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65-689: The AA Highway is a 135.665-mile-long (218.332 km) state highway maintained by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The mainline route parallels the Ohio River from Interstate 275 (I-275) in Wilder to Vanceburg ; it is cosigned as Kentucky Route (KY 9). From Vanceburg, the highway splits into two routes, with the southern spur using the KY ;9 designation and continuing to Grayson and I-64 , and

130-514: A CBS Sports Radio affiliate, and the FM plays adult contemporary music. The annual Rosemary Clooney Music Festival was founded by the singer in 1999 to benefit the restoration of the Russell Theatre . Past performers at the festival include Debby Boone , Rita Coolidge , Michael Feinstein , Roberta Flack , Alison Krauss , The Pointer Sisters , Michael Bolton , and Linda Ronstadt . Amtrak ,

195-406: A bill authorizing the federal government to purchase shares in the turnpike company. President Andrew Jackson , a bitter rival of Clay, vetoed the bill, arguing that the project was of purely local benefit. The Maysville Road veto was one of Jackson's first acts in aligning the federal government with his principles of Jacksonian democracy . An attempt to override Jackson's veto failed, but

260-489: A dangerous and deadly road. To address these issues, guide signs comparable to interstate-styled signs have been installed along the highway at major intersections, along with additional overhead lighting. Other measures to improve safety and increase capacity are under consideration. The AA Highway follows a general northwest–southeast orientation. It begins at an interchange with I-275 in Wilder in Campbell County and

325-506: A designated National Highway System , but the system is completely unsigned, aside from the Trans-Canada routes. This makes Canada unique in that national highway designations are generally secondary to subnational routes. In Germany , state roads ( Landesstraßen or Staatsstraßen ) are a road class which is ranking below the federal road network ( Bundesstraßen ). The responsibility for road planning, construction and maintenance

390-620: A direct route to Lexington and the Bluegrass Region of Central Kentucky. Other highways serving Maysville are: Routes 9 and 10 run concurrently through the south edge of Maysville as the AA Highway. The AA Highway links the Kentucky suburbs of Cincinnati approximately 50 miles west of Maysville with Vanceburg , Ashland and Interstate 64 near Grayson to the southeast. The fact that highways numbered 8, 9, 10, and 11 serve Maysville makes

455-468: A female householder with no husband present, and 37.6% were non-families. 33.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.85. In the city, the population was spread out, with 22.7% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 26.6% from 25 to 44, 23.5% from 45 to 64, and 19.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age

520-580: A fire in 1825 and a series of deadly cholera epidemics. A proposal to move the county government from Washington to Maysville was bitterly fought but passed by a slender margin in 1848. Maysville donated its city hall, completed in 1846, to the county for a court house. Today, much of Washington is designated as a historic district , the Washington Historic District ; it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places . In 1850,

585-459: A place through which goods and people passed, having only about sixty dwellings. In 1811, the first steamboat came down the Ohio from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , passing Maysville on its way to New Orleans . With the coming of the steamboat, Maysville's population and area expanded rapidly. Southwest from Maysville, the road followed the former buffalo trace and Native American trail to Lexington. It

650-526: A population of at least 10,000 inhabitants are urban roads (type D and E) under the jurisdiction of the relevant municipalities. The state highway that cross towns or villages with a population of less than 10,000 inhabitants are urban roads (type D and E) under the jurisdiction of the municipality, subject to authorization from ANAS . State highways in India are numbered highways that are laid and maintained by state governments . Mexico 's State Highway System

715-608: A three-digit number designation, preceded by D . Provincial roads ( Turkish : İl yolu ) are secondary roads, maintained by respective local governments with the support of the KGM. The roads have a four-digit numbering grouped as two pairs, pairs are separated by a dash. First pair represents the license number of that province . State highways are generally a mixture of primary and secondary roads, although some are freeways (for example, State Route 99 in California, which links many of

