US Route 68 is a two-faced, strange route in Kentucky and Ohio.  In Kentucky, US Route 68 begins in Paducah and runs along the southern side of the state, up to a point in south-central Kentucky due south of Louisville.  At that point in Edmonton, Kentucky, US Route 68 changes into a northward route through Lexington and Maysville.  US Route 68 crosses the Ohio River at Maysville into Ohio, and heads north to end in Findlay at an angling Interstate 75.  At Findlay, Interstate 75 comes from the southwest and turns northerly, replacing US Route 68 as the northward route along this line of longitude.  The western end in Paducah is at US Route 62 just north of Interstate 24.  It goes southeast from there across Land Between the Lakes to Edmonton, northeast from there to Maysville, north through Springfield, Ohio, and north some more to Findlay.

An older photo, from Ohio, was once the featured photo for US Route 68 on this page. That photo has been replaced by the photo shown immediately below this text. However, the old photo has been preserved, and it is still available for viewing at the bottom of this page.

My photo for US Route 68 shows an assembly of guide markers in Lexington, Kentucky, where US Route 27 separates from US Route 68 to continue south out of town.  The aperture looks west down US Route 68, at signs seen by westbound travelers approaching the split. This photo was taken during a detour from Cincinnati to Lexington in August, 2024.

The older sign photo for US Route 68, formerly featured on this page, appears below.

The older photo for US Route 68 is the westbound junction marker posted along Ohio Route 343, a route running south of and parallel to Interstate 70.  This is in Yellow Springs, Ohio, which is just east of Dayton and just south of Springfield.  The first leg of my Northeast trip of October 2015 took me down the Interstate 70 corridor, where I got some signs for my Ohio collection, plus this one.
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