Kentucky Route 251

Kentucky Route 251
KY 251 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by KYTC
Length	11.039 mi[1][2] (17.766 km)
Section 1
Length	7.981 mi[1] (12.844 km)
South end	US 31W in Elizabethtown
Major intersections	KY 434 south of Fort Knox
North end	KY 313 in Fort Knox
Section 2
Length	3.058 mi[2] (4.921 km)
West end	Fort Knox
East end	KY 61
Location
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
Counties	Hardin, Bullitt
Highway system
Kentucky State Highway System Interstate US State Parkways
← KY 250 → KY 252

Kentucky Route 251 (KY 251) is an 11-mile-long (18 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Kentucky, split into two sections. The highway connects Elizabethtown and Fort Knox with rural areas of Hardin County; the second section, separated from the first by Fort Knox, is near Belmont in Bullitt County.

Route description

KY 251 has two sections. The Hardin County section, a state secondary highway, extends 7.981 miles (12.844 km) from U.S. Route 31W (US 31W) in Elizabethtown north to KY 313 on the southern edge of Fort Knox.[3] The 3.058-mile-long (4.921 km) Bullitt County segment is a rural secondary highway that runs from a dead end on the eastern edge of Fort Knox east to KY 61 at Belmont.[4]

Elizabethtown to Fort Knox

The Hardin County portion of KY 251 begins at an intersection with U.S. Route 31W (West Dixie Avenue) in Elizabethtown. It travels to the northeast and curves to the north-northeast. It passes Elizabethtown High School, St. James Cemetery, Elizabethtown City Park, and Hardin Memorial Park cemetery. Just before leaving the city limits of the city, it intersects KY 3005 (Ring Road). It curves to the north-northwest and intersects KY 434 (Battle Training Road). Just north of this intersection, the highway enters the boundaries of Fort Knox. It curves to the north-northeast and meets its northern terminus, an intersection with KY 313 (Joe Prather Highway). Here, the roadway continues as Shepherdsville Road, a restricted access road for the fort.[5]

Fort Knox to KY 61

The western terminus of this portion of KY 251 is at the eastern edge of Fort Knox. The road then travels east and northeast through the southern edge of the community of Belmont before reaching its eastern terminus at KY 61.[6]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1][2]	km	Destinations	Notes
Hardin	Elizabethtown	0.000	0.000	US 31W (West Dixie Avenue)	Southern terminus
		2.681	4.315	KY 3005 (Ring Road)
	​	6.288	10.120	KY 434 (Battle Training Road) – Radcliff, Lebanon Junction
	Fort Knox	7.981	12.844	KY 313 (Joe Prather Highway) – Radcliff, Lebanon Junction	Northern terminus
Gap in route
Bullitt	​	0.000	0.000		Edge of Fort Knox, no access
	​	0.579	0.932	KY 2724 (Horse Fly Hollow)
	Belmont	3.058	4.921	KY 61 (Preston Highway)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

• U.S. Roads portal
• Kentucky portal

References

Template:Attached KML/Kentucky Route 251

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1. "Hardin County". Official DMI Route Log. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
2. "Bullitt County". Official DMI Route Log. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
3. Department of Planning (May 12, 2022). "Hardin County State Primary Road System" (PDF). Frankfort: Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
4. Department of Planning (December 13, 2021). "Bullitt County State Primary Road System" (PDF). Frankfort: Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
5. Department of Planning (June 2022). State Primary Road System: Hardin County (PDF) (Map). Frankfort: Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
6. Department of Planning (June 2022). State Primary Road System: Bullitt County (PDF) (Map). Frankfort: Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved April 28, 2023.