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780-424: A toll. Those tolls were removed in 1945 to much fanfare - including celebrations from the local Rotary and Lions club, and a parade in downtown Maysville. Its main span is 323 meters (1,060 feet) long, and the total length of the bridge is 607 meters (1,991 feet). It connects Maysville with Aberdeen, Ohio . It is currently in use and is not slated for demolition, as the bridge was closed for refurbishment in 2001 after

845-459: A total area of 21.35 square miles (55.3 km ), of which 18.97 square miles (49.1 km ) are land and 2.38 square miles (6.2 km ), or 11.13%, are water. Maysville is at Ohio River mile marker 408.7, and is 100 miles (160 km) downriver from Huntington, West Virginia , and 62 miles (100 km) upriver from Cincinnati, Ohio . Maysville lies on the border of the Humid subtropical and

910-732: Is 100 km/h, with reductions when one passes through a densely populated area. The highways in New Zealand are all state highways, and the network consists of SH 1 running the length of both main islands, SH 2–5 and 10–58 in the North Island, and SH 6–8 and 60–99 in the South Island. National and provincial highways are numbered approximately north to south. State Highway 1 runs the length of both islands. Local highways ( Korean :  지방도 ; Hanja :  地方道 ; RR :  Jibangdo ; MR :  Chipangdo ) are

975-482: Is a system of urban and state routes constructed and maintained by each Mexican state. The main purpose of the state networks is to serve as a feeder system to the federal highway system. All states except the Federal District operate a road network. Each state marks these routes with a white shield containing the abbreviated name of the state plus the route number. New Zealand state highways are national highways –

1040-673: Is designated as KY 9–AA Highway. The route then passes the outskirts of its namesake Alexandria . Within Campbell County, the road is a four-lane arterial highway. Note that the KY ;9 route begins about five miles (8.0 km) north in Newport before it is designated as the AA. The next segment passes through a remote, hilly region where the road is generally three lanes, with a passing lane present at uphill grades. A few miles west of Maysville ,

1105-511: Is divided into states and has state highways. For example, the longest highway in the state of São Paulo , the Rodovia Raposo Tavares , is designated as SP-270 and SP-295 . Canada is divided into provinces and territories, each of which maintains its own system of provincial or territorial highways, which form the majority of the country's highway network. There is also the national transcontinental Trans-Canada Highway system, which

1170-470: Is free to choose a different marker, and most states have. States may choose a design theme relevant to its state (such as an outline of the state itself) to distinguish state route markers from interstate, county, or municipal route markers. Maysville, Kentucky Maysville is a home rule-class city in Mason County , Kentucky , United States, and is the seat of Mason County. The population

1235-492: Is generally two lanes with periodic passing lanes. After passing through Vanceburg , the AA Highway follows two routes. The first follows KY 9, which turns southeasterly away from the Ohio River and towards Grayson. The KY 9-AA Highway ends at an intersection with KY 1 and KY 7 , which provides a short connection to I-64 and access to Ashland. The second route follows KY 10, which continues to parallel

1300-596: Is marked by distinct signs, but has no uniform numeric designation across the country. In the eastern provinces, for instance, an unnumbered (though sometimes with a named route branch) Trans-Canada route marker is co-signed with a numbered provincial sign, with the provincial route often continuing alone outside the Trans-Canada Highway section. However, in the western provinces, the two parallel Trans-Canada routes are consistently numbered with Trans-Canada route markers; as Highways 1 and 16 respectively. Canada also has

1365-563: Is not a road class. The Strade Statali , abbreviated SS, is the Italian national network of state highways. The total length for the network is about 25.000 km (15.534 mi). The Italian state highway network are maintained by ANAS . From 1928 until 1946 state highways were maintained by Azienda Autonoma Statale della Strada (AASS). The next level of roads below Strada Statali is Strada Regionale ("regional roads"). The routes of some state highways derive from ancient Roman roads , such as

