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The roads in Louisville, Kentucky include Interstates 64, 65 and 71, with an interchange in the city center. There are six U.S. highways serving the city. Two beltways surround Louisville.
| Interstate highway | Additional information |
|---|---|
 I-64 | A major west–east interstate that enters the city's West End via the Sherman Minton Bridge from New Albany, Indiana where it becomes the Riverfront Expressway. The highway continues through Downtown Louisville, and proceeds eastward through Cherokee Park and the eastern suburbs. |
 I-65 | A major north–south interstate that enters downtown from Louisville's Indiana suburbs via the John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge (and exits to Jeffersonville, Indiana on the parallel Abraham Lincoln Bridge), continues southward to Louisville International Airport, and proceeds through the southern suburbs. I-65 is named Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway through the city. |
 I-71 | The highway has its terminus at the interchange with Interstates 64 and 65 in downtown Louisville and connects to Louisville's northeastern suburbs and bedroom communities in Oldham County. |
 I-264 | The inner beltway, whose southern and eastern legs are named the Henry Watterson Expressway. The western leg between I-64 and US 31W/US 60 was originally called the Shawnee Expressway, but was renamed in 2010 as the Georgia Davis Powers Expressway. |
 I-265 | The outer beltway originally named the Jefferson Freeway and renamed the Gene Snyder Freeway. Highway is also signed as Kentucky Route 841. This is the only Interstate route in the Louisville area to use the technically correct suffix of Freeway in its formal name, rather than the traditional, but misleading term Expressway. Now connected to I-265 in Indiana via the Lewis and Clark Bridge plus freeway segments on both sides of the Ohio River. |
| Route number | Local street name(s) |
|---|---|
 US 31E | Main and Market Streets, Baxter Avenue, Bardstown Road |
 US 31W | Main and Market Streets, Doctor W. J. Hodge, 21st and 22nd Streets, Dixie Highway |
 US 42 | Story and Mellwood Avenues, Brownsboro Road (Begins/ends at Story and Baxter Avenues) |
 US 60 | Shelbyville Road, Frankfort Avenue, Story and Mellwood Avenues, Main and Market Streets, Doctor W. J. Hodge Street, 21st and 22nd Streets, Dixie Highway |
 US 60 Alt. | Lexington Road, Cherokee Parkway, Willow Avenue, Eastern Parkway, Crittenden Drive, Central Avenue, Taylor Boulevard, Berry Boulevard, Seventh Street Road |
 US 150 | Bardstown Road, Broadway, Doctor W. J. Hodge (21st) and 22nd Streets, I-64 |
| Route number | Local street name(s) |
|---|---|
 KY 22 | Brownsboro Road, Ballardsville Road |
 KY 44 | Stites Station Road |
 KY 61 | Jackson Street, Preston Street, I-65, Arthur Street, Brandeis Avenue, Shelby Street, Lynn Street, Preston Street, Preston Highway |
 KY 146 | LaGrange Road, New LaGrange Road, Ridge Road |
 KY 148 | Fisherville Clark Station Road |
 KY 155 | Taylorsville Road |
 KY 329 | Covered Bridge Road |
 KY 660 | Waterford Road |
 KY 841 [n 1] | Gene Snyder Freeway |
 KY 864 | Campbell, Shelby, and Logan Streets, Goss Avenue, Poplar Level Road, Fegenbush Lane, Beulah Church Road, Cooper Chapel Road, Cedar Creek Road |
