Kentucky Route 550

The route begins at an interchange-type junction of KY 80 and KY 15 at Hazard. It runs concurrently with KY 476 for most of its course through eastern Perry County. At Dwarf, KY 550 separates and moves into Knott County. It then goes to the county seat of Hindman, where it meets KY 160. It then has a runs concurrently with KY 7 after it enters Floyd County. It crosses KY 80 for the second time while concurrent with KY 7. KY 550 continues into southern Floyd County until reaching its eastern terminus at a third intersection with KY 80 at the town of Eastern. ==History==

Most of KY 550 is an original, old alignment of KY 80. KY 550 was first designated along this roadway when KY 80 was rerouted to a four-lane divided highway on December 27, 1982. The original KY 550 was in Carroll County, running from US 42 in Ghent to KY 1112 in Easterday. This was decommissioned by 1977, and the road was reinstated into the state highway system as KY 2949 in 1987. ==Major intersections==