The highway ran 0.170 miles (0.274 km) along Jefferson Street from U.S. Route 60 (US 60) east to US 25 and US 421.

KY 1928 mostly consisted of a four-lane viaduct across a parking lot for Rupp Arena to the southeast.

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet classified KY 1928 as a state secondary highway.

[3] On November 16, 2017, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet and the Lexington-Fayette County Urban Government reached an agreement to swap several streets in the Lexington metro area.

The decommissioning was centered around the city's desire to demolish the Jefferson Street bridge over a parking lot.