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Interstate 64 In Kentucky
Interstate 64 (I-64) in the US state of Kentucky travels for , passing by the major towns and cities of Louisville, Frankfort, Kentucky, Frankfort, Lexington, Kentucky, Lexington, and Ashland, Kentucky, Ashland. It has several major junctions with other Interstates, including Interstate 65 in Kentucky, I-65, Interstate 71 in Kentucky, I-71, Interstate 264 (Kentucky), I-264, and Interstate 265, I-265 in Louisville and Interstate 75 in Kentucky, I-75 in Lexington. The portion of I-64 in Kentucky is host to two "exceptionally significant" structures indicated by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). One is the ''Cochran Hill Tunnel'', a twin tube at Cherokee Park in Louisville built in 1974, and the other is a 1960s-era modern-styled rest area near Winchester, Kentucky, Winchester. In Downtown Louisville, I-64 passes under a public plaza called the Riverfront Plaza/Belvedere, one of the only structures in the state built on top of an Interstate. Between the Indiana stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Federal Highway Administration
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is a division of the United States Department of Transportation that specializes in highway transportation. The agency's major activities are grouped into two programs, the Federal-aid Highway Program and the Federal Lands Highway Program. Its role had previously been performed by the Office of Road Inquiry, Office of Public Roads and the Bureau of Public Roads. History Background With the coming of the bicycle in the 1890s, interest grew regarding the improvement of streets and roads in America. The traditional method of putting the burden on maintaining roads on local landowners was increasingly inadequate. In 1893, the federal Office of Road Inquiry (ORI) was founded; in 1905, it was renamed the Office of Public Roads (OPR) and made a division of the United States Department of Agriculture. Demands grew for local and state government to take charge. With the coming of the automobile, urgent efforts were made to upgrade and moderniz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Boyd County, Kentucky
Boyd County is a County (United States), county located in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 48,261. The county seat is Catlettsburg, Kentucky, Catlettsburg, and its largest city is Ashland, Kentucky, Ashland. The county was formed in 1860. The county spans , and is found at the northeastern edge of the state, near the Ohio River and Big Sandy River (Ohio River), Big Sandy River and situated in mountainous Appalachia. Boyd County is in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area, Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH metropolitan statistical area. History Boyd County was the 107th of 120 counties formed in Kentucky and was established in 1860 from parts of surrounding Greenup County, Kentucky, Greenup, Carter County, Kentucky, Carter, and Lawrence County, Kentucky, Lawrence Counties. It was named for Linn Boyd of Paducah, Kentucky, Paducah, former U.S. congressman, speake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Purple Heart Trail
Purple Heart Trail can refer to: *Interstate 5 in California, Oregon and Washington *Interstate 10 in Alabama and Arizona *Interstate 15 in Montana **Interstate 115 in Montana **Interstate 315 in Montana *Interstate 35 in Kansas and Texas ** Interstate 35E in Texas ** Interstate 35W in Texas **Interstate 135 in Kansas ** Interstate 235 in Kansas ** Interstate 335 in Kansas **Interstate 435 in Kansas ** Interstate 635 in Kansas *Interstate 40 in Arizona, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas *Interstate 44 in Missouri *Interstate 64 in Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia *Interstate 65 in Alabama **Interstate 265 in Kentucky *Interstate 70 in Colorado, Kansas, Missouri and Ohio ** Interstate 470 in Kansas ** Interstate 670 in Kansas *Interstate 71 in Ohio *Interstate 72 in Illinois *Interstate 75 in Florida *Interstate 80 in California, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming * Interstate 84 in parts of New York *Interstate 90 in Idaho, Montana, South Dakota and Wyoming *Interstate 94 in Montan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Riverfront Plaza/Belvedere