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1430-456: Is officially known as the John Y. Brown Jr. AA Highway , named for politician and entrepreneur . While the highway passes through terrain that is rolling to hilly, the highway is generally level with moderate grades and no steep grades. Except for Carter County , all counties that the AA Highway passes through border the Ohio River . While the AA Highway is not an expressway, it nonetheless serves as

1495-406: Is vested in the federal states of Germany. Most federal states use the term Landesstraße (marked with 'L'), while for historical reasons Saxony and Bavaria use the term Staatsstraße (marked with 'S'). The appearance of the shields differs from state to state. The term Land-es-straße should not be confused with Landstraße , which describes every road outside built-up areas and

1560-661: The Hot Summer Continental climate zones. Maysville's average yearly precipitation is 46.02", falling primarily as rain or snow. Maysville's average yearly temperature is 54.4 °F, with the coolest lows averaging 22.2 °F in January, and highs averaging 87 °F in July. Mason County Schools operates public schools. Schools: Private: In 1990 the Maysville Independent School District merged into

1625-574: The Maysville & Lexington Railroad began operation, but it failed within the decade. Successor companies maintained the connection until 1921 when they were bought out by the L&;N . Today, the Maysville & Lexington's former routes and rights-of-way are owned by CSX Transportation . The Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge is a suspension bridge built in 1931 crossing the Ohio River and originally opened with

1690-609: The Strada statale 7 Via Appia , which broadly follows the route of the Roman road of the same name . Other examples are the Strada statale 1 Via Aurelia ( Via Aurelia ) and the Strada statale 4 Via Salaria ( Via Salaria ). Since the reforms following the birth of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861, the State took charge of the construction and maintenance of a primary network of roads for connections between

1755-450: The William H. Harsha Bridge was completed. The Simon Kenton Suspension Bridge opened to traffic at 10:30 AM on November 25, 1931, at a cost of $ 1.6 million (~$ 25.8 million in 2023). In 2002, a $ 5.8 million renovation job replaced the deck of the Ohio River crossing. A fresh coat of battleship gray paint was also applied. The Russell Theatre , located on Third Street in Maysville, was

1820-412: The poverty line , including 27.1% of those under age 18 and 16.2% of those age 65 or over. Maysville is located on the Ohio River at the mouth of Limestone Creek. It occupies the narrow river plain and the steep hills rising from it, giving the city the prospect of an Italian hill town . The city now extends inland to the former town of Washington , which was annexed by Maysville in 1990. The city has

1885-588: The 20th century. Maysville was an important stop on the Underground Railroad , as the free state of Ohio was just across the river. Abolitionist author Harriet Beecher Stowe visited the area in 1833 and watched a slave auction in front of the court house in Washington , the original seat of the county and now a historic district of Maysville. She included the scene in her influential novel Uncle Tom's Cabin , published in 1852. Buffalo once forded

1950-420: The AA Highway. Other than the portions that traverse the edge of Maysville and enter suburban Cincinnati, there are no shopping centers or major retail stores along the AA Highway. The AA Highway is a rural two-lane highway for most of its length and traverses through some desolate terrain. Driver inattention and speeding, in combination with the numerous side road entrances and at-grade intersections have made it

2015-540: The American Revolution . Returning in 1784, Kenton built a blockhouse at the site of Maysville and founded Kenton's Station (frontier fort) at a site 3 miles (5 km) inland. Kenton met new settlers at Limestone, as the landing place was called, and escorted them inland to his station. In 1786 the village which grew up near Kenton's Station was established by act of the Virginia General Assembly as

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2080-524: The Mason County school district. Maysville has a lending library , the Mason County Public Library. From 1887 to 1905, Maysville was home to The Evening Bulletin , a newspaper published by Rosser & McCarthy. The Ledger Independent is the local newspaper and is published five days a week. WFTM-AM and WFTM-FM are the primary local radio stations in Maysville. The AM station is

