Kentucky Route 61

Kentucky Route 61
Preston Highway (portions)
KY 61 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by KYTC
Length	151.333 mi[1] (243.547 km)
Major junctions
South end	SR 53 near Peytonsburg
Major intersections	Cumberland Parkway in Columbia US 68 / KY 70 in Greensburg US 31E in Hodgenville US 31W in Elizabethtown Western Kentucky Parkway in Elizabethtown I-65 in Elizabethtown US 62 in Boston I-265 in Louisville I-264 in Louisville US 150 in Louisville
North end	US 31E / US 60 in Louisville
Location
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
Counties	Cumberland, Adair, Metcalfe, Green, LaRue, Hardin, Nelson, Bullitt, Jefferson
Highway system
Kentucky State Highway System Interstate US State Parkways
← US 60 → US 62

Kentucky Route 61 (KY 61) is a 151.333-mile (243.547 km) long Kentucky State Highway extending north from the Tennessee state line in Cumberland County to Columbia in Adair County through to Greensburg in Green County. From there, the route traverses LaRue, Hardin and Bullitt counties to terminate in Jefferson County (where it is commonly signed as Preston Street or Preston Highway) at the junction of U.S. Route 31E (East Main Street) in downtown Louisville.