Spaghetti Junction, Kentucky

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Spaghetti Junction
Spaghetti Junction, Kentucky
Location
Frankfort, Kentucky
Coordinates 38°12′20″N84°50′10″W / 38.20556°N 84.83611°W / 38.20556; -84.83611 Coordinates: 38°12′20″N84°50′10″W / 38.20556°N 84.83611°W / 38.20556; -84.83611
Roads at
junction		US 60.svgUS 421.svgUS 460.svgUS 60.svg US 60 (East Main Street) / US 421 (Wilkinson Blvd) / US 460 (Georgetown Road) / US 60 (Versailles Road)
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Type Intersection

Spaghetti Junction is an intersection in Frankfort, Kentucky, United States. [1] As of 2020, it is a straightforward intersection where four roads meet: East Main Street (US 60), Versailles Road (US 60/US 421), Georgetown Road (US 460), and Wilkinson Blvd (US 421). Locally it is widely known and referred to as Spaghetti Junction, including by the City of Frankfort, the Franklin County government, and the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, the state agency which maintains all four roads leading up to the intersection. [2] [3] Elevation is 805 feet above sea level.

At the northeast corner of the intersection is the city's Fire Station #4. [4] To the southwest is Green Hill Cemetery. [5] Established in 1865, [6] this cemetery is the site of the Colored Soldiers Monument, a monument on the National Register of Historic Places that was erected in 1924 to honor black soldiers of central Kentucky who fought for the Union in the American Civil War. [7]

History

The Green Mill restaurant and service station, built to resemble a windmill with a green roof, [8] used to sit in the middle of the intersection with the roads going around it. A 1953 map [9] as well as several photographs taken at the time [10] [8] depict how the roads went all around the Green Mill. By 1959 Green Mill was gone and a third road had been added to the mix. [9] As of 2019, the intersection retains the name "Spaghetti Junction". [11]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Spaghetti Junction, Kentucky
  2. ↑ "City of Frankfort Sewer and Parks Department: Invitation for bids for mowing services". frankfort.ky.gov (PDF). December 3, 2019.
  3. ↑ Veno, Chanda (April 12, 2019). "County, state roads to get much-needed resurfacing". The State Journal.
  4. ↑ "Stations | Frankfort, KY". www.frankfort.ky.gov.
  5. ↑ "Green Hill Cemetery". capitalcitymuseum.com.
  6. ↑ "Kentucky Ancestors Online | Collections Corner: The Green Hill Cemetery Research Collection". kentuckyancestors.org.
  7. ↑ "National Register Information System – Colored Soldiers Monument in Frankfort (#97000701)". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  8. 1 2 Hughes, Nicky; Hatter, Russell; Burch, Gene (May 16, 2004). Historic Images of Frankfort, Volume 1. Gene Burch. p. 138. ISBN   9780975369708 – via Google Books.
  9. 1 2 "Spaghetti Junction Topo Map in Franklin (from USGS topo map Frankfort East Quadrangle Kentucky 1996)". TopoZone . 1996.
  10. ↑ "Photograph taken November 2010 of a photograph of Green Mill which hangs in the Capital City Museum". Sue Darnell Ellis, Photographer.
  11. ↑ VENO, CHANDA (September 6, 2019). "Chanda Veno: Frankfort's oddities are what makes it home". The State Journal . Retrieved May 16, 2020.
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