List of Parkways and named roads in Kentucky
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This is a list of parkways and named roads in Kentucky
. Most parkways also carry an unsigned 9000-series designation.
Kentucky
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...
. Most parkways also carry an unsigned 9000-series designation.
List by name
Roadway | Description |
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John Y. Brown Jr. AA Highway | West end is at Interstate 275 Interstate 275 (Ohio) Interstate 275 is an loop in Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky that forms a complete beltway around the Cincinnati, Ohio area. It is the only auxiliary interstate that enters three states, including one state that the parent route does not enter . It is the longest loop interstate highway in the United... in Wilder Wilder, Kentucky Wilder is a city in Campbell County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 3,035 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Wilder is located at .... . East end is at US 23 in Lloyd Lloyd, Kentucky Lloyd is an unincorporated community located in Greenup County, Kentucky. Lloyd appears on the Greenup and Wheelersburg U.S. Geological Survey maps.-References:... and at KY 1 and KY 7 in Grayson Grayson, Kentucky As of the census of 2000, there were 3,877 people, 1,415 households, and 938 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,549.1 people per square mile . There were 1,538 housing units at an average density of 614.5 per square mile... . |
Audubon Parkway Audubon Parkway The Audubon Parkway is a four-lane controlled-access freeway connecting the cities of Henderson and Owensboro, Kentucky.... |
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Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway The Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway, commonly known as the Mountain Parkway, is a freeway in eastern Kentucky. The route runs fromInterstate 64 just east of Winchester southeast for 75.627 miles to a junction with U.S. Route 460 near Salyersville... |
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Expressway Interstate 65 Interstate 65 is a major Interstate Highway in the United States. The southern terminus is located at an intersection with Interstate 10 in Mobile, Alabama, and its northern terminus is at an interchange with Interstate 90 , U.S. Route 12, and U.S... |
Named only through Louisville Metro Louisville, Kentucky Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096... . Signs in place since 2007. |
Edward T. Breathitt Pennyrile Parkway | |
Gene Snyder Freeway Interstate 265 Interstate 265 is an Interstate Highway ringing the Louisville, Kentucky metropolitan area, which includes southern Indiana, although the Indiana and Kentucky segments remain separate at the present time. In Kentucky it only runs through Jefferson County, from Interstate 71 in northeastern... |
Formerly named Jefferson Freeway. |
Hal Rogers Parkway Hal Rogers Parkway The Hal Rogers Parkway, formerly named the Daniel Boone Parkway, connects London and Hazard in southeastern Kentucky. This toll road opened in November 1971 and the tolls were removed June 1, 2003. The original extent of the highway was to be instead of today's 62.90, with that mileage to have... |
Formerly named Daniel Boone Daniel Boone Daniel Boone was an American pioneer, explorer, and frontiersman whose frontier exploits mad']'e him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. Boone is most famous for his exploration and settlement of what is now the Commonwealth of Kentucky, which was then beyond the western borders of... Parkway. |
Henry Watterson Expressway Interstate 264 (Kentucky) The Henry Watterson Expressway, also known as the Georgia Davis Powers/Shawnee Expressway west of US 31W, is one of two Interstate Highways in the United States designated as Interstate 264 . It is 22.93 miles in length, and runs an open circle around central Louisville, Kentucky... |
Eastern segment (Dixie Highway to I-71 Interstate 71 Interstate 71 is an Interstate Highway in the Great Lakes/Midwestern and Southeastern region of the United States. Its southern terminus is at an interchange with Interstate 64 and Interstate 65 in Louisville, Kentucky. Its northern terminus is at an interchange with Interstate 90 in Cleveland,... ) only; western segment named (but unsigned) as Shawnee Expressway. |
Industrial Parkway | The shortest "parkway" at 14 miles (22.5 km) in length, though it is not a part of the state's system of controlled-access parkways. |
Julian M. Carroll Purchase Parkway Purchase Parkway The Julian M. Carroll Purchase Parkway is a controlled-access highway running from Fulton, Kentucky to Calvert City, Kentucky, near Kentucky Dam, for a length of 52 miles... |
Formerly named the Purchase Parkway. |
Louie B. Nunn Cumberland Parkway | |
Man o' War Boulevard Man o' War Boulevard Man o' War Boulevard, named after the racehorse Man o' War, is a 17-mile urban arterial, circling Lexington, Kentucky to its south. Its western terminus is at US 60 Versailles Road at Keeneland Race Course's main entrance, from which the highway heads southeast, intersecting with US 68 , US 27 ,... |
Constructed by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Kentucky Transportation Cabinet The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is Kentucky's state-funded agency charged with building and maintaining U.S... as a southern urban principal arterial beltway around Lexington Lexington, Kentucky Lexington is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 63rd largest in the US. Known as the "Thoroughbred City" and the "Horse Capital of the World", it is located in the heart of Kentucky's Bluegrass region... . Upon completion, control transferred to the city. |
