proposed Interstate 73. History The earliest origins of this road were as part of the track once known as the Trader's Path, a Virginia colonial trail dating from the 17th century that led from Augusta County to present-day Roanoke. Before it was commissioned as a federally designated route in the late 1940s, US 460 was designated as Kentucky Route 4 from the western Virginia state line near Grundy to Millard, Kentucky. It was Kentucky Route 40 from Paintsville to Lexington. In the pre-Interstate era, US 460 was a major highway, passing from Frankfort through Louisville, Kentucky and Evansville, Indiana, and ending in St. Louis, Missouri, after crossing the MacArthur Bridge. Interstate 64 has supplanted most of old US 460 as a more direct route. The stretch through Indiana and Illinois was eliminated in November 1976. Old US 460 has been redesignated in these areas as parts of State Road 66 and State Road 62 in Indiana; and part of Illinois Route 15, Illinois Route 142, and Illinois Route 14 in that state. However, its parent route, US 60 has not been supplanted by I-64 and converted to a state highway in the greater Louisville area. Many years after the road's elimination in Indiana in 1977, some older residents and even businesses along what is now Indiana State Road 62 still refer to the road as "Highway 460." Older billboards retain that designation in the St. Meinrad area. Some current telephone books also contain listings for those living on "Hwy 460." When Fishtrap Lake was created in Pike County, Kentucky, US 460 was realigned to its current route from Salyersville to Paintsville. The former US 460 leading to the lake is now Kentucky Routes 1499 and 1789. The part between Paintsville and Millard remained U.S. Highway 23 and Kentucky Route 80. Major intersections Kentucky in Frankfort in Georgetown in Georgetown in Georgetown in Paris in Mt. Sterling in Mt. Sterling. The highways travel concurrently through Mt. Sterling. in Paintsville. The highways travel concurrently to Pikeville. in Pikeville. The highways travel concurrently through Pikeville. Virginia in Grundy in Claypool Hill. The highways travel concurrently to Bluefield. West Virginia in Bluefield. The highways travel concurrently through Bluefield. northeast of Bluefield. The highways travel concurrently to southwest of Princeton. east-southeast of Princeton Virginia in Rich Creek Appalachian Trail across the New River near Pearisburg in Christiansburg in Christiansburg. The highways travel concurrently through Christiansburg.