Kentucky Route 15
{{short description|Highway in Kentucky}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
|state=KY
|type=KY
|route=15
| map={{maplink-road|from=Kentucky Route 15.map}}
|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=KY 15; mainline in red, business routes in blue
|length_mi=131.418
|direction_a=South
|terminus_a={{Jct|state=KY|US|119}} in Whitesburg
|junction={{Jct|state=KY|Parkway|Hal Rogers|KY|80}} in Hazard
{{Jct|state=KY|Parkway|Mountain}} in Campton
{{Jct|state=KY|Parkway|Mountain|KY|82}} in Clay City
|direction_b=North
|terminus_b={{Jct|state=KY|US|60}} in Winchester
|counties=Letcher, Knott, Perry, Breathitt, Wolfe, Powell, Clark
|previous_type=KY
|previous_route=14
|next_type=KY
|next_route=16
}}
Kentucky Route 15 begins at a junction of US 119/Corridor F & Business KY 15 in Whitesburg, and terminates in Winchester at US 60. It is a major route, connecting the coalfields of the Cumberland Plateau with Lexington and other cities in the Bluegrass region. The segment from Whitesburg to KY 15 at Campton, which in turn connects to the Mountain Parkway near the town, is also the primary part of Corridor I of the Appalachian Development Highway System.
Future
{{Update|date=August 2015}}
Currently, KY 15 is being relocated onto a new four-lane divided alignment in phases. Construction on section 17 of the relocation project is from KY 205 at Vancleve to Fivemile; construction began on January 6, 2005, at a cost of $36.4 million and is 100% complete.{{Cite book|title=KY-15 Corridor |publisher=Kentucky Transportation Cabinet |url=http://transportation.ky.gov/progmgmt/precon_project%20_info/special_projects/KY-15/KY-15.html |accessdate=2007-05-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070303074636/http://transportation.ky.gov/progmgmt/precon_project%20_info/special_projects/KY-15/KY-15.html |archivedate=March 3, 2007 }} Work is finished on section 16 from Fivemile to Wolverine;. There are additional plans to reconstruct the segment from Jackson south to Hazard on new alignment beginning in 2008.
The current construction is progressing from Vancleve to Jackson. Local reports suggest that the roadway will be opening for traffic flow by the summer of 2013. Construction of the section between Jackson and Haddix, KY has not started. The current budget crisis and lowered revenues for state and federal construction projects may delay groundbreaking on that section for years. (Updated June 2013)
Currently (Jan. 2021), construction is nearing completion north of Hazard. This section was expanded to four lanes from the Hazard bypass to Speedway Road. This project was designed to replace one of the heaviest used sections of two way, two lane traffic in Kentucky. The upgrade involved replacing several bridges and making large cuts to accommodate the widened roadway. An access road was added to allow traffic to enter and exit at Bonnyman near the post office. No projected date of construction has been made public for the section of roadway from Jackson to the current expansion.
Image:Frozen Creek.jpg|Looking north across Frozen Creek and KY 1812.
Major intersections
{{jcttop|state=KY|length_ref=}}
{{KYint
|county=Letcher
|cspan=10
|location=Whitesburg
|lspan=3
|mile=0.000
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|15X|US|119|to3=to|US|23|name1=Jenkins Road|city1=Jenkins|city2=Cumberland}}
|notes=Southern terminus of business route
}}
{{KYint
|mile=1.389
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY-Conn|15|to2=to|KY|15X|dir1=east|location1=Letcher County Veterans Memorial Museum}}
|notes=Western terminus of connector road
}}
{{KYint
|mile=2.284
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|15X|KY|931|dir1=south|dir2=north|name2=Hazard Road|city1=Whitesburg|city2=Colson}}
|notes=Northern terminus of business route; south end of KY 931 overlap
|type=concur
}}
{{KYint
|location=none
|mile=2.736
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|931|dir1=south|name1=Whitco Road|city1=Gordon}}
|notes=North end of KY 931 overlap
|type=concur
}}
{{KYint
|location=none
|mile=3.918
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|3401|dir1=south|name1=Uz-Dry Fork Road}}
|notes=Northern terminus of KY 3401
}}
{{KYint
|location=none
|mile=4.794
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|3402|dir1=north}}
|notes=Southern terminus of KY 3402
}}
{{KYint
|location=Van
|mile=6.225
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1811|KY|160|dir1=north|dir2=south|name1=Smoot Creek Road|name2=Hickory Road|city1=Roxana|city2=Gordon}}
|notes=Southern terminus of KY 1811; south end of KY 160 overlap
|type=concur
}}
{{KYint
|location=none
|mile=8.911
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1148|dir1=east|city1=Colson}}
