The road passes through commercial areas with some nearby homes, coming to a bridge over Hikes Lane and a Norfolk Southern railroad line.

After this bridge, the route becomes a five-lane road with a center left-turn lane that passes through more residential and commercial areas.

KY 1703 widens to seven lanes total before becoming a six-lane divided highway as it comes to an interchange with I-264.

Past this interchange, the route narrows into a two-lane undivided road and continues north into wooded residential neighborhoods.

KY 1703 continues northwest and passes between a cemetery to the west and homes to the east, becoming Baxter Avenue at the Shady Lane intersection.