2145-562: The National Highway or National Route systems are marked under the State Route system. They can be recognised by blue shield markers. They were practically adopted in all states by the end of the 1980s, and in some states, some less important National Routes were downgraded to State Routes. Each state has or had its own numbering scheme, but do not duplicate National Route numbers in the same state, or nearby routes in another state. As with

2210-468: The National Routes and National Highways, State Routes are being phased out in most states and territories in favour of alphanumeric routes. However, despite the fact that Victoria has fully adopted alphanumeric routes in regional areas, state route numbers are still used extensively within the city of Melbourne as a part of its Metropolitan Route Numbering Scheme . Brazil is another country that

2275-557: The Ohio River. The AA Highway designation of KY 10 terminates at US Route 23 (US 23), which provides connections to Greenup and Ashland. The KY 10 route continues without the AA designation for about 1.2 miles (1.9 km) before terminating at the Ohio border on the Jesse Stuart Memorial Bridge . The AA Highway was envisioned as a modern highway from Alexandria to Ashland . Construction began in 1985 on

2340-478: The Ohio here, beating a broad path into the interior of Kentucky in search of salt licks . For thousands of years, various cultures of indigenous peoples inhabited the area, hunting the buffalo and other game. In the 17th century, the powerful Iroquois Confederacy , based in present-day New York state , drove out other tribes to hold the Ohio Valley as a hunting ground. European-American settlers traveling down

2405-420: The Ohio in the 18th century and early 19th century found a natural harbor at Limestone Creek. The buffalo trace, also a well-used trail traveled for centuries by Native Americans , was a natural path into the bluegrass region, extending all the way to Lexington, Kentucky . Frontiersman Simon Kenton made the first settlement in the area in 1775, but temporarily abandoned that to fight in the western battles of

2470-619: The cities of the Central Valley , Route 128 in Massachusetts, or parts of Route 101 in New Hampshire). Each state has its own system for numbering and its own marker. The default marker is a white circle containing a black sans serif number (often inscribed in a black square or slightly rounded square), according to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). However each state

2535-399: The city was 86.00% White , 11.54% African American , 0.14% Native American , 0.60% Asian , 0.03% Pacific Islander , 0.50% from other races , and 1.18% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.86% of the population. There were 3,856 households, out of which 27.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.5% were married couples living together, 14.0% had

2600-476: The conclusion of the Northwest Indian War reduced the likelihood of Indian attacks from across the Ohio. Maysville began to flourish. Zane's Trace , a road from Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia), to the bank of the Ohio River opposite Maysville, was completed in 1797 and stimulated ferry traffic across the river. By 1807, Maysville was one of two principal ports in Kentucky; it was still mostly

2665-496: The controversy over the Maysville Road veto continued for some time. The turnpike was completed in 1835 with funding from local entities and private investment. It was the first macadamized road in the state. Today it is U.S. Route 68 . By the 1830s, Maysville had a population of 3,000 and was the second-most important commercial city in Kentucky after Louisville . Washington, the county seat, had dwindled in importance after

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2730-475: The design of two 25-mile-long (40 km) spurs running east from Vanceburg, one ending at US 23 near Lloyd and the Jesse Stuart Memorial Bridge , the other ending near I-64 in Grayson . When construction began, the costs for the first phase had risen to $ 292.7 million; the state had sold $ 300 million in bonds to pay for it. Segments of the highway, from Clarksburg just west of Vanceburg to Tollesboro

2795-645: The eastern spur using the designation of KY 10 and continuing to Greenup . The AA is mostly a two-lane rural highway that provides the only direct connection between Ashland and Northern Kentucky , which includes Cincinnati . The route name is a contraction of its earlier name of the Alexandria to Ashland Highway , which referenced two cities connected by the highway: Alexandria in Northern Kentucky and (via I-64) Ashland in Eastern Kentucky. The route

2860-477: The entire highway's existence. Old KY 9 in Campbell County was renumbered as KY 915 , and old KY 10 between Vanceburg and South Portsmouth was redesignated as KY 8 . [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] I-275 west to I-71  – Airport State highway (US) Roads maintained by a state or province include both nationally numbered highways and un-numbered state highways. Depending on