''For other uses see Riverfront Plaza (other)'' Riverfront Plaza/Belvedere is a public area on the Ohio River in Downtown Louisville, Kentucky. Although proposed as early as 1930, the project did not get off the ground until $13.5 million in funding was secured in 1969 to revitalize the downtown area (through which Interstate 64 had just been built). On April 27, 1973, the Riverfront Plaza/Belvedere was dedicated. Running between Third and Sixth streets, it consisted of a large parking garage and the interstate, and a grassy park built atop. The grassy park section on the western end was the Belvedere (structure), Belvedere, and the Riverfront Plaza to the east included other attractions: fountains, shelters and an ice-skating rink, as well as buildings such as the Galt House, One Riverfront Plaza and the American Life Building. The Galt House, as well as The Kentucky Center, The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts, are incorporated into the plaza with walkway access ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Downtown Louisville
Downtown Louisville is the largest central business district in the Kentucky, Commonwealth of Kentucky and the urban hub of the Louisville, Kentucky Metropolitan Area. Its boundaries are the Ohio River to the north, Hancock Street to the east, York and Jacob Streets to the south, and 9th Street to the west. As of 2015, the population of downtown Louisville was 4,700, although this does not include directly surrounding areas such as Old Louisville, Butchertown, NuLu, and Phoenix Hill. The five main areas of the Central Business District consist of: *West Main District (west of 2nd St., north of Market St., east of 9th St., and south of the Ohio River) *East Main District (east of 2nd St., north of Market St., west of Hancock St., and south of the Ohio River; contains the Whiskey Row, Louisville, Whiskey Row Historic District) *Medical Center (east of 2nd St., south of Market St., west of Hancock St., and north of Jacob St.) *Fourth St. District (south of Market St., west of 2nd S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Winchester, Kentucky
Winchester is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Clark County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 19,134 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metropolitan Statistical Area. Winchester is located roughly halfway between Lexington and Mt. Sterling. History It was named after Winchester, Virginia. Geography Winchester is located northwest of the center of Clark County, east of Lexington and west of Mt. Sterling. Kentucky Route 1958 (Bypass Road) is an outer loop around the town. Kentucky Route 627 (Boonesborough Road) leads towards Richmond, to the south and Paris to the north. U.S. Route 60 (Winchester-Lexington Road/Lexington Avenue) runs through downtown Winchester. Interstate 64 passes through the northern part of the city, with access from exits 94 and 96. The Mountain Parkway turns off I-64 just northeast of Winchester and leads east to Salyersville. According to the United States Census Bureau, Winchester has a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Cherokee Park
Cherokee Park is a municipal park located in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, and is part of the Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy. It was designed in 1891 by Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of landscape architecture along with 18 of Louisville's 123 parks. Beargrass Creek (Kentucky), Beargrass Creek runs through much of the park, and is crossed by numerous pedestrian and automobile bridges. According to The Trust for Public Land, Cherokee Park has 500,000 visitors annually, making it tied for the 69th most popular municipal park in the United States. The park features a 2.4 mile Scenic Loop through the park's pastoral setting featuring rolling hills, open meadows and woodlands with separate lanes for vehicle traffic (one-way) and recreational users. The park was closed to vehicular traffic during the COVID-19 pandemic, with cars being allowed again after September 2021. History Cherokee Park opened in 1891, has always been a major draw, and was a key factor in spa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Interstate 75 In Kentucky
Interstate 75 (I-75) is a part of the Interstate Highway System that runs from Miami Lakes, Florida to the Canada–United States border at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. In the U.S. state of Kentucky, I-75 runs through the eastern half of the state, from the Tennessee state line near the city of Williamsburg to the Ohio state line near Covington. The Interstate serves the state's second-most populous city, Lexington. Outside of it, the route is mostly rural or suburban in nature, mainly providing access to other cities via state and U.S. Highways. The major landscapes traversed by I-75 include the rolling hills and mountains of the Cumberland Plateau, the flat Bluegrass region, the urban core of Lexington, and the highly urbanized suburbs of Northern Kentucky; it also very briefly crosses through the Eastern Kentucky Coalfield at its southernmost stretch and passes near the Daniel Boone National Forest in London. Of the six states which I-75 passes through, the segment i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Interstate 265
