Kentucky Route 118
{{short description|Highway in Kentucky}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
|state=KY
|type=KY
|route=118
|alternate_name=Tim Couch Pass
|maint=KYTC
|map={{maplink-road|from=Kentucky Route 118.map}}
|map_custom=yes
|length_mi=3.524
|length_round=3
|established=
|direction_a=South
|terminus_a={{jct|state=KY|US|421|KY|80}} in Hyden
|direction_b=North
|terminus_b={{jct|state=KY|Parkway|Hal Rogers}} at Thousandsticks
|counties=Leslie
|previous_type=KY
|previous_route=117
|next_type=US
|next_route=119
}}
Kentucky Route 118 (KY 118), also known as the Hyden Spur and the Tim Couch Pass, is a 3.524 mile (5.671 km) long state highway in southeastern Kentucky, running entirely in Leslie County. The route originates at exit 44{{disputed inline|date=November 2014}} of the Hal Rogers Parkway near the unincorporated community of Thousandsticks, and connects with US 421 in the county seat of Hyden.
Route description
The road, a modern two-lane road with an extra climbing lane where necessary, was originally the Hyden Spur of the Daniel Boone Parkway (now the Hal Rogers Parkway). Shortly after exiting the parkway, the road climbs a large hill for roughly a mile (1.6 km). The last mile into Hyden is a 7% downhill grade, with a runaway truck ramp near its end at US 421.
The road is also known as Tim Couch Pass, after the former University of Kentucky and NFL quarterback, who is a Hyden native.{{cite news|url=http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2000/01/19/loc_road_renamed_tim.html|title=Road renamed 'Tim Couch Pass'|newspaper=The Cincinnati Enquirer|date=January 19, 2000|accessdate=September 3, 2011}}
Major intersections
{{jcttop|state=KY|county=Leslie|length_ref=}}
{{KYint
|mile=0.000
|location=Hyden
|road={{jct|state=KY|US|421|KY|80}}
|notes=Southern terminus
}}
{{KYint
|location=Thousandsticks
|lspan=2
|mile=3.449
|road={{jct|state=KY|KY|3424|name1=Davidson Fork Road / Bull Creek Road}}
}}
{{KYint
|mile=3.524
|road={{jct|state=KY|Parkway|Hal Rogers|city1=London|city2=Manchester|city3=Hazard}}
|notes=Northern terminus
}}
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References
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External links
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- {{cite web|url=http://www.planning.kytc.ky.gov/reports/SPRS_listings/listings/leslie.pdf |title=State Primary Road System in Leslie County |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070615105006/http://www.planning.kytc.ky.gov/reports/SPRS_listings/listings/leslie.pdf |archivedate=2007-06-15 }} {{small|(18.8 KB)}}