U.S. Route 27 (US 27) in Kentucky runs 190.785 miles (307.039 km) from the Tennessee border to the Ohio border at Cincinnati, Ohio. It crosses into the state in the Lake Cumberland area, passing near or through many small towns, including Somerset, Stanford, Nicholasville. The road then passes straight through the heart of Lexington, including directly past University of Kentucky and Transylvania University. North of Lexington it passes through Cynthiana and Falmouth before entering Campbell County and passing through many Northern Kentucky suburbs before ending at the Ohio state line on the Taylor Southgate Bridge in Cincinnati.