2925-415: The first segment of the AA Highway. Estimated to cost $ 266 million (equivalent to $ 640 million in 2023) to complete, it was designed primarily as a two-lane controlled-access facility. The first phase included the construction of 86 miles (138 km) of the AA Highway from the junction of I-275 and Licking Pike (existing KY 9) in Campbell County east to Vanceburg . The first phase also included

2990-587: The highway runs concurrently with KY 10 , and the road becomes an arterial highway again. The concurrency ends within Maysville, and upon passing out of the city, the road becomes a two-lane rural highway through an agricultural region. KY 9 then crosses the Allegheny Escarpment into the Appalachian Mountains at the same time that another concurrency with KY 10 begins. The remainder of KY 9 passes through mountainous terrain and

3055-503: The highway are Vanceburg and Maysville and suburban areas of Cincinnati at its western terminus. Those areas are also the only areas with any services used by motorists such as motels, gas stations, restaurants, convenience stores, etc. The only traffic signals on the AA Highway are near Maysville (along a commercial strip with many retail establishments and restaurants), suburban Cincinnati, and at its eastern terminus just north of Interstate 64 near Grayson . There are no rest areas on

3120-531: The main cities; in 1865 the Lanza law introduced the classification of roads between national, provincial and municipal (see Annex F, art.10) and the Royal Decree of 17 November 1865, n. 2633 listed the first 38 national roads. Italian state highways are identified by a number and a name. In road signs and maps the number is preceded by the acronym SS, an acronym for strada statale ("state road"). The nomenclature of

3185-456: The national passenger rail system, provides service to Maysville with the thrice-weekly Cardinal . Maysville City Transit provides fixed-route and demand-ride bus service throughout city of Maysville. The system is made up of a single fixed route that operates daily, running once an hour from 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM. The city has been running the system since 1960. The following highways serve Maysville: US 62 and 68 also provide Maysville with

3250-477: The next important roads under the National highways . The number has two, three, or four digits. Highways with two-digit numbers routes are called State-funded local highways. State roads ( Turkish : Devlet yolu ) are primary roads, mostly under the responsibility of General Directorate of Highways (KGM) except in metropolitan city centers where the responsibility falls into the local government. The roads have

3315-586: The old Limestone Road. Users would be charged fees for maintenance and paying off the debt to shareholders . The act set aside blocks of shares for purchase by the federal government . Henry Clay , an influential Kentucky politician and proponent of the American System , argued for the Maysville Road and other infrastructure, noting it would be part of a longer road terminating in New Orleans, Louisiana , and proper for federal funding. In 1830, Congress passed

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3380-461: The outer Bluegrass Region , Maysville is historically important in Kentucky's settlement. Frontiersmen Simon Kenton and Daniel Boone are among the city's founders. Later, Maysville became an important port on the Ohio River for the northeastern part of the state. It exported bourbon whiskey , hemp and tobacco , the latter two produced mainly by African American slaves before the Civil War . It

3445-579: The shortest highway link between Cincinnati and Ashland, Kentucky . As such, it provides a link between Cincinnati and other Midwestern cities such as Chicago , Indianapolis , and Dayton and cities south and east of Ashland such as Huntington and Charleston in West Virginia, Charlottesville and Richmond in Virginia, and Charlotte and Winston-Salem in North Carolina. The only municipalities on

3510-588: The site of the world premiere of Rosemary Clooney 's first film, The Stars Are Singing , in 1953. The Russell Theatre is an atmospheric theatre , and featured a large rainbow that would light up before and after the showing of each movie. The theatre is now undergoing the second phase of a restoration project that began in 2008. Organizers plan to revive the Russell as a movie and film venue, with emphasis on themed movie marathons, classics, documentaries, art films and other movies not available at mainstream cinemas. In

