 Interstate 64 | ||||
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 I-64 highlighted in red | ||||
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| Maintained byKYTC | ||||
| Length | 191 mi[1] (307 km) | |||
| Existed | 1956–present | |||
| NHS | Entire route | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |   I-64 /US 150 at theIndiana state line | |||
| Major intersections |
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| East end | I-64 at theWest Virginia state line | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Kentucky | |||
| Counties | Jefferson,Shelby,Franklin,Woodford,Scott,Fayette,Clark,Montgomery,Bath,Rowan,Carter,Boyd | |||
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Interstate 64 (I-64) in the US state ofKentucky travels for 191 miles (307 km), passing by the major towns and cities ofLouisville,Frankfort,Lexington, andAshland. It has several major junctions with other Interstates, includingI-65,I-71,I-264, andI-265 in Louisville andI-75 in Lexington.
The portion of I-64 in Kentucky is host to two "exceptionally significant" structures indicated by theFederal Highway Administration (FHWA). One is theCochran Hill Tunnel,[2] a twin tube atCherokee Park in Louisville built in 1974,[2] and the other is a 1960s-era modern-styled rest area nearWinchester.[3]
InDowntown Louisville, I-64 passes under a public plaza called theRiverfront Plaza/Belvedere, one of the only structures in the state built on top of an Interstate.
Between the Indiana state line and Lexington, I-64 is named the Daniel Boone Expressway.
The entire length of I-64 in Kentucky has been designated as a portion of thePurple Heart Trail.[4][5]
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I-64 entersKentucky atLouisville, paralleling theOhio River along the Riverfront Expressway. It intersects with several downtown interchanges before coming to theKennedy Interchange, where it intersectsI-65 andI-71 in a tangle of ramps often referred to as the "Spaghetti Junction". Moving eastward, I-64 passes throughShelbyville,Frankfort,Midway,Lexington,Winchester,Mount Sterling,Owingsville, andMorehead, before leaving the state nearAshland atCatlettsburg. It overlapsI-75 as it makes an arc around the northeast of Lexington's urban core, with the exit numbers for I-75 used for the concurrent portion. The two Interstates separate a few miles east of downtown Lexington.
The Cochran Hill Tunnel in Louisville, also known as the Cherokee Park Tunnel, underwent restoration in 2001, which involved the reconstruction of theconcrete pavement, the installation of new tiles, and the improvement of lighting. Later, the lights in the tunnel were replaced after multiple lights were found to be faulty. The tunnels, which opened in 1974, are one of three sites in Kentucky deemed "exceptionally significant" by theFHWA. The designation meant that it will be very difficult for the stretch of Interstate running through Cherokee Park ever to be widened.[3]
Construction began on aKentucky Route 180 (KY 180) interchange improvement project in the summer of 2006.[6][7] The $34-million (equivalent to $48.5 million in 2024[8]) project entailed the rebuilding of six bridges, the widening of KY 180 to four lanes in the vicinity of the interchange, and the conversion of the ramps into adiamond interchange. The project was finished in the autumn of 2008.
In March 2007,GovernorErnie Fletcher signedSenate Bill 83, which allowed for an increase in speed limits on rural Interstates and parkways. Speed limits on rural sections of I-64 were increased from 65 to 70 mph (105 to 113 km/h), following an engineering study by theKentucky Transportation Cabinet. New signage was installed in July[9]
On June 7, 2007, I-64 between the junction ofI-264 andI-65 andI-71 inDowntown Louisville was closed to through traffic.[10] The section of highway featured three lanes of traffic in each direction on an elevatedviaduct paralleling theOhio River, carrying 90,000 vehicles per day. The closure was part of a $50-million (equivalent to $72.7 million in 2024[8]) refurbishment project that involved replacing 132 expansion joints and repaving more than four miles (6.4 km) of Interstate and interchanges.[11] The work was completed in two phases, starting with the entire project area being closed on three weekends in June, followed by a section of highway closed from 3rd to 22nd streets in early July to early August. However, the Interstate was not finished because of the section between Frankfort and Lexington. The state could not attain the right-of-way here because of very famous horse parks northwest of Lexington. After a couple of tries to get the right-of-way, the state was able to get the right-of-way and began construction on this segment. It was the last segment of I-64 to be completed in Kentucky.
