Kentucky Route 627
{{Short description|Highway in Kentucky, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
|state=KY
|type=KY
|route=627
|alternate_name=
|map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=270|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Kentucky Route 627}}}}
|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=KY 627 highlighted in red
|length_mi=30.367
|length_round=3
|length_ref={{Cite KYTC route log|county=Madison|accessdate=June 21, 2016}}{{Cite KYTC route log|county=Clark|accessdate=June 21, 2016}}{{Cite KYTC route log|county=Bourbon|accessdate=June 21, 2016}}
|established=1972
|direction_a=South
|terminus_a={{Jct|state=KY|US|25|US|421}} at Richmond
|junction={{plainlist|1=
- {{Jct|state=KY|I|75}} at Richmond
- {{Jct|state=KY|US|60}} at Winchester
- {{Jct|state=KY|I|64}} }}
|direction_b=North
|terminus_b={{Jct|state=KY|US-Bus|68}} in downtown Paris
|counties=Madison, Clark, Bourbon
|previous_type=KY
|previous_route=626
|next_type=KY
|next_route=628
}}
Kentucky Route 627 (KY 627) is a {{convert|30.367|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} north–south state highway in east-central Kentucky, United States. It traverses portions of northern Madison, Clark, and southern Bourbon counties.
==Route description==
KY 627 begins in northern Madison County at the concurrently running part of highways U.S. Route 25 and U.S. Route 421 (US 25/US 421) north of Richmond. Just east of that is an interchange with Interstate 75 (I-75). The state highway continues northward to pass near Fort Boonesborough State Park (KY 388 provides access to that destination) and enters Clark County.{{cite map |author= DeLorme |author-link= DeLorme |year= 2010 |map= |title= Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer |scale= |location= Yarmouth, ME |publisher= DeLorme |page= |section= |isbn=}}{{full citation needed|date=June 2016}}
KY 627 arrives at Winchester, where it crosses US 60, and later I-64. The state highway goes further north to enter Bourbon County and into the city of Paris, where it terminates in downtown at a junction with a one-way couplet in US 68 Business.
==History==
{{main|U.S. Route 227}}
The routing of KY 627 from near Fort Boonesborough to Paris, along with much of KY 388 in Madison County was originally part of US 227 when it existed from 1928 until the U.S. Route's 1972 decommissioning. The KY 627 designation was assigned by the Kentucky Department of Highways the same year as the decommissioning of US 227.{{cite KYTC map |link= yes |accessdate=June 21, 2016 |year=1939}}{{cite KYTC map |link= yes |accessdate=June 21, 2016|year=1957}}
The original KY 627 ran from KY 234 to US 231 in Bowling Green; this was given to the city of Bowling Green, but became part of KY 880 on February 9, 1983.
Major intersections
{{KYint
|county=Madison
|cspan=4
|location=none
|lspan=4
|mile=0.000
|road={{Jct|state=KY|US|25|US|421|to1=to|I|75|city1=Richmond|city2=Lexington}}
|notes=Southern terminus}}
{{KYint
|mile=0.220
|road={{Jct|state=KY|KY|2878|name1=Simpson Lane}}
|notes=}}
{{KYint
|mile=1.613
|road={{Jct|state=KY|KY|3377|location1=Redhouse}}
|notes=Northern terminus of KY 3377}}
{{KYint
|mile=5.688
|road={{Jct|state=KY|KY|388|name1=Red House Road|location1=Fort Boonesborough State Park|city2=Richmond}}
|notes=Northern terminus of KY 388; original alignment of US 227 (1928-1972)}}
{{KYint
|county=Clark
|cspan=10
|location=Boonesborough
|mile=6.183
|road={{Jct|state=KY|KY|418|dir1=west|KY|1924|dir2=east|name2=Ford Road}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of KY 418}}
{{KYint
|location=Forest Grove