 KY 913 | Blankenbaker Parkway |
 KY 907 | Third Street Road, Valley Station Road, Southside Drive |
 KY 1020 | Second and Third Streets, Southern Parkway, Southside Drive, National Turnpike |
 KY 1065 | Outer Loop, Beulah Church Road, Seatonville Road, Lovers Lane |
 KY 1142 | Palatka Road |
 KY 1230 | Cane Run Road, Lower River Road, Watson Lane |
 KY 1447 | Westport Road |
 KY 1450 | Blue Lick Road |
 KY 1531 | Aiken Road, Johnson Road, Eastwood and Fisherville Road, Routt Road |
 KY 1631 | Crittenden Drive |
 KY 1694 | Brownsboro Road |
 KY 1699 | Whipps Mill Road |
 KY 1703 | Baxter Avenue, Newburg Road |
 KY 1727 | Terry Road |
 KY 1747 [n 2] | Hurstbourne Parkway, Fern Valley Road |
 KY 1819 | Watterson Trail, Billtown Road, Seatonville Road, Brush Run Road |
 KY 1849 | Moorman Road |
 KY 1865 | New Cut Road, Taylor Blvd, Penile Road |
 KY 1931 | Seventh Street Road, Manslick Road in Jacobs, Hazelwood, Cloverleaf, and Iroquois Park neighborhoods, St. Andrew's Church Road, Greenwood Road |
 KY 1932 | Breckenridge Lane |
 KY 1934 [n 3] | Cane Run Road, Greenbelt Highway, Wilson Avenue |
 KY 2048 | Cannons Lane, Dutchmans Lane |
 KY 2049 | Crums Lane |
 KY 2050 | Herr Lane, Lyndon Lane |
 KY 2051 | Camp Ground Road, Rockford Lane |
 KY 2052 | Shepherdsville Road |
 KY 2053 | Mount Washington Road, Thixton Road |
 KY 2054 | Algonquin Parkway |
 KY 2055 | Manslick Road, in Fairdale neighborhood |
 KY 2056 | Bells Lane |
 KY 2241 | Willis Avenue |
 KY 2265 | Routt Road |
 KY 2801 | Florence Avenue, Southern Heights Avenue |
 KY 2803 | Arthur Street |
 KY 2840 | Old Shelbyville Road (Middletown Main Street) |
 KY 2841 | Eastwood Cut-Off Road |
 KY 2843 | Grade Lane |
 KY 2844 | Hounz Lane |
 KY 2845 | Shepherdsville Road, Manslick Road in Okolona neighborhood |
 KY 2860 | Grinstead Drive |
 KY 3064 | Portland Avenue |
 KY 3077 | River Road, I-64 ramps |
 KY 3082 | Bank Street |
 KY 3084 | Old Henry Road |
 KY 3222 | Rose Island Road |
| Current Street Name | Former Street Name(s) |
|---|---|
| 3rd Street | Central Plank Road (To Indiana) US 31 |
| 5th Street | Pope Street |
| 13th Street | Columbia Street |
| 14th Street | Boone Street |
| 15th Street | Clark Street |
| 16th Street | Elizabeth Street, Mulberry Street |
| 17th Street | Maria Street, Sycamore Street |
| 18th Street | Bridge Street, DeWolfe Street |
| 19th Street | Clinton Street |
| 20th Street | Cromie Street, Montgomery Street, Orleans Street |
| 21st Street | Eleventh Cross Street |
| 22nd Street | Tenth Cross Street |
| 23rd Street | Ninth Cross Street, Sayre Street |
| 24th Street | Eighth Cross Street, Mercer Street |
| 25th Street | Seventh Cross Street |
| 26th Street | Sixth Cross Street, Lock Street, Salt River Road, Shippingport Road |
| 27th Street | Fifth Cross Street, Union Street |
| 28th Street | Fourth Cross Street |
| 29th Street | Third Cross Street, Cherry Street |
| 30th Street | Second Cross Street, Plum Street |
| 31st Street | Columbia Street, Thompson's Lane |
| 32nd Street | Sycamore Street |
| 33rd Street | Fulton Avenue |
| 34th Street | First Cross Street, Commercial Street |
| 35th Street | Grove Street |
| 36th Street | Ferry Street |
| 37th Street | Gravier Street |
| 39th Street | Kennedy Street |