Controversially, I-64 runs throughLouisville Waterfront Park, a key part of the revitalization ofDowntown Louisville, and portions of the park exist under it.8664, a grassroots campaign with popular support but little apparent political momentum, aimed to reroute and remove I-64 to enhance Louisville's waterfront. I-64 through Louisville would be resigned as I-364.[citation needed] I-64 was to be widened over the park as a part of theOhio River Bridges Project. But plans to widen the freeway over the park were abandoned to reduce costs of the Ohio River Bridges Project.[12]
| County | Location[13] | mi[14] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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| Ohio River | 0.0 | 0.0 |   I-64 west /US 150 west | Continuation into Indiana | ||
| Sherman Minton Bridge | ||||||
| Jefferson | Louisville | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1 |   I-264 east –Shively | Western terminus and exits 0B-A on I-264 |
| 2.7 | 4.3 | 3 |  US 150 east (22nd Street) | Eastern end of US 150 concurrency | ||
| 3.9 | 6.3 | 4 |  9th Street/ Roy Wilkins Avenue –Downtown | |||
| 4.5 | 7.2 | 5B | 3rd Street / River Road –Downtown | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
| 5.2 | 8.4 | 5A |   I-65 south –Nashville | Signed as exits 5A (south) and 5B (north) eastbound | ||
  I-65 Toll north (Abraham Lincoln Bridge) –Indianapolis | ||||||
| 5.9 | 9.5 | 6 |  I-71 north –Cincinnati | Eastbound access only; I-71 exit 1B northbound to I-64 eastbound, 1A southbound to 64 westbound; southern terminus of I-71 | ||
| 6.4 | 10.3 | 7 |   US 42 /US 60 (Mellwood Avenue / Story Avenue) | |||
| 7.8 | 12.6 | 8 | Grinstead Drive | Access to Lexington Road (US 60 Alt.) toSouthern andLouisville Seminaries | ||
| 8.1 | 13.0 | Cochran Hill Tunnel | ||||
| 10.3 | 16.6 | 10 | Cannons Lane | |||
| 12.3 | 19.8 | 12 |  I-264 (Watterson Expressway) –Louisville International Airport | Signed as exits 12A (west) and 12B (east) eastbound; I-264 exit 19 | ||
| 14.9 | 24.0 | 15 |  KY 1747 (Hurstbourne Parkway) –Jeffersontown,Middletown, Industrial Park | Signed as exits 15A (south), 15B (south-local access), and 15C (north) eastbound | ||
| Jeffersontown | 17.1 | 27.5 | 17 | Blankenbaker Parkway (KY 913) | No signage for KY 913 | |
| 18.9 | 30.4 | 19 |   I-265 (Gene Snyder Freeway) /KY 841 | Signed westbound as exits 19A (south) and 19B (north); I-265 exit 25 | ||
| Shelby | Simpsonville | 27.5 | 44.3 | 28 |  KY 1848 (Buck Creek Road) –Simpsonville | |
| Shelbyville | 31.8 | 51.2 | 32 |  KY 55 (Taylorsville Road) –Taylorsville,Shelbyville | ||
| 35.1 | 56.5 | 35 |  KY 53 (Mt Eden Road) –Shelbyville | |||
| | 43.3 | 69.7 | 43 |  KY 395 (Waddy Road) –Waddy,Peytona | ||
| Franklin | Frankfort | 47.7 | 76.8 | 48 |     KY 151 toUS 127 south –Lawrenceburg,Graefenburg | |
| 48.8 | 78.5 | 49 |  US 460 east –Frankfort | |||
| 53.0 | 85.3 | 53 | US 127 –Lawrenceburg,Frankfort | Signed as exits 53A (south) and 53B (north) | ||
| Jett | 57.8 | 93.0 | 58 | US 60 –Versailles,Frankfort | ||
