Kentucky Route 408 is a highway in the
Jackson Purchase that is split into two parts. The western segment is a rural secondary highway that extends from
US 62 near
Magee Springs in
Carlisle County east to Hopewell Road near
Viola in
Graves County. The eastern segment, which contains supplemental road and rural secondary sections, extends from
KY 534 near
Kaler in Graves County east to
US 68 near
Fairdealing via the
Marshall County seat of
Benton. The western piece of KY 408 begins at US 62 south of Magee Springs. The highway curves east at its junction with
KY 1371 and intersects
KY 307 north of
Kirbyton. KY 408 briefly
runs concurrently with
KY 121, meets the southern end of
KY 545, and crosses Lick Creek before entering Graves County. The highway passes through
Wheel and briefly runs concurrently with
KY 339 between a bridge over Goose Creek and a grade crossing of a
Canadian National rail line. KY 408 intersects
KY 440 west of
Pottsville and
KY 945 within the hamlet. The highway intersects
US 45 and
KY 1241 in
West Viola. The western segment ofKY 408 intersects a
Paducah & Louisville Railway line at Viola and crosses
Mayfield Creek before reaching its eastern terminus at Hopewell Road. The eastern segment of KY 408 has a joint terminus with KY 534 east of Kaler Bottoms Wildlife Management Area and southeast of Kaler. The highway enters Marshall County south of
Oak Level near which the route meets the northern end of
KY 2603 (Vanzora Road) and briefly runs concurrently with
KY 1949 (Wadesboro Road). KY 408 continues east on Oak Level Road, which crosses Middle Fork Creek, a tributary of
Clarks River. The highway curves north and then east during its concurrency with
KY 2606 (Jackson School Road). KY 408 enters the city of Benton, in the western part of which the highway crosses Bee Creek, meets the southern end of
KY 1558 (Ivey Road), and crosses over
Purchase Parkway. The highway enters downtown Benton along 8th Street and joins
US 641 and
KY 58 in a concurrency along a
one-way pair, Main Street southbound and Poplar Street northbound. At 12th Street, KY 58 heads west and KY 408 heads east out of downtown. KY 408 crosses Town Creek and meets the southern end of
KY 1462 (Benton–Birmingham Road) before leaving the city. The highway crosses
Johns River and Clarks River and meets the northern end of
KY 1897 (Olive Hamlet Road) before reaching its eastern terminus on a tangent with US 68 west of Fairdealing. ==KY 409==