| 43rd Street | Falls City Avenue |
| Arlington Avenue | Prospect Avenue |
| Armory Place | Center Street |
| Atwood Avenue | 'F' Street |
| Barbee Avenue | 'E' Street |
| Barret Avenue | Underhill Street |
| Baxter Avenue | Von Borries Ave |
| Beech Street | Rosenberg Lane |
| Bloom Avenue | 'B' Street |
| Bradley Avenue | Flat Lick Road |
| Brandeis Avenue | 'D' Street |
| Breckinridge Street | Howard Street |
| Broadway | Dunkirk Road, Prather Street |
| Brook Street | East Street |
| Burnett Avenue | Stonewall Street |
| Calhoun Avenue | 'T' Street, Kenton Street |
| Cannons Lane | Beauchamp Road |
| Cardinal Boulevard | 'C' Street, Avery Avenue |
| Cherokee Parkway | Finzer Parkway, East Broadway, New Broadway |
| Cedar Street | Grayson St. |
| Central Avenue | 'P' Street |
| Chestnut Street | South Street |
| E. Chestnut Street (> #917 east) | Garden Street [1] |
| Colorado Avenue | 'H' Street |
| Creel Avenue | 'J' Street |
| Crittenden Drive | Ashbottom Road |
| Dixie Highway | 18th Street Road |
| Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Place | Federal Place |
| Doctor W. J. Hodge Street | 21st Street |
| Dundee Road | Zimlich Avenue |
| Fairmount Avenue | 'V' Street |
| Garland Avenue (east of about 14th St) | Delaware Street |
| Garland Avenue (between 18th and 14th Sts.) | Southgate St. |
| Gaulbert Avenue | 'A' Street |
| Gray Street | Kellar Street |
| Griffiths Avenue | Harney Street |
| Grinstead Drive | Daisy Lane, Transit Avenue |
| Heywood Avenue | 'O' Street |
| Hoertz Avenue | Merry Street |
| Iowa Avenue | 'N' Street |
| Lexington Road | Workhouse Road |
| Liberty Street | Green Street |
| Liberty Street (east of Preston, between 1880 and 1960) | Fehr Ave. [2] |
| Longview Avenue | Jessie Avenue |
| Louis Coleman Jr. Drive [3] [4] | South 34th Street (south of West Market) |
| Lytle Street | Todd Street |
| Magnolia Avenue | Victoria Place |
| Mellwood Avenue | Reservoir Avenue |
| Missouri Avenue | Front Street |
| Montana Avenue | 'K' Street |
| Montgomery Street | Midway Avenue |
| Morton Avenue | Caroline Street |
| Muhammad Ali Boulevard | Walnut Street |
| Myrtle Street | Mott Street |
| Oak Street | Milk Street |
| Overlook Terrace | Vassar Drive |
| Park Avenue | Weissinger Street |
| Patterson Avenue | Slaughter Avenue |
| Racine Avenue | 'Q' Street |
| Reservoir Avenue | Southall Street |
| Rogers Street | Ward Street |
| Roy Wilkins Avenue | (Co-signed with 9th Street) |
| Rubel Avenue | Overhill Street |
| Rufer Avenue | Krupps Lane |
| St. Catherine Court | Mechanic Street |
| Schiller Avenue | Dupuy Street |
| Seneca Avenue | Cherokee Avenue |
| Shelby Parkway | Rupp Street |
| Southern Parkway | Grand Boulevard |
| Speed Avenue | Ropewalk Lane |
| Stoecker Avenue | Lost Alley |
| Stoll Avenue | Asylum Avenue |
| Story Avenue | Beargrass Street |
| Thornberry Avenue | 'R' Street, 'S' Street |
| Upland Road | Selby Road |
| Unity Place | Confederate Place |
| University Boulevard | Warnock Avenue, 'G' Street |
| Vine Street | Jacob Ave. (> #1000 East) [5] |
| Wenzel Street | Braddock Street |
| Winkler Avenue | 'L' Street |
| Zorn Avenue | Pipe Line Lane |
Jefferson County is located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 782,969. It is the most populous county in the commonwealth.
U.S. Route 42 is an east–west United States highway that runs southwest–northeast for 350 miles (560 km) from Louisville, Kentucky to Cleveland, Ohio. The route has several names including Pearl Road from Cleveland to Medina in Northeast Ohio, Reading Road in Cincinnati, Cincinnati and Lebanon Pike in southwestern Ohio and Brownsboro Road in Louisville. Traveling northeast, the highway ends in downtown Cleveland and traveling southwest ends in Louisville.
Interstate 264 (I-264) is a partial loop around the city of Louisville, Kentucky, south of the Ohio River. An auxiliary route of I-64, it is signed as the Shawnee Expressway for its first eight miles (13 km) from its western terminus at I-64/U.S. Route 150 (US 150) to US 31W/US 60 and as the Watterson Expressway for the remainder of its length from US 31W/US 60 to its northeastern terminus at I-71. It is 22.93 miles (36.90 km) in length and runs an open circle around central Louisville. The highway begins four miles (6.4 km) west of Downtown Louisville at I-64 just east of the Sherman Minton Bridge, which links Southern Indiana with Kentucky as it crosses the Ohio River. The Interstate ends approximately six miles (9.7 km) northeast of Downtown Louisville, where it connects to I-71. It is the only auxiliary route of I-64 outside of Virginia.
Interstate 265 (I-265) is a 41.8-mile (67.3 km) 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.
U.S. Route 31W is the westernmost of two parallel routes for U.S. Route 31 from Nashville, Tennessee to Louisville, Kentucky.
Kentucky Route 1747 is an 18.424 mile (29.651 km) long north–south state highway in the immediate suburbs of Louisville, Kentucky.
Kentucky Route 22 is a 121.213-mile-long (195.073 km) east–west highway running from the eastern suburbs of Louisville to an unincorporated place called Willow in Bracken County in Northern Kentucky.
Interstate 65 (I-65) enters the US state of Kentucky from Tennessee, five miles (8.0 km) south of Franklin. It passes by the major cities of Bowling Green, Elizabethtown, and Louisville before exiting the state into Indiana.
Interstate 64 (I-64) in the US state of Kentucky travels for 191 miles (307 km), passing by the major towns and cities of Louisville, Frankfort, Lexington, and Ashland. It has several major junctions with other Interstates, including I-65, I-71, I-264, and I-265 in Louisville and I-75 in Lexington.
Kentucky Route 101 (KY 101) is a north–south highway traversing three counties in south central Kentucky.
Interstate 64 (I-64) in the US state of Indiana is a major east–west highway providing access between Illinois and Kentucky. It passes through southern Indiana as part of its connection between the two metropolitan areas of St Louis, Missouri, and Louisville, Kentucky.
U.S. Route 231 in Kentucky runs 86.465 miles (139.152 km) from the Tennessee state line near Adolphus to the William H. Natcher Bridge on the Ohio River near Rockport, Indiana. It crosses the state mainly in the west-central region, traversing Allen, Warren, Butler, Ohio, and Daviess Counties.
U.S. Route 421 (US 421) in the U.S. state of Kentucky is a 250.536-mile-long (403.199 km) north–south United States highway that traverses twelve counties in the central and eastern parts of the state. It travels in a southeast-to-northwest path from the Virginia state line near Pennington Gap to the Indiana state line, on the Ohio River at Milton, Kentucky and Madison, Indiana.
Kentucky Route 1020 is a 17.806-mile-long (28.656 km) north–south state highway in north central Kentucky, traversing portions of Bullitt and Jefferson counties, including the Louisville metropolitan area.
Kentucky Route 864 is a 16.339-mile-long (26.295 km) state highway located entirely in the Louisville metropolitan area of Jefferson County in north central Kentucky.
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