Kentucky Route 38

{{Short description|Highway in Kentucky}}

{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox road

|state=KY

|type=KY

|route=38

|map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=240|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Kentucky Route 38}}}}

|map_custom=yes

|map_notes=KY 38 highlighted in red

|length_mi=29.519

|length_ref={{cite web|url=http://apps.transportation.ky.gov/DMI_Reports/Official_MP_RL_params.aspx|title=Official DMI Route Log|last=Commonwealth of Kentucky|accessdate=21 April 2014}}

|length_round=3

|established=

|direction_a=West

|direction_b=East

|terminus_a={{jct|state=KY|US|421}} in Harlan

|terminus_b={{jct|state=VA|Sec|624|county1=Lee}} near Keokee, VA

|counties=Harlan

|previous_type=KY

|previous_route=37

|next_type=KY

|next_route=39

}}

Kentucky Route 38, also known as KY 38, is a state highway in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Part of the State Secondary System, it runs east from U.S. Highway 421 in Harlan east via Brookside, Evarts, Benito, Black Bottom, and Holmes Mill to the Virginia state line.{{cite web |url= http://www.planning.kytc.ky.gov/reports/SPRS_listings/listings/harlan.pdf |title= Harlan County State Primary Road System |access-date= 2007-05-04 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090409114617/http://www.planning.kytc.ky.gov/reports/SPRS_listings/listings/harlan.pdf |archive-date= 2009-04-09 |url-status= dead }} {{small|(28.6 KB)}}, current as of November 12, 2004 In Virginia, the road continues as secondary State Route 624 to Keokee; State Route 606 and primary State Route 68 provide access from Keokee to the town of Appalachia, Virginia.