List of parkways and named highways in Kentucky

This is a list of parkways and named highways in Kentucky. Most parkways also carry an unsigned 9000-series designation.

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Kentucky Parkway System

The Kentucky Parkway System is a statewide system of controlled-access highways financed and built as toll roads. State law requires the removal of tolls once the cost of construction is recouped; all parkways are toll-free. The system is built at or near-to interstate standards, and it provides access to portions of Kentucky not serviced by interstates. Several parkways have been or are planned to be re-designated as mainline or spur interstate highways. + Parkway Reference number Length (mi) Length (km) Southern or western terminus Northern or eastern terminus Opened Removed Current designation NotesAudubon ParkwayAU 9005 US 41 in Henderson US 60 in Owensboro 1970 — Martha Layne Collins Bluegrass ParkwayBG 9002 I-65 in Elizabethtown US 60 in Versailles 1965 —Louie B. Nunn Cumberland ParkwayLN 9008 I-65 near Park City US 27 in Somerset 1972 — Hal Rogers Parkway (signed) US 27 / KY 80 near Somerset US 25 / KY 80 east in London 2015 —Parkway was extended westward onto KY 80HR 9006 US 25 / KY 80 east in London KY 15 / KY 80 in Hazard 1971 —Formerly named Daniel Boone Parkway Kentucky Turnpike Western Kentucky Parkway in Elizabethtown I-264 in Louisville 1954 1975 Signage removed along with tolls in 1975Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway KY 9000 I-64 in Winchester KY 15 Spur in Campton 1963 —KY 9009 KY 15 Spur in Campton US 460 in SalyersvilleNatcher ParkwayWN 9007 US 231 near Bowling Green I-65 / I-165 in Bowling Green 1972 2019 (signed) Originally named the Green River Parkway (1972–1994) I-65 / I-165 in Bowling Green US 60 / US 231 in Owensboro Edward T. Breathitt Pennyrile Parkway EB 9004 I-24 near Hopkinsville US 41 in Nortonville 1969 2024 US 41 in Nortonville I-69 / Future I-569 / Western Kentucky Parkway 1994 Built to parkway standards in 1976 but was toll-free and signed as US 41 until 1994 I-69 / Future I-569 / Western Kentucky Parkway US 41 in Madisonville 1994 US 41 in Madisonville KY 425 near Henderson 1969 KY 425 near Henderson US 41 / KY 351 near Henderson 1969Julian M. Carroll Purchase Parkway JC 9003 US 51 / SR 215 / Future I-69 at the Tennessee state line US 62 / KY 1523 in Calvert City 1966 2024 Wendell H. Ford Western Kentucky ParkwayWK 9001 I-24 in Eddyville KY 91 / KY 139 in Princeton 1968 2011 KY 91 / KY 139 in Princeton I-69 / I-169 in Nortonville 1963WK 9001 I-69 / I-169 in Nortonville I-165 in Beaver Dam 1963 — I-165 / Future I-569 in Beaver Dam US 31W / KY 61 near Elizabethtown

Other named highways Road Route DesignationLength (mi)Length (km)Southern or western terminusNorthern or eastern terminus Year Established Notes AA Highway111.0178.7KY 1 / KY 7 near GraysonI-275 in Wilder1995 Mainline of AA Highway and southeastern spur24.639.6AA–KY 9 / KY 1149 south near VanceburgUS 23 near Greenup1995Northeastern spur of AA HighwayDr. Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway12.219.6I-265 / KY 841 near LouisvilleIndiana state line near Louisville2007 Named only through Louisville MetroEagle Way5.8949.485US 68 / KY 80 / US 68 By-Pass eastKY 107 / KY 1682 east1976Partial beltway of Hopkinsville, includes connections with I-24 and I-16911.02617.745US 68 / KY 80 / KY 1682 eastUS 68 / KY 802001Gene Snyder Freeway28.746.2I-65 in LouisvilleIndiana state line near Louisville1986 Formerly named "Jefferson Freeway"Georgia Davis Powers Expressway6.911.1I-64 / US 150 in LouisvilleUS 31W / US 60 (Dixie Highway) in Louisville2010Previously named the "Shawnee Expressway" from 1974 to 2010Henry Watterson Expressway15.524.9US 31W / US 60 (Dixie Highway) in LouisvilleI-71 in Louisville1948Industrial Parkway14.222.9I-64 near GraysonKY 3105 in Wurtland2002Mammoth Cave Parkway2.43.9US 31W / KY 255 south in Park CityKY 70 / KY 255 north in Mammoth Cave2.54.0KY 70 / KY 255 north in Mammoth CaveKY 70 west in Mammoth Cave none3.55.6KY 70 west in Mammoth Cave Mammoth Cave Visitor Center Concurrent with KY 255 and KY 70 on its southern end. Mostly maintained by the National Park Service as most of it is located within Mammoth Cave National Park. Man o' War Boulevardnone15.3924.77US 60 (Versailles Road)I-751975Surface road serving as partial southern beltway around Lexington. Constructed by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, the unnumbered portion is maintained by the city0.9871.588I-75US 60 (Winchester Road)New Circle Road19.331.0Beltway around Lexington 1950Controlled-access highway except for northeastern portion between KY 922 and US 25 / US 421Paris Pike1423I-64 / I-75 / US 27 south / US 68 south (North Broadway) in LexingtonUS 27 north / US 68 north / US 68 Bus. north (Main Street) in Paris2003Rural four-lane highway between Lexington and ParisRussellville Bypass11.6US 79 / KY 3240 eastUS 68 / KY 80 / US 68 Bus. east1995Bypass around Russellville built in stages and with four route designations5.89.3US 68 west / KY 80 west / US 68 Bus. eastUS 431 north19951.52.5US 431 northUS 68 east / KY 80 east / US 68 Bus. west19982.94.6US 68 / KY 80 / US 68 Bus. westUS 431 south / KY 2146 north2011, 20172.64.2US 79 north / US 431 southUS 79 south / US 431 north / KY 3240 east2017Woodlands Trace National Scenic Byway ("The Trace)"FD-100 (unsigned)Tennessee state line (continues to TN SR 461KY 453Scenic byway in the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation AreaVeterans Outer Loop2.54.0KY 1297US 68 / KY 80 / US 68 Bus. east2015Northern bypass of Glasgow5.58.9KY 1297 / US 68 west / KY 80 west / US 68 Bus. eastKY 1519/ US 68 east / KY 80 east/ US 68 Bus. west2004, 20111.32.1US 68 / KY 80 / US 68 Bus. westKY 13072011Wendell H. Ford Expressway6.310.1US 60 west / KY 331 northUS 231 / KY 2155 north1970Controlled-access partial beltway of Owensboro around its southern side6.810.9US 231 south/ KY 2155 northUS 60 east / US 231 north / KY 28301968, 2014

References

External links Kentucky Transportation Cabinet - Division of Planning 1973 Kentucky road map showing some of the named parkways 2020 Kentucky Interstate map with named parkways marked