Interstate 65 in Kentucky
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Interstate 65 Main route of the Interstate Highway System |
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Maintained by Kentucky DOT | |||||||||
Length: | 137.32 mi (220.9951180800000 km) | ||||||||
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South end: | I-65 at Tennesse state line | ||||||||
Major junctions: |
I-265 near Louisville I-264 in Louisville I-64 / I-71 in Louisville |
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North end: | I-65 at Indiana state line | ||||||||
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Interstate 65 in Kentucky enters the state five miles south of Franklin. It passes by the major cities of Bowling Green, Elizabethtown, and Louisville before exiting the state.
Throughout its length, it passes near Mammoth Cave National Park, Crystal Onyx Cave, Diamond Caverns, Bernheim Forest, the National Corvette Museum, and the Fort Knox Military Reservation.
It junctions with the four parkways. The first major junction is with the William H. Natcher Parkway at Bowling Green, followed by the Cumberland Parkway north of the city between Smiths Grove and Park City. At Elizabethtown, it has two more parkway interchanges with the Wendell H. Ford Western Kentucky Parkway and the Martha Layne Collins Bluegrass Parkway. Interstate 65 also has interchanges with I-265, I-264, I-64 and I-71.
The widest stretch of Interstate 65 in its entirety is in Louisville at the Kentucky Route 1065 (Outer Loop), where the mainline is 14 lanes wide. It crosses the Ohio River into Indiana on the John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge.
At one time, the portion from Louisville to Elizabethtown was a toll road bearing the Kentucky Turnpike name. The bonds that financed the road have been retired, and tolls are no longer collected. All signs of the former turnpike have been removed.
On November 15, 2006, the stretch of I-65 from Bowling Green to Louisville was renamed the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Highway.
On February 12, 2007 a bill passed the Kentucky Senate to rename I-65 in Jefferson County the "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway".[1] Signage was posted July 25, 2007.[2]
On July 15, 2007 Kentucky officially raised its speed limits on Interstate and State Parkway Highways to 70 miles per hour. Until that date, Kentucky was the only state along I-65's path that had a speed limit of 65 MPH.
Both of the Ford Motor Company truck plants in Louisville are accessible—The Explorer SUV plant is directly accessible from I-65 while the Kentucky Truck Plant, makers of the F-350 and Excursion SUV, is accessed via I-265.
In Bowling Green, I-65 comes within proximity of a GM plant, which makes the Chevrolet Corvette sports car, as well as the Cadillac XLR luxury roadster.
[edit] Exit list
County | Location | Mile[3] | # | Destinations | Notes |
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Simpson | 1.980 | 2 | US 31W – Franklin | ||
5.979 | 6 | KY 100 – Scottsville, Franklin | |||
Warren | 20.568 | 20 | William H. Natcher Parkway - Owensboro, Bowling Green | ||
Bowling Green | 22.388 | 22 | US 231 – Scottsville, Bowling Green | ||
25.732 | 26 | KY 234 – Bowling Green | |||
Bowling Green | 28.066 | 28 | KY 446 to US 31W – Bowling Green | ||
Oakland | 35.631 | 36 | US 68 / KY 80 – Oakland | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |
Smiths Grove | 37.578 | 38 | KY 101 to US 68 – Smiths Grove, Scottsville | ||
Barren | 43.135 | 43 | Cumberland Parkway - Somerset, Glasgow | ||
Park City | 47.371 | 48 | KY 255 – Park City, Brownsville | ||
Cave City | 52.423 | 53 | KY 70 / KY 90 – Cave City, Glasgow | ||
Hart | 57.627 | 58 | KY 218 to KY 335 – Horse Cave | ||
Munfordville | 64.200 | 65 | US 31W – Munfordville | ||
70.407 | 71 | KY 728 – Bonnieville | |||
LaRue | Upton | 75.896 | 76 | KY 224 – Upton | |
Hardin | Sonora | 80.457 | 81 | KY 84 – Sonora | |
85.686 | 86 | KY 222 – Glendale | |||
Elizabethtown | 91.086 | 91 | US 31W / KY 61 / Western Kentucky Parkway – Hodgenville, Paducah, Elizabethtown | ||
93.345 | 93 | Blue Grass Parkway - Lexington, Bardstown | |||
94.154 | 94 | US 62 / KY 61 – Elizabethtown | |||
102.533 | 102 | KY 313 (Joe Prather Highway) – Radcliff, Vine Grove | |||
Bullitt | Lebanon Junction | 104.698 | 105 | KY 61 – Boston, Lebanon Junction | |
111.773 | 112 | KY 245 – Bardstown, Clermont | |||
Shepherdsville | 115.574 | 116 | KY 480 to KY 61 | ||
116.639 | 117 | KY 44 – Mt. Washington, Shepherdsville | |||
121.722 | 121 | KY 1526 (Brooks Road) | |||
Jefferson | 125.143 | 125 | I-265 east / KY 841 (Gene Snyder Freeway) | Signed as exits 125A (east) and 125B (west) northbound | |
126.746 | 126 | KY 1065 (Outer Loop) – Okolona, Fairdale | |||
Louisville | 128.328 | 128 | KY 1747 (Fern Valley Road) | ||
129.802 | 130 | KY 61 (Preston Highway) / Grade Lane | |||
130.710 | 131A | I-264 (Watterson Expressway) – Louisville International Airport | Signed as exits 131A (east) and 131B (west) southbound | ||
130.792 | 131B | Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center | |||
132.601 | 132 | Crittenden Drive (KY 1631) - Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center | No northbound exit | ||
132.955 | 133 | US 60 Alt. (Eastern Parkway) |
Signed as exits 133A (east) and 133B (west) northbound | ||
133.767 | 134 | KY 61 south (Arthur Street) | South end of KY 61 overlap; no northbound exit | ||
133.978 | 134A | KY 61 north (Jackson Street) | North end of KY 61 overlap; northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
134.145 | 134B | Woodbine Street | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
134.675 | 135 | St. Catherine Street west | one-way | ||
135.195- 135.384 |
136A | Chestnut Street, Broadway (US 150) | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
135.649 | 136B | Brook Street | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
135.649- 135.919 |
136C | Muhammad Ali Boulevard, Jefferson Street - Downtown Louisville | |||
136.421 | 137 | I-64 / I-71 north – Lexington, Cincinnati, St. Louis sharp curves |
[edit] References
- ^ Gerth, Joseph. "Senate OKs renaming I-65 for King", The Courier-Journal, 2007-02-13.
- ^ Shafer, Sheldon S.. "I-65 named for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.", The Courier-Journal, 2007-07-25. Retrieved on 2007-07-30.
- ^ Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, HIS Expanded Milepoint Route Log Extract, updated December 22, 2007
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