Kentucky Route 980

{{short description|State highway in Kentucky, United States}}

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

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

{{Infobox road

|state=KY

|type=KY

|route=980

|alternate_name=Bowling Green Road

|maint=KYTC

| map={{maplink-road|from=Kentucky Route 980.map}}

|map_custom=yes

|map_notes=KY 980 highlighted in red

|length_mi=1.303

|length_round=3

|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=27 August 2018}}

|established=

|direction_a=West

|terminus_a={{Jct|state=KY|US|231|US|31E}} west of Scottsville

|junction=

|direction_b=North

|terminus_b={{Jct|state=KY|KY|100}} in downtown Scottsville

|counties=Allen

|previous_type=KY

|previous_route=979

|next_type=KY

|next_route=981

}}

Kentucky Route 980 (KY 980) is a {{convert|1.303|mi}} long state highway located entirely in Allen County in south-central Kentucky. It originates at the junction with U.S. Route 231 and U.S. Route 31E on the west side of Scottsville, and ends in downtown Scottsville at a junction with Kentucky Route 100.DeLorme (2010). Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer (Map) (4th ed.). Yarmouth, ME: DeLorme. Pages 81-82.

==History==

{{main|U.S. Route 231 in Kentucky}}

KY 980 was originally part of U.S. 231 going into Scottsville. US 231 was rerouted onto the US 31E alignment west of town during the 1970s.[http://transportation.ky.gov/Planning/Maps/Allen1955.pdf Allen County General Road Map (1955)][http://transportation.ky.gov/Planning/Maps/allen1991.pdf Allen County General Road Map (1991)]

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