|notes=Western terminus of KY 1148
}}
{{KYint
|location=Isom
|mile=9.216
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|7|dir1=north|city1=Deane|location2=Mountain Motor Speedway}}
|notes=South end of KY 7 concurrency
|type=concur
}}
{{KYint
|location=none
|mile=9.876
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|7|dir1=south|city1=Letcher|city2=Blackey|location3=Leatherwood Battlefield|city4=Brashearville}}
|notes=North end of KY 7 concurrency
|type=concur
}}
{{KYint
|county=Knott
|cspan=4
|location=none
|mile=15.262
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|160|dir1=north|city1=Hindman|location2=Alice Lloyd College}}
|notes=North end of KY 160 overlap
|type=concur
}}
{{KYint
|location=none
|mile=16.945
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1231|dir1=north|name1=Big Branch Road}}
|notes=Southern terminus of KY 1231
}}
{{jctplace
|state=KY
|location=none
|mile=17.375
|place=Carr Creek State Park
}}
{{KYint
|location=none
|mile=20.435
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1088|dir1=west|name1=Main Street|city1=Sassafras}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of KY 1088
}}
{{KYint
|county=Perry
|cspan=13
|location=Vicco
|mile=21.253
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1095|dir1=south|name1=Main Street}}
|notes=Northern terminus of KY 1095
}}
{{KYint
|location=none
|mile=26.846
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|7|dir1=south|name1=Ken Mount Road|city1=Jeff|city2=Viper|city3=Leatherwood|location4=Leatherwood Battlefield|city5=Brashearville}}
|notes=Northern terminus of KY 7
}}
{{KYint
|location=Glomawr
|mile=29.581
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|451|dir1=north|name1=Christopher Road}}
|notes=Southern terminus of KY 451
}}
{{KYint
|location=none
|mile=29.970
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1096|name1=Fourseam Buffalo Road}}
}}
{{KYint
|location=Hazard
|lspan=6
|mile=31.795
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY-Bus|15|dab1=Hazard|dir1=north|name1=Main Street}}
|notes=Southern terminus of Hazard business route
}}
{{KYint
|mile=32.515
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY-Conn|451|to2=to|KY|451|dir1=south}}
|notes=Northern terminus of connector road
}}
{{KYint
|mile=33.933
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY-Bus|15|dab1=Hazard|dir1=south}}
|notes=Northern terminus of Hazard business route
}}
{{KYint
|mile=34.351
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|80|KY|550|dir1=west|dir2=east}}
|notes=Interchange; western terminus of KY 550; south end of KY 80 overlap
|type=concur
}}
{{KYint
|mile=35.861
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|80|dir1=east|city1=Prestonsburg|city2=Pikeville}}
|notes=Interchange; north end of KY 80 overlap; ramp from EB Hal Rogers Parkway to KY 15 south of intersection
|type=concur
}}
{{KYint
|mile=36.023
|road={{jct|state=KY|Parkway|Hal Rogers|dir1=west|city1=London}}
|notes=Interchange; eastern terminus of Hal Rogers Parkway; parkway exit 59; ramp from WB KY 80 to KY 15 just east of here
}}
{{KYint
|location=Bonnyman
|mile=36.608
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|267|name1=Harveyton Road/Typo Road|city1=Harveyton|city2=Typo}}
}}
{{KYint
|location=none
|mile=40.518
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1067|dir1=north|name1=Fifteenmile Branch Road}}
|notes=Southern terminus of KY 1067
}}
{{KYint
|location=none
|mile=41.399
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|28|dir1=west|city1=Buckhorn|city2=Booneville|location3=Buckhorn Lake State Resort Park}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of KY 28
}}
{{KYint
|county=Breathitt
|cspan=14
|location=Ned
|mile=46.372
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|2446|dir1=south}}
|notes=Northern terminus of KY 2446
}}
{{KYint
|location=none
|mile=49.890
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1278|dir1=south|city1=Watts}}
|notes=Northern terminus of KY 1278
}}
{{KYint
|location=Lost Creek
|mile=53.582
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|476|dir1=south|city1=Riverside|city2=Clayhole}}
|notes=Northern terminus of KY 476
}}
{{KYint
|location=Haddix
|mile=55.019
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1110|dir1=south}}
|notes=Northern terminus of KY 1110
}}
{{KYint
|location=Jackson
|lspan=6
|mile=60.487
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1098|KY|1812|dir1=west|dir2=north|name2=Quicksand Road}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of KY 1098; southern terminus of KY 1812
}}
{{KYint
|mile=60.741
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|30|dir1=east|location1=Sugar Creek Golf Course|location2=Julian Carroll Airport}}
|notes=South end of KY 30 overlap
|type=concur
}}
{{KYint
