State Highway 8
Length:	119.735 mi (192.69 km)
West end:	KY 20
East end:	US 23
Counties:	Greenup, Lewis, Mason, Bracken, Pendleton, Campbell, Kenton, Boone
Cities:	Grayson, Vanceburg, Maysville, Alexandria, Newport, Covington
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Kentucky Route 8 is also referred to as the Mary Ingles Highway for part of its length. It is rumoured that she was the first white woman in Kentucky. Captured by Indians in Virginia on July 1755 and taken to Ohio, she later she escaped a salt-making party at Big Bone Lick and made her way across the Kentucky wilderness back to Virginia. Image File history File links Circle_sign_8. ... A mile is a unit of length, usually used to measure distance, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, United States customary units and Norwegian/Swedish mil. ... km redirects here. ... Image File history File links Circle_sign_20. ... Image File history File links US_23. ... U.S. Highway 23 is a long north-south U.S. highway between Mackinaw City, Michigan and Jacksonville, Florida. ... Greenup County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. ... Lewis County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. ... Mason County is a county located in the state of Kentucky. ... Bracken County is a county located in the state of Kentucky. ... Pendleton County is a county located in the state of Kentucky. ... Campbell County is a county located in the state of Kentucky. ... Kenton County is a county located in the state of Kentucky. ... Boone County is a county located in the state of Kentucky. ... Grayson is a city located in Carter County, Kentucky. ... Vanceburg is a city in Lewis County, Kentucky, along the Ohio River. ... Russell Theater, Maysville Maysville is a city located in Mason County, Kentucky, along the Ohio River. ... Alexandria is a city located in Campbell County, Kentucky. ... The Campbell County Courthouse in Newport, Kentucky Newport is a city in Campbell County, Kentucky, USA, at the confluence of the Ohio and Licking Rivers. ... Downtown Covington has many wooded streets and historic buildings Covington is a city in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. ... // Summary The Kentucky Revised Statue 177. ... Image File history File links Circle_sign_7. ... Image File history File links Circle_sign_9. ... Official language(s) English Capital Richmond Largest city Virginia Beach Area  Ranked 35th  - Total 42,793 sq mi (110,862 km²)  - Width 200 miles (320 km)  - Length 430 miles (690 km)  - % water 7. ...

It is a state highway that is divided into three distinct segments. The first portion is just 1.22 miles long and runs from Kentucky Route 20 near Idlewild to Interstate 275 [1]. I-275 and I275 redirect here; i275 is also the model number of a Motorola cell phone. ...

The second segment extends from Tanners Road [2] to the north of Interstate 275 and extends eastward to Maysville, ending at Business Business U.S. Highway 62, Business U.S. Highway 68, and Kentucky Route 10 [3]. It passes through Covington, Newport, and Alexandria. This is the longest segment of Kentucky Route 8. I-275 and I275 redirect here; i275 is also the model number of a Motorola cell phone. ... Russell Theater, Maysville Maysville is a city located in Mason County, Kentucky, along the Ohio River. ... U.S. Highway 62 runs from the US-Mexican border at El Paso, Texas at Niagara Falls, New York all the way to the US-Canadian border. ... United States Highway 68 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 560 miles (901 km) from northwest Ohio to western Kentucky. ... Downtown Covington has many wooded streets and historic buildings Covington is a city in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. ... The Campbell County Courthouse in Newport, Kentucky Newport is a city in Campbell County, Kentucky, USA, at the confluence of the Ohio and Licking Rivers. ... Alexandria is a city located in Campbell County, Kentucky. ...

The final route segment extends from just west of Concord [4] and goes east to U.S. Highway 23 in South Portsmouth, Kentucky [5]. The western terminus of this portion is a very narrow two-lane road that becomes gravel. The segment east of Vanceburg to its eastern terminus was formerly KY 10 but was renumbered to KY 8 in the late-1990's with the renumbering of the AA Highway. Concord is a city located in Lewis County, Kentucky. ... U.S. Highway 23 is a long north-south U.S. highway between Mackinaw City, Michigan and Jacksonville, Florida. ... Vanceburg is a city in Lewis County, Kentucky, along the Ohio River. ... Cities/towns: Grayson Vanceburg Maysville Alexandria Newport Prev Next ← KY 8 KY 10 → Kentucky State Highway 9, also known as KY 9, is a highway maintained by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet that runs from Newport (a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio) to Grayson, Kentucky, roughly paralleling the Ohio River between Newport...

The three distinct segments of this route were not meant to be connected together.

External links

• KentuckyRoads.com KY 8