Kentucky Route 8

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Kentucky Route 8
Route information
Maintained by KYTC
Length	114.202 mi[1] (183.790 km)
Western segment
Length	78.819 mi[1] (126.847 km)
West end	KY 237 near Francisville
Major intersections	I-71 / I-75 in Covington US 25 / US 42 / US 127 in Covington US 27 in Newport I-471 in Newport US 68 in Maysville
East end	US 62 in Maysville
Eastern segment
Length	35.383 mi[1] (56.943 km)
West end	KY 57 / KY 3550 in Concord
East end	US 23 in South Portsmouth
Location
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
Counties	Boone, Kenton, Campbell, Pendleton, Bracken, Mason, Lewis, Greenup
Highway system
Kentucky State Highway System Interstate US State Parkways
← KY 7 → KY 9

Kentucky Route 8 is a 114.202-mile-long (183.790 km) east–west state highway divided into two distinct segments across northern Kentucky. The western terminus of the route is at KY 237 near Francisville. The eastern terminus is at U.S. Route 23 in South Portsmouth. The two distinct segments of this route were not meant to be connected together. KY 8 from its west end in Boone County to Augusta in Bracken County is designated as a part of an identified corridor for bikes named the Ramblin' River Tour by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO).^[2]

KY 8 is named the Mary Ingles Highway for part of its length. It is rumored that she was the first white woman in Kentucky. Captured by Indians in Virginia in 1755 and taken to Ohio, she later escaped a salt-making party at Big Bone Lick and made her way across the Kentucky wilderness back home to Virginia.