|mile=62.593
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1812|KY|3068|dir1=north|dir2=west|name2=Main Street}}
|notes=South end of KY 1812 overlap; eastern terminus of KY 3068
|type=concur
}}
{{KYint
|mile=62.813
|road={{jctname|state=KY|KY|3232|dir1=east|name1=Jetts Drive}}
}}
{{KYint
|mile=63.289
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1812|dir1=south|name1=Washington Avenue}}
|notes=North end of KY 1812 overlap
|type=concur
}}
{{KYint
|mile=63.740
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|30|to2=to|KY|52|dir1=west|name1=Park Road|city1=Booneville}}
|notes=North end of KY 30 overlap
|type=concur
}}
{{KYint
|location=none
|mile=65.699
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|205|dir1=south}}
|notes=South end of KY 205 overlap
|type=concur
}}
{{KYint
|location=none
|mile=66.802
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|205|dir1=north}}
|notes=North end of KY 205 overlap
|type=concur
}}
{{KYint
|location=none
|mile=68.164
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1812|dir1=south}}
|notes=South end of KY 1812 overlap
|type=concur
}}
{{KYint
|location=Vancleve
|mile=69.164
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|205|KY|1812|to3=to|Parkway|Mountain|dir2=north|dir3=east}}
|notes=Interchange; 205 both ways, 1812 to the north; north end of KY 1812 overlap
|type=concur
}}
{{KYint
|county=Wolfe
|cspan=12
|location=Bethany|lspan=2
|ctdab=Wolfe
|mile=73.200
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1261|dir1=south}}
|notes=South end of KY 1261 overlap
|type=concur
}}
{{KYint
|mile=73.239
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1261|dir1=north}}
|notes=North end of KY 1261 overlap
|type=concur
}}
{{KYint
|location=none
|mile=77.059
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|2028|dir1=south|name1=Flat Mary Road|city1=Flat|city2=Mary}}
|notes=Northern terminus of KY 2028
}}
{{KYint
|location=none
|mile=80.199
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY-Conn|2491|to2=to|KY|2491|dir1=north}}
|notes=Southern terminus of connector road
}}
{{KYint
|location=none
|mile=80.377
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|3355|to2=to|KY|2491|name1=Elkins Road}}
}}
{{KYint
|location=Campton
|mile=81.022
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY-Spur|15|to2=to|Parkway|Mountain|KY|191|dir1=north|dir3=east|name1=Mountain Parkway Spur|name3=Drake Street|city1=Winchester|city2=Stanton|city3=Campton|city4=Hazel Green}}|notes=Southern terminus of KY 15 Spur; western terminus of KY 191
}}
{{KYint
|location=none
|mile=82.239
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|651|dir1=south|name1=Bear Pen Road}}
|notes=Northern terminus of KY 651
}}
{{KYint
|location=none
|mile=84.897
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1653|to2=to|Parkway|Mountain|dir1=east|city1=Campton}}
|notes=Western terminus of KY 1653
}}
{{KYint
|location=none
|mile=85.129
|mile2=85.422
|road={{jct|state=KY|Parkway|Mountain|city1=Lexington|city2=Campton}}
|notes=Interchange; Mountain Parkway exit 40
}}
{{KYint
|location=none
|mile=84.455
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|3040|dir1=east|name1=Hobbs Road}}
|notes=Western terminus of KY 3040
}}
{{KYint
|location=none
|mile=85.555
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|715|dir1=south|city1=Beattyville}}
|notes=South end of KY 715 overlap
|type=concur
}}
{{KYint
|location=Pine Ridge
|mile=86.389
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|715|dir1=north|name1=Sky Bridge Road}}
|notes=North end of KY 715 overlap
|type=concur
}}
{{KYint
|county=Powell
|cspan=18
|location=Slade
|mile=93.704
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|11|to2=to|Parkway|Mountain|dir1=south|name1=Natural Bridge Road|location1=Natural Bridge State Resort Park|city2=Beattyville|city3=Prestonsburg|city4=Lexington}}
|notes=South end of KY 11 concurrency
|type=concur
}}
{{KYint
|location=none
|mile=95.200
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|77|dir1=south|name1=Nada Tunnel Road|location1=Nada Tunnel|location2=Red River Gorge}}
|notes=Northern terminus of KY 77
}}
{{KYint
|location=none
|mile=97.652
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1639|dir1=south|name1=South Fork Road}}
|notes=Northern terminus of KY 1639
}}
{{KYint
|location=Bowen
|mile=99.517
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|613|dir1=east|name1=Little North Fork Road}}
|notes=Western terminus of KY 613
}}
{{KYint
|location=none
|mile=102.535
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|3354|dir1=south|name1=Cat Creek Road}}
|notes=Northern terminus of KY 3354
}}
{{KYint
|location=Rosslyn
|mile=103.015
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1184|dir1=north|name1=Little North Bend Road}}