| Woodford | Midway | 65.2 | 104.9 | 65 |   KY 341 toUS 62 west –Versailles,Midway | |
| Scott | | 68.8 | 110.7 | 69 | US 62 east (Paynes Depot Road) –Georgetown | Ramps provide access to both eastbound and westbound US 62 |
| Fayette | Lexington | 74.7 | 120.2 | 75 |  I-75 north –Georgetown,Cincinnati | Western terminus of concurrency with I-75, exit 118 southbound, uses I-75 exit numbers and mile markers |
| 76.9 | 123.8 | 115 |    KY 922 (Newtown Pike) toBluegrass Parkway –Lexington,Blue Grass Airport | |||
| 79.2 | 127.5 | 113 |   US 27 /US 68 (Broadway) –Lexington,Paris | |||
| 81.3 | 130.8 | 81 | I-75 south –Richmond,Knoxville | Eastern end of I-75 concurrency; exit 111 northbound | ||
| 87.3 | 140.5 | 87 |  KY 859 –Bluegrass Station | |||
| Clark | Winchester | 94.0 | 151.3 | 94 |   KY 1958 toKY 627 / Van Meter Road –Winchester | |
| 96.1 | 154.7 | 96 | KY 627 –Winchester,Paris | Signed as exits 96A (south) and 96B (north) westbound | ||
| | 97.5 | 156.9 | 98 |  Mountain Parkway east –Prestonsburg,Campton | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; westbound exit is via a U-turn at exit 96 | |
| | 101.6 | 163.5 | 101 | US 60 –Winchester,Mount Sterling | ||
| Montgomery | Mount Sterling | 109.6 | 176.4 | 110 |  US 460 /KY 11 –Flemingsburg,Mount Sterling,Paris | |
| 112.3 | 180.7 | 113 | US 60 –Mount Sterling,Owingsville | |||
| Bath | Owingsville | 121.1 | 194.9 | 121 |  KY 36 –Owingsville,Frenchburg | |
| 122.9 | 197.8 | 123 | US 60 –Owingsville,Salt Lick | |||
| Rowan | | 132.8 | 213.7 | 133 |  KY 801 –Sharkey,Farmers | |
| Morehead | 137.1 | 220.6 | 137 |  KY 32 east / Flemingsburg Road –Flemingsburg,Morehead | ||
| Carter | | 156.0 | 251.1 | 156 |   KY 2 toKY 59 –Olive Hill,Vanceburg | |
| Olive Hill | 161.3 | 259.6 | 161 | US 60 –Olive Hill,Grayson | ||
| Grayson | 171.4 | 275.8 | 172 |    KY 1 /KY 7 toAA Hwy (KY 9) –Maysville,Grayson | ||
| | 178.3 | 286.9 | 179 |   KY 67 north (Industrial Parkway) –Greenup,Wurtland | ||
| Boyd | Coalton | 181.2 | 291.6 | 181 | US 60 –Grayson,Ashland | |
| Ashland | 185.2 | 298.1 | 185 |  KY 180 toUS 60 –Cannonsburg,Ashland | ||
| | 190.5 | 306.6 | 191 |  US 23 –Ashland,Louisa | ||
| | 191.0 | 307.4 | I-64 east –Huntington | Continuation into West Virginia | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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 Interstate 264 | |
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| Location | Louisville–Glenview Manor |
I-264 is an inner loop route in the Louisville metropolitan area. It was created as a part ofUS 60 in 1949, and signed under its current designation in 1956. It is signed as theGeorgia Davis Powers Shawnee Expressway between its western terminus at I-64 inShawnee andU.S. Route 31W (US 31W)/US 60 (Dixie Highway) inShively and as theWatterson Expressway from US 31W/US 60 to its northeastern terminus atI-71 inGlenview Manor. Along the way, it provides access toLouisville International Airport at its junction withI-65.
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