Kentucky Route 2830
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Kentucky Route 2830 is a two-lane, largely rural highway in northeastern Daviess County, Kentucky
Daviess County, Kentucky
As of the census of 2000, there were 91,545 people, 36,033 households, and 24,826 families residing in the county. The population density was . There were 38,432 housing units at an average density of...

 that connects to U.S. Highway 60 at both its western and eastern termini. The road serves the community of Maceo
Maceo, Kentucky
Maceo is an unincorporated community in Daviess County, Kentucky, United States. Maceo is located at the junction of Kentucky Route 2830 and Kentucky Route 405, near U.S. Route 60, northeast of Owensboro. Maceo has a post office with ZIP code 42355....

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Route description

Route 2830 begins at an intersection with U.S. 60/231 northwest of Thruston. From this intersection, the highway runs northeast, generally parallel to the two U.S. routes. KY 2830's first highway intersection is with KY 1831, also known as Wright's Landing Road. KY 2830 continues along a northeast heading alongside a railroad track.

Route 2830 then enters the community of Maceo
Maceo, Kentucky
Maceo is an unincorporated community in Daviess County, Kentucky, United States. Maceo is located at the junction of Kentucky Route 2830 and Kentucky Route 405, near U.S. Route 60, northeast of Owensboro. Maceo has a post office with ZIP code 42355....

, where it serves as the western terminus of KY 405. KY 2830 leaves Maceo, still following the railroad northeast, until it intersects with KY 334. KY 334 and KY 2830 then form a brief concurrency
Concurrency (road)
A concurrency, overlap, or coincidence in a road network is an instance of one physical road bearing two or more different highway, motorway, or other route numbers...

 until they reach U.S. 60, where both state routes end.

History

KY 2830 is the former routing of U.S. Route 60
U.S. Route 60
U.S. Route 60 is an east–west United States highway, running from the Atlantic Ocean on the east coast in Virginia to western Arizona. Despite the final "0" in its number, indicating a transcontinental designation, the 1926 route formerly ended in Springfield, Missouri, at its intersection...

, which was four-laned and relocated slightly to the north (in fact, the new four-lane U.S. 60 is within sight of KY 2830 for quite a distance) on November 25, 1998. When U.S. 60 was rerouted, as is customary in Kentucky, instead of turning over the old highway to a local agency, the state retained control and merely applied a new number, in this case KY 2830. Originally, all of KY 2830 was classified as a Supplemental Road by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is Kentucky's state-funded agency charged with building and maintaining U.S...

. The portion of the route between KY 405 in Maceo
Maceo, Kentucky
Maceo is an unincorporated community in Daviess County, Kentucky, United States. Maceo is located at the junction of Kentucky Route 2830 and Kentucky Route 405, near U.S. Route 60, northeast of Owensboro. Maceo has a post office with ZIP code 42355....

 and KY 334 north of Maceo was promoted to the Rural Secondary System on October 26, 2004.

Major intersections

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