SCENIC BYWAY INVENTORY ALONG HWY 68 (click on any community on the map above for scenic byway information)
BARREN COUNTY
Left Side of Highway
Right Side of Highway
MILE MARKER 172.0 Warren/Barren County line
Fields become wooded area on both side of road.
Very shaded
Road Description: Two-lane curvy road
MILE MARKER 172.2
Area has rolling hills with pastureland and fields.
Fields with woods in the background
MILE MARKER 172.4
Red barn with white fence
MILE MARKER 172.7
White house in middle of cornfield
Road description: 2-lane road
MILE MARKER 172.9
Pastureland with rolling hills
Red barn behind white fence
MILE MARKER 173.0
Fields
Red barn and fields
MILE MARKER 173.2
City Limits of Merry Oaks
Rural community with curvey roads and rolling hills
MILE MARKER 173.5
Farms with barns, outbuildings and cows
MILE MARKER 173.7
A few smaller homes
Farmland
At the Junction is Roscoe's Tobacco Outlet
A few home
Farmland
MILE MARKER 173.8
Smaller homes and trailers
Smaller homes and trailers
MILE MARKER 174.0
Large historic home set back behind trees and unique rock wall
MILE MARKER 174.4-174.9
Fields
Fields
Barn
Pond with barn and cows in the background
Farmland
MILE MARKER 175.0
Farmland
Barn with round bales of hay
MILE MARKER 175.5
Hereford Valley Farm with nice home and large pasture area
MILE MARKER 175.5-175.9
Road Description: two land and gentle curves
Very scenic area with lush, rich farmland and rolling hills
MILE MARKER 176.0
City limits of Bon Ayr
Trailers
Trailers and Trailer Park
A few homes
MILE MARKER 176.5
Near the Junction of Route 255 is a few commercial businesses
Suzie Q Dairy Mart
MILE MARKER 176.5
Gas Station and a few other commercial buildings
MILE MARKER 176.8
There was also an Amish gentleman at the Junction of Route 255 selling a few items out of his carriage the day we traveled along the route
MILE MARKER 177.0
There were also two churches and a few other homes
One of the homes in Bon Ayr
MILE MARKER 178.0
Woods
Intersection of 685 at mile marker 27.2
Woods
Open Fields
Rock Wall
Farmland
Trailers
Woods
Open Fields
Rolling Fields
Farmland
MILE MARKER 179.0
Woods
Intersection of 2189 at mile marker 28.9
Sign for:
B bar B Farms Indoor Arena
Jo's Barn & Grill
Country Store
Woods
Pond and farm
MILE MARKER 180.0
Crossing over Beaver Creek
Rolling hills
Woods
Junk yard
Fenced area
Rolling hills
Woods
Junk yard set back
McCoy Motor Speedway turnoff at Junction 295
MILE MARKER 181.0
Black fence
Historic Bowders Chapel (mile marker 30.1)
A few homes
Hills and fields
Junction of Route 3160 and access to Route 90 (mm 30.9)
Cows
Farmland
Rolling hills
Livestock Market (mm 30.6)
MILE MARKER 182.0
Commercial area
Crossing railroad at mm 31.3
Residential
NOTE: Need Historic 68/80 signs directing travelers to continue going straight into historic downtown Glasgow, not truck route.
Road Description: 4 lane with middle lane
RR Donnelly
Sidewalks on both sides of road
Point of Grace Church (mm 31.8)
Junction of Hwy 31E and Route 90
MILE MARKER 183.0 (Right Side of Road)
Turning left takes one to the Cumberland (William Natcher) Parkway. We want travelers to continue straight on old Hwy 68/80 through town.
2 billboards
White Castle
Brown Sign for Old Mulkey Meeting House
Cordell Hull Scenic Byway
MILE MARKER 183.0 (Left Side of Road)
At this point Hwy 68/80 becomes West Main Street into downtown Glasgow.
Walgreen
Industrial
YMCA (mm 32.1)
Strip Mall
Commercial
MILE MARKER 184.0 (Right Side of Road)
Official Tourism Brown Signs let people know the Cultural Center, Tourist Information, Gorin Park and Historic Plaza Theatre are ahead. NOTE: There needs to be a similar sign at the Hwy 31E/90 Intersection that also directs people to historic downtown.
MILE MARKER 184.0 (Left Side of Road)
Parking lot and entrance to South Central Kentucky Cultural Center just off Historic Hwy 68/80 on the corner of the Glasgow Square.
DOWNTOWN GLASGOW
Just off the Square is a unique drive-through tunnel.
MILE MARKER 184.0 - Main Street
The downtown Square is part of the Cordell Hull Scenic Byway that includes a section of Hwy 68/80.
Courthouse on the Square
Numerous Historical Markers are located on the courthouse lawn.
Including a wayside exhibit about John Hunt Morgan, part of a 4-state historic driving tour highlighting significant sites throughout Indiana, Tennessee, Ohio and Kentucky. Visit: trailsrus.com/morgan to find out more about this Civil War Trail.
MILE MARKER 185.0 - Columbia Ave.
Hwy 68/80 comes off the Square and turns east. Note: There needs to be a Historic Hwy 68/80 sign at this intersection letting travelers know they need to turn. Calvary Baptist Church
Calvary Church of Christ
Antique Shop (mm 34.3)
Gas Station
Light Commercial
MILE MARKER 186.0
Light commercial
Residential
Subdivision
Glasgow School Complex (mm 35)
Traffic light (mm 35.3)
Burley Farms Warehouse #1 (35.4)
Large homes set back
Route 1307 to right
Episcopal Church (mm 34.6)
Glasgow Church (mm 34.7)
Farmland
Agriculture area
Barn and Farmland
Junction of Route 740 (35.8)
MILE MARKER 187.0
Smaller homes
Western Tack store
City limits of the Town of Lecta (mm 36.9)
Huge home set back with rock fence
Rock fence into subdivision
MILE MARKER 188.0
Farmland and a few small businesses
Farmland with cows and pond
Agriculture
Farmland
Wholesale Seed
Rolling Hills
MILE MARKER 189.0
MILE MARKER 190.0
Wooded area with fields behind
Saltsmans Lumber & Woodworking in old gas station
Rolling hills
Residents and farmland
Greater Vision Baptist Church (mm 39.9)
Woods
Pastures
MILE MARKER 191.0
Rolling hills
Wooded area
Horses
Residential
Woods
Farmland with cows
Wooded area
Open fields
Pastureland with cows
MILE MARKER 192.0
Slick Rock Church
A few homes next to road
Tobacco Barn
More residential area
Bean field
Farm with silo
Pastureland
Rolling hills
White fence and barn
Farmland
Cornfields
MILE MARKER 193.0
Farm equipment
Residence
Wooded area
Metcalfe County Line (mile marker 203.9)
Farmland
Barn and pond
Pasture with cows
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