End of historic US highway 168
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US 168 was an original 1926 route, with its east terminus in Mt. Vernon. The west endpoint was in Louisville. This map showed US 168 coming in on Barret Avenue. It could have ended at Broadway, at its junction with US 60...
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c. 1930, Kentucky State Highway Commission
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...but especially during the early years, routes were often co-signed to a more centrally-located junction. This 1928 photo shows that traffic heading east on Broadway from 2nd Street (US 31) was reassured with two US route shields. Unfortunately the numbers themselves were not visible, but nevertheless that gives further support to the idea that US 60 and 168 were overlapped between 2nd and Barret. This route log (from the 1929 official state highway map) suggests that the route actually terminated at 5th and Jefferson. That makes sense considering that the courthouse is located there, but it is odd that inset maps from that timeframe illustrated neither 5th nor Jefferson:
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c. 1929, Kentucky State Highway Commission
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This photo was taken looking to the west on Jefferson, with 5th being the crossroad. In the foreground is the courthouse, and City Hall is visible in the next block:
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Onasill, 2009 (linked to original)
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US 168 lasted only about seven years: in 1934, US 150 was extended eastward, and it subsumed the entirety of what had been US 168.
Research and/or photo credits: Bill Onasill; Mike Roberson; Dale Sanderson; Michael Summa
Page originally created 2005;
last updated Oct. 11, 2020.
last updated Oct. 11, 2020.
