Kentucky Route 49
KY 49 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by KYTC
Length	57 mi (92 km)
Major junctions
West end	US 150 in Bardstown
Major intersections	US 68 in Lebanon
East end	KY 70 in Liberty
Location
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
Counties	Nelson, Marion, Casey,
Highway system
Kentucky State Highway System Interstate US State Parkways
← KY 48 → US 51

Kentucky Route 49 (KY 49) is a 57-mile-long (92 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Kentucky.

Route description

KY 49 begins at an intersection with U.S. Route 150 (US 150) in Bardstown and travels south towards Loretto. It then heads east-southeast concurrent with KY 52 to Lebanon. It splits with KY 52 in Lebanon and goes southeast to Bradfordsville. After that, it terminates in Liberty, at an intersection with KY 70.

History

The road has seen improvements from Bradfordsville to Lebanon in recent years which has made the corridor safer and less curvy.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Casey	Liberty	0.000	0.000	KY 70 Bus. (Campbellsville Street)	Southern terminus
		0.114	0.183	Hustonville Street (KY 2314 north)	Southern terminus of KY 2314
	​	2.551	4.105	KY 1552 east (Brush Creek Road)	Western terminus of KY 1552
	​	8.008	12.888	KY 1547 south	Northern terminus of KY 1547
	​	11.337	18.245	KY 78 east (Bradfordsville Road)	Western terminus of KY 78
Marion	Bradfordsville	21.179	34.084	KY 337 north (East Main Street) – Gravel Switch	Southern end of KY 337 overlap
	​	22.424	36.088	KY 337 south (Mannsville Road)	Northern end of KY 337 overlap
	​	23.053	37.100	KY 1157 west	Eastern terminus of KY 1157
	Lebanon	29.696	47.791	KY 3321 west (Country Club Drive) – National Cemetery, Metts Drive Industrial Park	Eastern terminus of KY 3321
		30.323	48.800	US 68 / KY 52 west (West Main Street) – Campbellsville, Perryville	South end of KY 52 overlap; 68 both ways, 52 to the east
		30.604	49.252	KY 55 north (West Walnut Street) – Springfield	South end of KY 55 overlap
		30.757	49.499	KY 55 south (West Walnut Street) – Campbellsville, Columbia	North end of KY 55 overlap
	​	31.686	50.994	KY 2154 (Veterans Memorial Highway)
	​	31.792	51.164	KY 84 west (St Mary's Road) – St. Mary, Marion Adjustment Center	Eastern terminus of KY 84
	​	35.923	57.812	KY 327 south – St. Mary	Northern terminus of KY 327
	​	37.243	59.937	KY 52 east – Historic Landmark Maker's Mark Distillery	North end of KY 52 overlap
	Loretto	40.026	64.416	KY 52 west	South end of KY 52 overlap
		40.566	65.285	KY 52 east	East end of KY 52 overlap
	​	41.757	67.201	KY 152 east – Sisters of Loretto Motherhouse Nerinx	Western terminus of KY 152
	​	43.888	70.631	KY 1183 east (Manton Road)	Western terminus of KY 1183
	Holy Cross	46.762	75.256	KY 457 south (New Haven Road)	Northern terminus of KY 457
		46.812	75.337	KY 527 south (St. Francis-Holy Cross Road)	Northern terminus of KY 527
Nelson	​	49.444	79.572	KY 46 west (Balltown Road) – Bardstown	Eastern terminus of KY 46
	​	50.695	81.586	KY 2735 south (Roberts Road)	Northern terminus of KY 2735
	​	53.224	85.656	KY 2735 (Roberts Road)
	Bardstown	56.908	91.585	US 150 (Springfield Avenue/East Stephen Foster Avenue) to US 62 / Bluegrass Parkway – Springfield, Mt. Washington, Elizabethtown, My Old Kentucky Home State Park	Northern terminus; 62 and state park to the west, parkway to the east
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus