KY 3016 serves the south and west sides of the Harrison County seat.

The highway heads northwest along Safety Way and veers onto Ladish Road just east of its bridge across the South Fork Licking River.

West of the river, KY 3016 turns northeast onto Paris Pike, on which the highway runs concurrently with US 27 Bus.

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet classifies KY 3016 as a state secondary highway along its independent course; its concurrency with US 27 Bus.

[1][2] The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet established KY 3016 as a rural secondary highway between Paris Pike, which then included mainline US 27, and Pleasant Street through a May 4, 1987, official order.