KY 3041 eased congestion in downtown Corbin and stimulated educational and industrial development in the late 1990s.

The bypass heads east across Bacon Creek and intersects a two-way ramp connector with KY 26 (South Main Street).

On a second bridge, the highway crosses Lynn Camp Creek, a tributary of the Laurel River, and enters Knox County.

North of KY 2417, the bypass reaches its northern terminus at US 25E (Cumberland Gap Parkway) east of downtown Corbin.

[2] The agency extended KY 3041 along the remaining 4.1 miles (6.6 km) of the bypass in Knox and Whitley counties through a pair of May 19, 1997, official orders.