Veterans Outer Loop

Veterans Outer Loop
Length 9.301 mi[1] (14.969 km)
West end KY 1297
Major
junctions
East end KY 1307 in Glasgow

Veterans Outer Loop is a major bypass route in Glasgow, Kentucky. It is maintained by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC).

Route description

With a state route designation of Kentucky Route 3600 (KY 3600), the road begins at an intersection with KY 1297 (Old Bowling Green Road) near the exit 8 interchange of the Louie B. Nunn Cumberland Parkway before meeting the concurrently running U.S. Route 68 and KY 80, as well as US 68 Bus. It carries US 68 for its course from West Main Street/Bowling Green Road to the other US 68/US 68 Bus. intersection on the east side of town at Edmonton Road/Columbia Avenue. From there, it carries KY 1519 on the east side of Glasgow over Cumberland Parkway, and it ends at an at-grade intersection with KY 1307. [2] [3]

History

Construction of the outer loop began in the early 2000s, beginning with the section from US 68 (Bowling Green Road) to KY 90 (Happy Valley Road) to US 31E on the west and north sides of Glasgow, which was completed in 2004. During the 2010-2011 fiscal year, the road was extended to include another intersection with US 68, a new exit 15 interchange for Cumberland Parkway on the east side of town, ending with an intersection with KY 1307.

On May 28, 2015, the Veterans Outer Loop was extended on Glasgow's west side. Construction of the extension began in late 2014. The extension traveled from the original western terminus to an intersection with Old Bowling Green Road (KY 1297.[4] The project also included a new interchange on Cumberland Parkway at mile marker 8.8, just east of Beaver Creek (a tributary of the Barren River), signed as exit 8.[5][6] Once the new extension had been completed, the KYTC designated the western extension KY 3600.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. "Official DMI Route Log". Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved September 23, 2014.
  2. ↑ Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (2015). Barren County Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Frankfort: Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  3. ↑ Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (2015). Glasgow City Map (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Frankfort: Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  4. ↑ Forsythe, Lauren (January 22, 2013). "Glasgow Outer Loop to Be Completed Next Year". Bowling Green, KY: WBKO-TV. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
  5. 1 2 Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Division of Planning (2015). Official Highway Map (Map). Frankfort: Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Multiple Road Projects on Tap". Bowling Green Daily News. September 7, 2014. Retrieved June 9, 2015.

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