Vest.^[2][3][4]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Harlan	Black Mountain			SR 160 east	Virginia state line
	Cumberland			US 119	interchange
				KY 1254 east
				West Main Street (KY 2179 south)
	Sand Hill			KY 522 south
Letcher	​			Little Shepherd Trail	former KY 1679 west
	​			Little Shepherd Trail	former KY 1679 east
	Gordon			KY 463 north – Leatherwood
	Linefork			KY 1103 north – Lilley Cornett Woods
	Kings Creek			KY 931 north
	​			KY 588 west – Blackey	south end of KY 588 overlap
	Roxana			KY 2036 north
	Premium			KY 588 east – Uz	north end of KY 588 overlap
	Van			KY 15 south / KY 1811 north – Whitesburg	south end of KY 15 overlap
	​			KY 1148 east – Colson
	Isom			KY 7 north – Deane, Mountain Motor Speedway	south end of KY 7 overlap
	​			KY 7 south – Letcher, Blackey, Leatherwood Battlefield, Brashearville	north end of KY 7 overlap
Knott	​			KY 15 north (Smithboro Road) – Hazard, Carr Creek State Park, Carr Creek Dam	north end of KY 15 overlap
	Littcarr			KY 1410 east (Burgeys Creek Road)
	​			KY 582 east
	Brinkley			KY 899 north – Alice Lloyd College, Mallie
	​			KY 3391 south
	Hindman			KY 550 west – Dwarf	south end of KY 550 overlap
				KY 550 east	north end of KY 550 overlap
	​			KY 2759 south (Ogden Branch Road)
	​			KY 80 – Hazard, Prestonsburg
	Vest			KY 1087
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi