List of parkways and named highways in Kentucky

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Audubon Parkway.svg Western Kentucky Parkway.svg AA Highway Shield.svg
Highway markers for Audubon Parkway, Western Kentucky Parkway, and AA Highway
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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.

ParkwayReference numberLength (mi)Length (km)Southern or western terminusNorthern or eastern terminusOpenedRemovedCurrent designationNotes

Audubon Parkway
AU 900523.437.7 US 41 in Henderson US 60 in Owensboro 1970Spur plate blue.svg
I-69.svg
I-69 Spur

Bluegrass Parkway
BG 900271.1114.4 I-65 in Elizabethtown US 60 in Versailles 1965

Cumberland Parkway
LN 900892.3148.5 I-65 near Park City US 27 in Somerset 1972I-365 (Future).svg Future I-365

Hal Rogers Parkway
Elongated circle 80.svg KY 80 (signed)32.151.7 US 27 / KY 80 near Somerset US 25 / KY 80 east in London 2015Parkway was extended westward onto KY 80
HR 900659.095.0 US 25 / KY 80 east in London KY 15 / KY 80 in Hazard 1971Formerly named Daniel Boone Parkway
Kentucky Turnpike shield.svg
Kentucky Turnpike
39.663.7 Western Kentucky Parkway in Elizabethtown I-264 in Louisville 19541975I-65.svg I-65 Signage removed along with tolls in 1975

Mountain Parkway
KY 900043.169.4 I-64 in Winchester KY 15 Spur in Campton 1963
KY 900932.552.3 KY 15 Spur in Campton US 460 in Salyersville

Natcher Parkway
WN 90072.13.4 US 231 near Bowling Green I-65 / I-165 in Bowling Green19722019Elongated circle 9007.svg KY 9007 (signed)Formerly named Green River Parkway
70.2113.0 I-65 / I-165 in Bowling Green US 60 / US 231 in Owensboro I-165.svg I-165

Pennyrile Parkway
EB 900429.647.6 I-24 near Hopkinsville US 41 in Nortonville 19692024I-169.svg I-169
4.77.6 US 41 in Nortonville I-69 / Future I-569 / Western Kentucky Parkway 1994Built to parkway standards in 1976 but was toll-free and signed as US 41 until 1994
10.917.5 I-69 / Future I-569 / Western Kentucky Parkway US 41 in Madisonville 1994I-69.svg I-69
31.150.1 US 41 in Madisonville KY 425 near Henderson 1969
5.99.5 KY 425 near Henderson US 41 / KY 351 near Henderson 1969US 41.svg US 41

Purchase Parkway
JC 900351.382.6 US 51 / SR 215 / Future I-69 at the Tennessee state line US 62 / KY 1523 in Calvert City 19662024I-69.svg I-69

Western Kentucky Parkway
WK 90011118 I-24 in Eddyville KY 91 / KY 139 in Princeton 19682011I-69.svg I-69
2743 KY 91 / KY 139 in Princeton I-69 / I-169 in Nortonville 1963
WK 900138.562.0 I-69 / I-169 in Nortonville I-165 in Beaver Dam 1963I-569 (Future).svg Future I-569
60.096.6 I-165 / Future I-569 in Beaver Dam US 31W / KY 61 near Elizabethtown
  Former

Other named highways

RoadRoute DesignationLength (mi)Length (km)Southern or western terminusNorthern or eastern terminusYear EstablishedNotes
AA Highway Shield.svg
AA Highway
Elongated circle 9.svg KY 9 111.0178.7 KY 1 / KY 7 near Grayson I-275 in Wilder 1995Mainline of AA Highway and southeastern spur
Elongated circle 10.svg KY 10 24.639.6 AA–KY 9 / KY 1149 south near Vanceburg US 23 near Greenup 1995Northeastern spur of AA Highway
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ExpresswayI-65.svg I-65 12.219.6 I-265 / KY 841 near Louisville Indiana state line near Louisville2007Named only through Louisville Metro
Eagle Way Elongated circle 1682.svg KY 1682 5.8949.485 US 68 / KY 80 / US 68 By-Pass east KY 107 / KY 1682 east1976Partial beltway of Hopkinsville, includes connections with I-24 and I-169
By-pass plate.svg
US 68.svg
Truck plate.svg
US 68.svg
US 68 Byp.  / US 68 Truck
11.02617.745 US 68 / KY 80 / KY 1682 east US 68 / KY 80 2001
Gene Snyder FreewayI-265.svg I-265 28.746.2 I-65 in Louisville Indiana state line near Louisville1986Formerly named "Jefferson Freeway"
Georgia Davis Powers ExpresswayI-264.svg I-264 6.911.1 I-64 / US 150 in Louisville US 31W / US 60 (Dixie Highway) in Louisville2010Previously named the "Shawnee Expressway" from 1974 to 2010
Henry Watterson ExpresswayI-264.svg I-264 15.524.9 US 31W / US 60 (Dixie Highway) in Louisville I-71 in Louisville1948
Industrial ParkwayElongated circle 67.svg KY 67 14.222.9 I-64 near Grayson KY 3105 in Wurtland 2002
Mammoth Cave Parkway Elongated circle 255.svg KY 255 2.43.9 US 31W / KY 255 south in Park City KY 70 / KY 255 north in Mammoth Cave
Elongated circle 70.svg KY 70 2.54.0 KY 70 / KY 255 north in Mammoth Cave KY 70 west in Mammoth Cave
none3.55.6 KY 70 west in Mammoth CaveMammoth Cave Visitor CenterConcurrent 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 Boulevard none15.3924.77 US 60 (Versailles Road) I-75 1975Surface road serving as partial southern beltway around Lexington. Constructed by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, the unnumbered portion is maintained by the city
Elongated circle 1425.svg KY 1425 0.9871.588 I-75 US 60 (Winchester Road)
New Circle RoadElongated circle 4.svg KY 4 19.331.0Beltway around Lexington1950Controlled-access highway except for northeastern portion between KY 922 and US 25 / US 421
Paris PikeUS 27.svgUS 68.svg US 27  / US 68 1423 I-64 / I-75 / US 27 south / US 68 south (North Broadway) in Lexington US 27 north / US 68 north / US 68 Bus. north (Main Street) in Paris 2003Rural four lane highway between Lexington and Paris
Russellville Bypass US 431.svg US 431 11.6 US 79 / KY 3240 east US 68 / KY 80 / US 68 Bus. east1995Bypass around Russellville built in stages and with four route designations
US 68.svgUS 431.svgElongated circle 80.svg US 68  / US 431  / KY 80 5.89.3 US 68 west / KY 80 west / US 68 Bus. east US 431 north1995
US 68.svgElongated circle 80.svg US 68  / KY 80 1.52.5 US 431 north US 68 east / KY 80 east / US 68 Bus. west1998
US 79.svg US 79 2.94.6 US 68 / KY 80 / US 68 Bus. west US 431 south / KY 2146 north2011, 2017
US 79.svgUS 431.svg US 79  / US 431 2.64.2US 79 north / US 431 south US 79 south / US 431 north / KY 3240 east2017
Woodlands Trace National Scenic Byway ("The Trace)" FD-100 (unsigned) Tennessee state line (continues to TN SR 461 KY 453 Scenic byway in the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area
Veterans Outer Loop Elongated circle 3600.svg KY 3600 2.54.0 KY 1297 US 68 / KY 80 / US 68 Bus. east2015Northern bypass of Glasgow
US 68.svgElongated circle 80.svg US 68  / KY 80 5.58.9KY 1297 / US 68 west / KY 80 west / US 68 Bus. east KY 1519/ US 68 east / KY 80 east/ US 68 Bus. west2004, 2011
Elongated circle 1519.svg KY 1519 1.32.1 US 68 / KY 80 / US 68 Bus. westKY 13072011
Wendell H. Ford Expressway US 60.svg US 60 6.310.1 US 60 west / KY 331 north US 231 / KY 2155 north1970Controlled-access partial beltway of Owensboro around its southern side
US 60.svgUS 231.svg US 60  / US 231 6.810.9 US 231 south/ KY 2155 north US 60 east / US 231 north / KY 2830 1968, 2014