|notes=Southern terminus of KY 1184
}}
{{KYint
|location=Stanton
|lspan=3
|mile=105.744
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|213|to2=to|Parkway|Mountain|name1=Main Street|city1=Furnace|city2=Jeffersonville}}
}}
{{KYint
|mile=105.791
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|2486|dir1=north|name1=Washington Street}}
|notes=Southern terminus of KY 2486
}}
{{KYint
|mile=106.325
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|2073|dir1=north|name1=Halls Lane}}
|notes=Southern terminus of KY 2073
}}
{{KYint
|location=Clay City
|lspan=8
|mile=109.298
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|2480|dir1=north|name1=10th Avenue}}
|notes=Southern terminus of KY 2480
}}
{{KYint
|mile=109.741
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1057|dir1=east|name1=11th Street}}
|notes=Western terminus of KY 1057
}}
{{KYint
|mile=109.978
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|2026|KY|2481|dir1=east|dir2=south|name1=Pompeii Road|name2=9th Street}}
|notes=Western terminus of KY 2026; northern terminus of KY 2481
}}
{{KYint
|mile=110.513
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|2479|dir1=north|name1=3rd Street}}
|notes=Southern terminus of KY 2479
}}
{{KYint
|mile=110.949
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|11|dir1=north|name1=Black Creek Road|location1=Bluegrass Council Scouting Reservation|location2=Camp McKee}}
|notes=North end of KY 11 concurrency
|type=concur
}}
{{KYint
|mile=111.466
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|3022|dir1=north|name1=Lofty Heights Road}}
|notes=Southern terminus of KY 3022
}}
{{KYint
|mile=111.478
|mile2=111.511
|road={{jct|state=KY|Parkway|Mountain|dir1=east|city1=Lexington}}
|notes=Interchange; Mountain Parkway exit 16
}}
{{KYint
|mile=111.613
|road={{jct|state=KY|Parkway|Mountain|KY|82|dir1=west|dir2=west|name2=Irvine Road|city1=Campton|city2=Irvine}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of KY 82; ramp to parkway to the south, 82 to the west; 15 turns north
}}
{{KYint
|location=none
|mile=112.904
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|3352|dir1=south|name1=Virden Ridge Road}}
|notes=Northern terminus of KY 3352
}}
{{KYint
|county=Clark
|cspan=5
|location=Goffs Corner
|mile=117.692
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|974|to2=to|Parkway|Mountain|name1=Kiddville Road/Trapp-Goffs Corner Road}}
}}
{{KYint
|location=Pilot View
|mile=122.295
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|3368|dir1=north|name1=Schollsville Road}}
|notes=Southern terminus of KY 3368
}}
{{KYint
|location=none
|mile=128.086
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1958|name=Veterans Memorial Parkway}}
}}
{{KYint
|location=none
|mile=128.718
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|1960|dir1=east|name1=Ecton Road}}
|notes=Western terminus of KY 1960
}}
{{KYint
|location=Winchester
|mile=129.449
|road={{jct|state=KY|US|60|name1=North Main Street}}
}}
{{jctbtm|keys=concur}}
Special routes
=Kentucky Route 15X=
{{Infobox road small
|state=KY
|type=KY
|route=15X
|location=Whitesburg, Letcher County
|formed=
|length_mi=2.838
|length_round=3
}}
Kentucky Route 15 Business in Whitesburg, in Letcher County, signed as KY 15X, is the business route of KY 15 in Whitesburg. It begins at KY 15's southern terminus and ends at KY 15 north of town. The route is {{convert|2.838|mi}} long.
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=Kentucky Route 15 Connector=
{{Infobox road small
|state=KY
|type=KY-Conn
|route=15
|location=Whitesburg, Letcher County
|formed=
|length_mi=0.24
|length_round=3
}}
Kentucky Route 15 Connector (KY 15C) provides access from KY 15 to KY 15X and the Letcher County Veterans Memorial Museum in Whitesburg. It is {{convert|0.24|mi}} long.
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===Kentucky Route 15 Business (Hazard)===
{{Infobox road small
|state=KY
|type=KY-Bus
|route=15
|location=Hazard, Perry County
|formed=
|length_mi=2.306
|length_round=3
}}
Kentucky Route 15 Business (KY 15 BUS) is a business route of KY 15 in Hazard, Perry County. It is the original alignment of KY 15 through the city. It is {{convert|2.306|mi}} long.
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=Kentucky Route 15 Spur=
{{Infobox road small
|state=KY
|type=KY-Spur
|route=15
|location=Campton, Wolfe County
|formed=
|length_mi=1.058
|length_round=3
}}
Kentucky Route 15 Spur (KY 15 Spur) is the spur route connecting KY 15 with the Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway's Exit 46 interchange at Campton, in Wolfe County. The length of this alignment is {{Convert|1.058|mi}} long. This roadway is not accessible from the Mountain Parkway's westbound lanes.
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