Interstate 265 (I-265) is a Interstate Highway partially encircling the Louisville metropolitan area. Starting from I-65 in the southern part of Louisville, it runs through Jefferson County, Kentucky, crosses the Ohio River on the Lewis and Clark Bridge into Indiana, meets I-65 for a second time, and then proceeds westbound to terminate at the I-64 interchange. The entire Kentucky stretch of the road is cosigned with Kentucky Route 841 (KY 841). An additional stretch of freeway between U.S. Route 31W (US 31W)/ US 60/ KY 1934 and I-65 in the southern Louisville is solely designated as KY 841. The portion from I-71 to the Ohio River, while designated as I-265 by AASHTO, is only signed as KY 841. The highway is named the Gene Snyder Freeway (originally named the Jefferson Freeway), after the former congressman from Kentucky, and usually called "the Snyder" by locals. Likewise on the Indiana side, the stretch from I-65 to the bridge, while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Interstate 264 (Kentucky)
Interstate 264 (I-264) is a partial loop around the city of Louisville, Kentucky, south of the Ohio River. An Auxiliary Interstate Highway, auxiliary route of Interstate 64 in Kentucky, I-64, it is signed as the Shawnee Expressway for its first from its western terminus at I-64/U.S. Route 150 in Kentucky, US 150 to U.S. Route 31W, US 31W/U.S. Route 60 in Kentucky, US 60 and as the Watterson Expressway for the remainder of its length from US 31W/US 60 to its eastern terminus at Interstate 71, I-71. It is in length and runs an open circle around central Louisville. It is the only auxiliary route of I-64 outside of Virginia. I-264 is Louisville's inner beltway (in conjunction with I-64 and I-71), and the later constructed I-265, the Gene Snyder Freeway, is Louisville's outer beltway. I-264 is currently used as the primary detour route when I-64 is closed through Downtown Louisville. However, in late 2016 with the completion of the Lewis and Clark Bridge ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Interstate 71 In Kentucky
Interstate 71 (I-71) is a north–south Interstate Highway in the midwestern and southeastern regions of the United States. Its southern terminus is at an interchange with I-64 and I-65 (the Kennedy Interchange) in Louisville, Kentucky, and its northern terminus at an interchange with I-90 in Cleveland, Ohio. I-71 runs concurrently with I-75 from a point about south of Cincinnati, Ohio, into Downtown Cincinnati. While most odd numbered Interstates run north–south, I-71 takes more of a northeast–southwest course, with some east–west sections, and is mainly a regional route serving Kentucky and Ohio. It links I-80 and I-90 to I-70. Major metropolitan areas served by I-71 include Louisville, Cincinnati, Columbus, and Cleveland. Approximately three-quarters of the route lies east of I-75, leaving I-71 out of place in the Interstate grid. Route description , - , KY , , - , OH , , - , Total , Kentucky In Kentucky, I-71 begins east of Downtown Louisville a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Interstate 65 In Kentucky
Interstate 65 (I-65) is part of the Interstate Highway System that runs north–south from Mobile, Alabama, to Gary, Indiana. The highway crosses Kentucky from south to north, from the Tennessee state line near Franklin to the Indiana state line in Louisville. I-65 passes through three of Kentucky's ten largest cities—Bowling Green, Elizabethtown, and Louisville—and serves Mammoth Cave National Park and Fort Knox. Kentucky was the first state to complete its portion of I-65, with the final section, located near Franklin, opening in 1970. Route description I-65 is maintained by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC), along with all other Interstate, U.S., and state highways in Kentucky. Along its length in Kentucky, major attractions I-65 passes include the National Corvette Museum, Mammoth Cave National Park, Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest, and Fort Knox before entering the state's largest metropolitan area, Louisville. It has interchanges with three o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
