North end: US 31E Bus. in Glasgow | Length 57.59 km | |
South end: SR 56 just south of Gamaliel Counties Barren County, Kentucky, Monroe County, Kentucky | ||
Kentucky Route 63 (KY 63) is a north–south state highway that traverses two counties in south central Kentucky.
Route description
KY 63 starts in downtown Glasgow (the Barren county seat) at an intersection with U.S. Route 31E Business (US 31E Bus.), a business loop of US 31E. KY 63 traverses the Louie B. Nunn Cumberland Parkway via an overpass. It closely follows KY 90 while on the south side, and then it goes into farmland south of the city.
It meets KY 1324 at Temple Hill. After going through Temple Hill, KY 63 then passes through more rural areas, and enters Monroe County at Mount Hermon, where it meets KY 678. It then enters Monroe County's seat, Tompkinsville, where it meets KY 163 and KY 100. KY 63 runs concurrently with KY 100 westbound. The two routes have intersections with KY 1446, and KY 1366. KY 63/KY 100 go southwestward towards Gamaliel, where the two routes split, and KY 63 meets KY 87. KY 63 goes southward and ends at the Tennessee state line south of Gamaliel, where it becomes State Route 56.
Most of the KY 63 corridor is recognized as a Kentucky Scenic Byway, which signifies that KY 63 provides a scenic drive through most of its course in Monroe and Barren counties. Also, KY 63, along with the first 10 miles (16 km) of KY 90 and parts of KY 70 between Mammoth Cave National Park and Cave City are parts of the "Cordell Hull Scenic Highway".