Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway
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| Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway |
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| Length: | 75.627 mi[1] (121.710 km) | ||||||||
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| West end: |  I-64 near Winchester |
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| East end: |  US 460 near Salyersville |
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| Counties: | Clark, Powell, Wolfe, Morgan, Magoffin | ||||||||
| Major cities: | Winchester | ||||||||
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The Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway, commonly known as the Mountain Parkway, is a freeway in eastern Kentucky. It was built in the early 1960s and opened in January 1963 as Kentucky's second toll road running from Interstate 64 just east of Winchester southeast for 75.627 miles (121.710 km) to a junction with U.S. Route 460 near Salyersville. The 43 miles nearest to Lexington is a four-lane limited access highway with only minor design standard differences from an Interstate Highway, while the remainder is a limited access Super 2 highway.
The route was originally signed only as the 'Mountain Parkway'. In the late 1970s, the "Bert T. Combs" name was added to honor the governor from the mountains who spearheaded construction of the highway. Auxiliary plates were added above the circular Mountain Parkway signs to mark the designation.
As with all of Kentucky's toll roads, the tolls were removed as the construction bonds were paid off. Tolls were removed from the four-lane section in 1985, and the road became a freeway in 1986 when the remaining tolls were removed from the two-lane section.
The route was designated Kentucky Route 114 in April 1985. In August, the road was redesignated Kentucky Route 402. Later, in February 1990, the parkway was designated Kentucky Route 9000 from its western terminus to Kentucky Route 15 Spur near Campton and Kentucky Route 9009 from KY 15 Spur to the parkway's eastern terminus. Both designations are unsigned.[1][2]
[edit] Exit list
| County | Location | Mile[1] | # | Destinations | Notes |
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| Clark | Winchester | 0.000 | I-64 west - Lexington, Winchester |
Westbound only. | |
| Powell | Clay City | 16.412 | 16 |   KY 15/KY 82 - Clay City, Irvine |
Northern terminus of KY 82. |
| 18.471 | 18 |  KY 1057 - Clay City |
Westbound exit, eastbound entrance. | ||
| Stanton | 22.307 | 22 |  KY 213 - Stanton |
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| Slade | 32.802 | 33 |  KY 11 - Beattyville, Slade |
To Natural Bridge State Resort Park. | |
| Wolfe | Pine Ridge | 40.468 | 40 |  KY 15/KY 715 - Beattyville, Pine Ridge, Rogers |
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| Campton | 42.105 | 42 |  KY 1653 (Quillins Chapel Road) |
Westbound exit and entrance, eastbound entrance. | |
| 42.759 | 43 |  KY 15 Spur - Campton, Hazard |
Eastbound exit, westbound entrance. To Buckhorn Lake State Resort Park. |
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| 43.104 | Eastern terminus of Mountain Parkway (KY 9000). Western terminus of Mountain Parkway Extension (KY 9009). |
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| 46.223 | 46 |  KY 191 - Campton |
Westbound exit, eastbound entrance. | ||
| 53.284 | 53 |  KY 1010 - Hazel Green |
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| 57.188 | 57 |  KY 191/KY 205 - Lee City, West Liberty |
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| Morgan | 60.402 | 60 |  KY 134 |
Westbound exit only. | |
| Magoffin | 71.740 | 72 |  KY 30 |
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| Salyersville | 74.772 | 75 |  KY 7 - Salyersville |
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| 75.627 | US 460 |
At-grade intersection. | |||