|mile=9.858
|road={{Jct|state=KY|KY|1923|name1=Waterworks Road}}
|notes=}}
{{KYint
|type=concur
|location=Winchester
|lspan=8
|mile=12.457
|road={{Jct|state=KY|KY|1958|KY-Truck|627|name1=Winchester Bypass|to2=to|I|64}}
|notes=Southern terminus of KY 627 truck; southern end of KY 1958 concurrency}}
{{KYint
|mile=13.478
|road={{Jct|state=KY|KY|1927|name1=Colby Road}}
|notes=}}
{{KYint
|mile=13.771
|road={{Jct|state=KY|KY|1923|name1=South Maple Street}}
|notes=Northern terminus of KY 1923}}
{{KYint
|mile=13.925
|road={{Jct|state=KY|US|60|name1=Lexington Avenue|city1=Lexington|city2=Mount Sterling}}
|notes=}}
{{KYint
|type=concur
|mile=14.185
|road={{Jct|state=KY|KY|89|KY|1958|name1=Washington Street}}
|notes=Northern terminus of KY 89; northern end of KY 1958 concurrency}}
{{KYint
|mile=15.114
|road={{Jct|state=KY|KY|1958|name1=Old Paris Pike}}
|notes=}}
{{KYint
|mile=15.334
|type=incomplete
|road={{Jct|state=KY|I|64|to1=to|Parkway|Mountain|dir1=east|city1=Ashland}}
|notes=Eastbound off ramps from I-64 east and on ramps to I-64 east}}
{{KYint
|mile=15.389
|road={{Jct|state=KY|I|64|dir1=west|KY-Truck|627|dir2=south|city1=Lexington}}
|notes=Westbound off ramps from I-64 west and on ramps to I-64 west; northern terminus of KY 627 Truck}}
{{KYint
|county=Bourbon
|cspan=4
|location=none
|lspan=2
|mile=22.204
|road={{Jct|state=KY|KY|57|city1=Lexington|city2=North Middletown}}
|notes=}}
{{KYint
|mile=23.230
|road={{Jct|state=KY|KY|3364}}
|notes=Western terminus of KY 3364}}
{{KYint
|location=Paris
|lspan=2
|mile=30.323
|road={{Jct|state=KY|US-Bus|68|dir1=east|to2=to|US|460|city1=Georgetown|city2=Maysville|city3=Mount Sterling}}
|notes=One way-street, no left turn}}
{{KYint
|mile=30.367
|road={{Jct|state=KY|US-Bus|68|to2=to|US|27|US|68|city1=Lexington}}
|notes=Northern terminus; one-way street, no right turn}}
{{KYintbtm|keys=concur,incomplete}}
==Kentucky Route 627 Truck==
{{Infobox road small
|state=KY
|type=KY-Truck
|route=627
|location=Winchester
|length_mi=4.732
|length_ref={{KYTC route log|county=Clark|accessdate=May 1, 2019}}
}}
Kentucky Route 627 Truck (KY 627 Truck) is a {{convert|4.372|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} truck route of KY 627 around Winchester. It follows KY 1958 (Winchester Bypass) on the west side of town, and I-64 between exits 94 and 96 on the north side of town.[http://millenniumhwy.net/signs&sights/ky/clark/index.html Signs and Sights from Clark County, Ky.]{{self-published inline|certain=y|date=June 2016}}
{{Clear}}
= Major intersections =
{{KYinttop|exit|location=Winchester|county=Clark|length_ref=}}
{{KYint|exit
|type=concur
|mile=0.000
|exit=
|road={{Jct|state=KY|KY|627|name1=Boonesboro Road / Boone Avenue}}
|notes=Southern terminus; southern terminus of western segment of KY 1958; south end of KY 1958 overlap; continues as Hubbard Road beyond KY 627
}}
{{KYint|exit
|mile=0.832
|exit=
|road={{Jct|state=KY|KY|1927|name1=Colby Road}}
|notes=
}}
{{KYint|exit
|mile=2.473
|exit=
|road={{Jct|state=KY|US|60|name1=West Lexington Avenue}}
|notes=
}}
{{KYint|exit
|type=concur
|mile=2.719
|mile2=2.837
|exit=94
|road={{Jct|state=KY|KY|1958|dir1=north|name1=Van Meter Road|road|To Rockwell Road}}
{{Jct|state=KY|I|64|dir1=west|city1=Lexington}}
|notes=North end of KY 1958 overlap; south end of I-64 overlap
}}
{{KYint|exit
|type=concur
|mile=4.732
|exit=96
|road={{Jct|state=KY|KY|627|city1=Paris|city2=Winchester}}
{{Jct|state=KY|I|64|dir1=east|city1=Ashland}}
|notes=Northern terminus; north end of I-64 overlap; continues as I-64 beyond KY 627
}}
{{jctbtm|keys=concur}}
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