3575-631: The state highways managed by ANAS generally follows the SS n scheme, where n is a number ranging from 1 ( Aurelia ) up to 700 (of the Royal Palace of Caserta ) depending on the date of establishment of the state highway. Newly built ANAS roads, not yet classified, are identified by the acronym NSA, an acronym for nuova strada ANAS ("new ANAS road"). State highways can be technically defined as main extra-urban roads (type B road) or as secondary extra-urban roads (type C road). State highways that cross towns with

3640-416: The state, "state highway" may be used for one meaning and "state road" or "state route" for the other. In some countries such as New Zealand , the word "state" is used in its sense of a sovereign state or country. By this meaning a state highway is a road maintained and numbered by the national government rather than local authorities. Australia 's important urban and inter-regional routes not covered by

3705-537: The summer of 1998, a series of historical murals was begun on the downtown floodwall. Over the next ten years, Robert Dafford and his team painted ten murals exploring the history of Maysville on various sections of the floodwall. As of the census of 2000, there were 7,323 people, 3,856 households, and 2,406 families residing in the city. The population density was 451.6 inhabitants per square mile (174.4/km ). There were 4,416 housing units at an average density of 221.8 per square mile (85.6/km ). The racial makeup of

3770-460: The town of Washington . By this time, John May had acquired the land at Limestone and Daniel Boone established a trading post and tavern there. In 1787 the little settlement was incorporated as Maysville, though the name "Limestone" persisted well into the 19th century. In 1788, when Mason County was organized and Washington was named its county seat, Maysville was still a primitive site of warehouses and wharves, with few dwellings. In 1795,

3835-518: The word "state" in this sense means "government" or "public" (as in state housing and state schools ), not a division of a country. New Zealand's state highway system is a nationwide network of roads covering the North Island and the South Island . As of 2006, just under 100 roads have a "State Highway" designation. The NZ Transport Agency administers them. The speed limit for most state highways

3900-406: Was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 85.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.7 males. The median income for a household in the city was $ 27,813, and the median income for a family was $ 37,684. Males had a median income of $ 31,975 versus $ 20,775 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 16,836. About 14.4% of families and 18.9% of the population were below

3965-554: Was 8,873 as of the 2020 census . Maysville is on the Ohio River , 66 miles (106 km) northeast of Lexington . It is the principal city of the Maysville Micropolitan Statistical Area , which comprises Mason County. Two bridges cross the Ohio from Maysville to Aberdeen, Ohio : the Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge built in 1931 and the William H. Harsha Bridge built in 2001. On the edge of

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4030-513: Was called both the Maysville Road and the Limestone Road. It was maintained by the various counties through which it passed with local labor from the county levies. The road was rough and during certain seasons practically impassable. In 1829, the Kentucky legislature authorized the Maysville, Washington, Paris, and Lexington Turnpike Road Company to construct a modern roadway along the route of

4095-419: Was once a center of wrought iron manufacture, sending ironwork downriver to decorate the buildings of Cincinnati, Ohio , and New Orleans, Louisiana . Other small manufacturers also located early in Maysville, and manufacturing remains an important part of the modern economy. Under the leadership of Henry Means Walker, Maysville was home to one of the largest tobacco auction warehouses in the world for most of

4160-513: Was put in place with the AA Highway being co-signed with KY 546 and KY 694, however, many motorists were soon confused by the ever-changing designations. To solve this issue, the AA Highway was renumbered in late 1995. The AA Highway including the Grayson spur was renumbered KY 9, and the Greenup spur was renumbered as KY 10. KY 10 also overlaps portions of the AA Highway throughout

4225-432: Was routed on an earlier relocated alignment of KY 10 . It officially opened in 1995; however, it was not formally dedicated until 2003. The AA Highway including the Greenup spur was originally designated as KY 546 , and the Grayson spur was signed as KY 694 . On May 26, 1988, the designation, "AA Highway", was proposed to be signed along with KY 546 and KY 694. A few years later, this designation

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