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Houchin’s Ferry Road is a secondary roadway located in Edmonson County in west-central Kentucky. County road logs list this road as CR-1004 and CR-1005. ==Road description 〔(Mammoth-Cave-National-Park-Map-Web.pdf ) Retrieved November 27, 2014. 〕== Brownsville’s local branch of Minit Mart is where the road's southern end is located. This is at a junction with South Main Street (KY 70/259) on the south side of town. A trailblazer sign for the local library stands at the intersection with Ferguson Street. 〔(Edmonson County Public Library )〕 Houchin’s Ferry Road passes by the edges of the campus of Edmonson County High School and provides school access points to the parking lots which connects Wildcat Way. After passing the high school, Houchin’s Ferry Road enters the western part of the Mammoth Cave National Park. This is the only road that goes through the western half of the park. It would cross the Green River via a river ferry, which is how the road got its name. The ferry crossing features a campground, boat ramp, as well as a picnic area. The road continues as a gravel road at a point at a point north of the ferry. It then travels northeast to cross a number of horseback and hiking trails. After crossing First Creek Trail and J. Skaggs Road (which access the Great Onyx Job Corps Center), the road becomes “Ollie Road.” Ollie Road continues northeast past a few residences before ending at an intersection with Kentucky Route 728 right near the KY 728/1827 split near Demunbruns Store and Lincoln communities, which are located east of the Nolin Lake State Park area. ==History== Houchin’s Ferry/Ollie Road has long been the most direct route linking Brownsville to areas in northeastern Edmonson County. Some residents had long commuted from the rural northeastern part of the county to Brownsville. But there were times where the ferry was closed down due to either excessively high river levels, low river levels, federal government sequesters and shutdowns. In 2013, Houchin’s Ferry was closed and put on a hiatus due to various reasons, which caused a hardship on Edmonson County’s travel between Brownsville and the Lincoln-Ollie-Demunbruns Store area. The fire department in Lincoln held a town hall-style meeting regarding the closing of the ferry, and citizens of Edmonson County were asked to call their congressmen and register their concerns about it. Many of Edmonson County’s local officials attended that meeting. 〔”Many attend meeting regarding Houchin Ferry.” ''Edmonson News''. Thursday, July 10, 2014, page 1. (Vol. 87, No. 29). Retrieved July 11, 2014. 〕 ==Points of Interest along the road== *Houchins Ferry Campground *Edmonson County High School Greenhouse and Baseball field *Edmonson County High School (via Wildcat Way and the parking lots) *Edmonson County Public Library (via Ferguson Street) ==See also== *Brownsville, Kentucky *Mammoth Cave National Park 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Houchin's Ferry Road」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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