Martha Layne Collins Bluegrass Parkway | |
New Circle Road New Circle Road New Circle Road, also known as Kentucky Route 4, is a Kentucky state highway that serves as an inner beltway around Lexington, which is part of the consolidated city-county government with Fayette County.... |
An orbital road around the central core of Lexington. |
Wendell H. Ford Western Kentucky Parkway | |
William H. Natcher Parkway William H. Natcher Parkway The Wiliam H. Natcher Green River Parkway is a limited-access freeway from Bowling Green, Kentucky to Owensboro, Kentucky. The Natcher is one of nine highways that are part of Kentucky's parkway system. Conceived as the "Owensboro-Bowling Green Parkway," it was instead named the Green River... |
Formerly the Green River Parkway. |
List by designation
All designations are unsigned.Route | Description |
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Kentucky Route 9000 | Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway The Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway, commonly known as the Mountain Parkway, is a freeway in eastern Kentucky. The route runs fromInterstate 64 just east of Winchester southeast for 75.627 miles to a junction with U.S. Route 460 near Salyersville... from Winchester Winchester, Kentucky Winchester is a city in and the county seat of Clark County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 16,724 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:... to Campton Campton, Kentucky As of the census of 200, there were 44 people, 16 households, and 17 families residing in the city. The population density was 33.4 people per square mile . There were 29 housing units at an average density of 212.5 per square mile . The racial makeup of the city was 99.76% White, and 0.24% from... . |
Kentucky Route 9001 | Western Kentucky Parkway Western Kentucky Parkway The Wendell H. Ford Western Kentucky Parkway is a controlled-access highway running from Elizabethtown, Kentucky to near Eddyville, Kentucky. It intersects with Interstate 65 at its eastern terminus, and Interstate 24 at its western terminus. It is one of nine highways that are part of the... . Listed as "WK 9001" in route logs. |
Kentucky Route 9002 | Bluegrass Parkway Bluegrass Parkway The Martha Layne Collins Blue Grass Parkway is a controlled-access highway running from Elizabethtown, Kentucky to Woodford County, Kentucky, for a length of 71.134 miles . It intersects with Interstate 65 at its western terminus, and U.S. Route 60 at its eastern terminus. It is one of nine... . Listed as "BG 9002" in route logs. |
Kentucky Route 9003 | Purchase Parkway Purchase Parkway The Julian M. Carroll Purchase Parkway is a controlled-access highway running from Fulton, Kentucky to Calvert City, Kentucky, near Kentucky Dam, for a length of 52 miles... . Listed as "JC 9003" in route logs. |
Kentucky Route 9004 | Pennyrile Parkway Pennyrile Parkway The Edward T. Breathitt Pennyrile Parkway is a controlled-access highway from Henderson to Hopkinsville, Kentucky. The parkway begins at Henderson as a continuation of the limited-access U.S. Route 41 at exit 81; the northernmost three miles of the Pennyrile Parkway are signed as US 41... . Listed as "EB 9004" in route logs. |
Kentucky Route 9005 | Audubon Parkway Audubon Parkway The Audubon Parkway is a four-lane controlled-access freeway connecting the cities of Henderson and Owensboro, Kentucky.... . Listed as "AU 9005" in route logs. |
Kentucky Route 9006 | Hal Rogers Parkway Hal Rogers Parkway The Hal Rogers Parkway, formerly named the Daniel Boone Parkway, connects London and Hazard in southeastern Kentucky. This toll road opened in November 1971 and the tolls were removed June 1, 2003. The original extent of the highway was to be instead of today's 62.90, with that mileage to have... . Listed as "HR 9006" in route logs. |
Kentucky Route 9007 | William H. Natcher Parkway William H. Natcher Parkway The Wiliam H. Natcher Green River Parkway is a limited-access freeway from Bowling Green, Kentucky to Owensboro, Kentucky. The Natcher is one of nine highways that are part of Kentucky's parkway system. Conceived as the "Owensboro-Bowling Green Parkway," it was instead named the Green River... . Listed as "WN 9007" in route logs. |
Kentucky Route 9008 | Cumberland Parkway Cumberland Parkway The Louie B. Nunn Cumberland Parkway is an 88.547 mile long east–west controlled-access highway in the U.S. state of Kentucky, extending from Barren County in the west to Somerset in the east... . Listed as "LN 9008" in route logs. |
Kentucky Route 9009 | Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway The Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway, commonly known as the Mountain Parkway, is a freeway in eastern Kentucky. The route runs fromInterstate 64 just east of Winchester southeast for 75.627 miles to a junction with U.S. Route 460 near Salyersville... from Campton Campton, Kentucky As of the census of 200, there were 44 people, 16 households, and 17 families residing in the city. The population density was 33.4 people per square mile . There were 29 housing units at an average density of 212.5 per square mile . The racial makeup of the city was 99.76% White, and 0.24% from... to Salyersville Salyersville, Kentucky Salyersville is a city in and the county seat of Magoffin County, Kentucky, United States. It is located on the Licking River. The population was 1,604 at the 2000 census.-History:... . |