Kentucky Route 185
Kentucky Route 185 is a north-south state highway traversing four counties in west-central Kentucky.
Route description
History
Green River crossing
KY 185 originally crossed the Green River by way of Honaker's Ferry near Glenmore until February 1967, when KY 185 was rerouted onto the then-newly built Elmer White Bridge.Warren County extension
KY 185's run within Warren County was originally signed as Kentucky Route 67 from the 1930s until the discontinuation of the Bear Creek Ferry around 1967/68. KY 185's original south end was just west of Glenmore. The original KY 67 ran KY 185's present routing in Warren County, and then it turned northeast to meet the ferry and enters Edmonson County near Segal and ended at a junction with KY 70 in Windyville. The ferry provided a more direct route from Bowling Green to western Edmonson County. In the early 1950s, KY 185 was extended to follow a path from the Glenmore area to a junction with U.S. Route 31W at Bristow, near the present-day location of Warren East High School. After the decommissioning of the Bear Creek Ferry and KY 67 around 1969/70, KY 185 in Warren County was rerouted to its current routing; the old route became KY 1037. In 2002, the current Kentucky Route 67 was redesignated to the Industrial Parkway in Boyd and Greenup Counties in northeastern Kentucky just west of Ashland.Recent developments
From 1967/68 until around 2010, KY 185's southern terminus was at US 68's junction with Kentucky Route 234 near the L&N Depot in Bowling Green. KY 185 was truncated to its current south terminus when US 68/KY 80 was rerouted onto the Vietnam Veterans Blvd, and the other US 68 alignment was re-designated as US 68 Business.Major intersections
Points of interest along the route
- WBKO/WBGS-LD/WKYU-TV transmission facilities and tower
- Shanty Hollow Lake near Anna
- Big Reedy Christian Camp, Reedyville
- The Corner Market at Roundhill