This page contains News and information about Kentucky State Road KY 79.
- Indiana Highway Ends: SR 135
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- After crossing the Ohio River, KY 79 becomes IN 135.
KY 79 News Items
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State Studying Improvements to KY 79 in Logan County
The Transportation Cabinet is studying the cost of straightening curves along KY 79 in the area of Davenport Hill in Logan County: Bowling Green Daily News: Ky. 79 improvements sought in Logan (Feb. 8, 2005)
Seven Deaths in Fifty Years
A recent accident brings the death toll along KY 79 in Logan County since the late 1950s to seven: Logan County News-Democrat & Leader: Crash claims another life on Morgantown Rd.; There had been six deaths in this area of KY 79 since the late 1950s; this recent one makes seven (Feb. 6, 2005)
Logan County Fiscal Court Asks for Reconstruction of KY 79
The Logan County Fiscal Court is encouraging the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to begin the process of improving a stretch of KY 79: Logan County News-Democrat & Leader: Court asks state to make KY 79 safer (Nov. 2, 2004)
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Teen Church Group Suggests Safety Improvements for Russellville Bypass
Following an accident at the intersection of KY 79 and the US 68/KY 80 Bypass in Russellville, a youth group from Oak Grove Baptist Church wrote to the Logan County Fiscal Court suggesting safety improvements at intersections along the bypass: Logan County News-Democrat & Leader: Church teens seek more Bypass safety measures (Oct. 15, 2004)