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Interstate 64
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Route information
Maintained by Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
Length: 191 mi[1] (307 km)
Existed: 1956 – present
Major junctions
West end: I-64 / US 150 at Indiana state line
  I-264 in Louisville
I-65 / I-71 in Louisville
I-264 in Louisville
I-265 / KY 841 in Middletown
I-75 in Lexington
East end: I‑64 at West Virginia state line
Highway system
KY 64 KY 65 x20px

In the U.S. state of Kentucky, Interstate 64 travels for 191 miles (307 km) passing by the major towns and cities of Louisville, Frankfort, Lexington and Ashland. It has several major junctions within the state: Interstate 65, Interstate 71, Interstate 264 and Interstate 265 in Louisville, and Interstate 75 in Lexington.

The interstate is host to two "exceptionally significant" structures indicated by the Federal Highway Administration. One is the Cochran Hill Tunnel,[2] a twin tube at Cherokee Park in Louisville built in 1974,[2] and the other is a 1960s-era modern-styled rest area near Winchester.[3]

In Downtown Louisville, the interstate 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 state line and Lexington, the interstate is named the Daniel Boone Expressway.

History

The Cochran Hill Tunnel in Louisville, also known as the Cherokee Park Tunnel, underwent restoration in 2001, which involved the reconstruction of the concrete pavement, the installation of new tiles and improvements to lighting. Efforts were made to paint the interior tiles of the tunnel with a mural, but were dropped because opponents stated that drivers would become distracted while passing through the tunnel, driving and viewing the art work at the same time.[4][5] The tunnels, which opened in 1974, are one of three sites in Kentucky deemed "exceptionally significant" by the Federal Highway Administration. The designation meant that it will be very difficult for the stretch of interstate running through Cherokee Park ever to be widened.[3]

Streaking Lights on I-64 as seen from the horse/bike bridge at Seneca Park in Louisville Kentucky.

Construction began on a Kentucky Route 180 interchange improvement project in the summer of 2006.[6][7] The $34 million project entailed the rebuilding of six bridges, the widening of Kentucky Route 180 to four-lanes in the vicinity of the interchange and the conversion of the ramps into a diamond. The project was finished in the fall of 2008.

In March 2007, Governor Ernie Fletcher signed Senate Bill 83 which allowed for an increase in speed limits on rural interstates and parkways. Speed limits on rural sections of Interstate 64 were increased from 65 MPH to 70 mph (110 km/h), following an engineering study by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. New signage was installed in July[8]

On June 7, 2007, Interstate 64 between the junction of Interstate 264 and Interstate 65 and Interstate 71 in downtown Louisville was closed to through traffic.[9] The section of highway featured three-lanes of traffic in each direction on an elevated viaduct paralleling the Ohio River, carrying 90,000 vehicles-per-day. The closure was part of a $50 million refurbishment project that involved replacing 132 expansion joints and repaving more than four-miles (6 km) of interstate and interchanges.[10] 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 Interstate 64 to be completed in Kentucky.

"8664"

Controversially, I-64 runs through Louisville Waterfront Park, a key part of the revitalization of Downtown Louisville, and portions of the park exist under it. 8664.org, a grassroots campaign with popular support but little apparent political momentum, aimed to re-route and remove I-64 to enhance Louisville's waterfront. I-64 was to be widened over the park as a part of the Ohio River Bridges Project. But plans to widen the freeway over the park have been abandoned to reduce costs of the Ohio River Bridges Project.[11]

Exit list

County Location[12] mi[13] km Exit Destinations Notes
Ohio River 0.0 0.0 Sherman Minton Bridge
I-64 west / US 150 west / US 460 west; continuation into Indiana
Jefferson Louisville 0.9 1.45 1 I-264 east – Shively Western terminus of I-264, exits 0A-B
2.7 4.3 3 US 150 east (22nd Street) Eastern terminus of concurrency with US 150
3.9 6.3 4 9th Street / Roy Wilkins Avenue – Downtown
4.5 7.2 5B 3rd Street / River Road – Downtown Eastbound exit is via exit 4
5.2 8.4 5A I-65 – Nashville, Indianapolis Signed as exit 5A (south) and 5B (north) eastbound; eastbound exit to I-65 north closed until 2017
5.9 9.5 6 I-71 north – Cincinnati Eastbound access only; I-71 north to I-64 east exit 1B, south to 64 west exit 1A
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) to Southern and Louisville Seminaries
8.1 13.0 Cochran Hill Tunnel
10.3 16.6 10 Cannons Lane
12.3 19.8 12 I-264 (Watterson Expressway) Signed as exits 12A (west) and 12B (east) eastbound; I-264 exits 19A-B
14.9 24.0 15 KY 1747 (Hurstbourne Parkway) – Jeffersontown, Middletown
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 as exits 19A (west) and 19B (east); I-265 exits 25A-B
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
Franklin Frankfort 47.7 76.8 48 KY 151 – Lawrenceburg
48.8 78.5 49 US 460 east – Frankfort
53.0 85.3 53 US 127 – Lawrenceburg, Frankfort Signed as exit 53A (south) and 53B (north)
57.8 93.0 58 US 60 – Versailles, Frankfort
Woodford Midway 65.2 104.9 65 KY 341 – Versailles, Midway
Scott 68.8 110.7 69 US 62 (Paynes Depot Road) – Georgetown
Fayette Lexington 74.7 120.2 75 I-75 north – Cincinnati Western terminus of concurrency with I-75, south exit 118.
76.9 123.8 115 KY 922 (Newtown Pike) to Bluegrass Parkway – Lexington
79.2 127.5 113 US 27 / US 68 (Broadway) – Lexington, Paris
81.3 130.8 81 I-75 south – Richmond – Knoxville Eastern terminus of concurrency with I-75, north exit 111.
87.3 140.5 87 KY 859
Clark Winchester 94.0 151.3 94 KY 1958 to KY 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
Morehead 137.1 220.6 137 KY 32 east / Flemingsburg Road – Flemingsburg, Morehead
Carter 156.0 251.1 156 KY 2 to KY 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 to KY 9 (AA Hwy.) – 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 – 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

Related routes

  • Interstate 264

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Interstate 264
Location: LouisvilleGlenview Manor

Interstate 264 is an inner loop route in Metro Louisville. Signed as the Georgia Davis Powers Shawnee Expressway between its western terminus at I-64 in Shawnee and US 31W/US 60 (Dixie Highway) in Shively, and as the Watterson Expressway from US 31W/US 60 to its northeastern terminus at I-71 in Glenview Manor. Along the way, it provides access to Louisville International Airport at its junction with I-65.

  • Interstate 464

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Interstate 464
Location: Lexington
Existed: 1950–1960s

Interstate 464 was proposed as current Kentucky Route 4. 3/4 of the entire route was built, but the missing sections were North and East of Lexington where I-464 would run to I-64/I-75, then run concurrent with I-64/I-75 southeast to meet up with its eastern section. It is currently signed as KY 4, but more commonly known as New Circle Road.

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Interstate 64
Previous state:
Indiana
Kentucky Next state:
West Virginia