Kentucky Route 194, also known as KY 194, is a state highway

State highway

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 in the U.S. state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 of Kentucky

Kentucky

The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...

. It uses a very winding alignment, beginning at Kentucky Route 1428 at Alvin and running easterly via German, Thomas, McCombs, Mayflower, Meta (where it overlaps U.S. Highway 119), Blackburn Bottom, Deskin, Kimper, Phyllis, Nigh, Dunlap, Jamboree, Phelps

Phelps, Kentucky

Phelps is a census-designated place in Pike County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 1,053 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Phelps is located at ....

, Board Tree, Freeburn, Majestic, Stopover

Stopover, Kentucky

Stopover is an unincorporated community in Pike County, Kentucky, United States. Stopover is located at the junction of Kentucky Route 194 and Kentucky Route 2062 east of Phelps. Stopover has a post office with ZIP code 41568....

, and Argo to the Virginia

Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

 state line. In Virginia, secondary State Route 697 and State Route 643 continue via Hurley

Hurley, Virginia

Hurley is an unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Virginia located at the convergence of County Routes 643, 646, 650, and 697, a short distance from the Kentucky and West Virginia state lines....

 to State Route 83

State Route 83 (Virginia)

Virginia State Route 83 is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. The state highway runs from U.S. Route 23 Business in Pound east to the West Virginia state line in Paynesville, where the highway continues as West Virginia Route 83...

 at Stacy, Virginia

Stacy, Virginia

Stacy is an unincorporated community in Buchanan County, in the U.S. state of Virginia....

.

KY 194 is part of the Rural Secondary System from KY 1428 to the intersection with Sycamore Road at the Mountain Public Links golf course (between McCombs and Mayflover), and the State Secondary System the rest of the way to Virginia. A 0.066-mile (0.106 km) Kentucky Route 194 Spur connects KY 194 at Freeburn with the Edgarton Bridge over the Tug Fork River

Tug Fork River

The Tug Fork is a tributary of the Big Sandy River, long, in southwestern West Virginia, southwestern Virginia, and eastern Kentucky in the United States. Via the Big Sandy and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River....

, connecting to West Virginia Route 49 across the river and state line.