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This is a list of interstates in Kentucky.
| Number | Length (mi) | Length (km) | Southern or western terminus | Northern or eastern terminus | Formed | Removed | Notes | |
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 I-24 | 94 | 151 | I-24 at the Illinois state line | I-24 at the Tennessee state line | 1977 | current | Begins at the Illinois border near Paducah and stretches 94 miles (152 km) southeast to the Tennessee border near Oak Grove. | |
 I-64 | 191 | 307 | I-64 / US 150 at the Indiana state line | I-64 at the West Virginia state line | 1956 | current | Begins at the Indiana border in Louisville and travels 191 miles (308 km) east to the West Virginia border near Catlettsburg. | |
 I-65 | 137 | 220 | I-65 at the Tennessee state line | I-65 at the Indiana state line | 1956 | current | Begins at the Tennessee border near Franklin and travels 137 miles (222 km) north to the Indiana border in Louisville. | |
 I-66 | — | — | Missouri state line | West Virginia state line | 1991 | 2015 | A proposed interstate highway, now scrapped, that would have run east to west across the southern portion of the state. | |
 I-69 | 148 | 238 | I-69 / US 51 at the Tennessee state line | I-69 at the Indiana state line | 2011 | current | President George W. Bush signed legislation declaring portions of both the Pennyrile Parkway and the Western Kentucky Parkway as well as all of the Purchase Parkway as part of the extension of I-69 in June 2008. [1] | |
 I-71 | 96 | 154 | I-64 / I-65 in Louisville | I-71 / I-75 at the Ohio state line | 1959 | current | Begins in Louisville and stretches north east 96 miles (154 km) into Ohio while converging in Walton with I-75. | |
 I-75 | 192 | 309 | I-75 at the Tennessee state line | I-71 / I-75 at the Ohio state line | 1956 | current | Begins at the Tennessee border near Williamsburg heading north 192 miles (311 km) to Covington. | |
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 I-24 BL | 11.2 | 18.0 | I-24/US 60 in Paducah | I-24/KY 1954 in Paducah | — | — | Between Exits 4-11 on I-24 | |
 I-165 | 69.684 | 112.146 | I-65 in Bowling Green | US 60 / US 231 in Owensboro | 2019 | current | Replaced the William H. Natcher Parkway. | |
 I-169 | 49 | 79 | I-24 south of Hopkinsville | I-69/Western Kentucky Parkway northeast of Nortonville | 2017 | current | New designation for the remaining portion of the Pennyrile Parkway between Nortonville and Hopkinsville. | |
 I-264 | 23 | 37 | I-64 west of Louisville | I-71 northeast of Louisville | 1956 | current | Begins in west Louisville at Interstate 64 and loops to the south for 23 miles (37 km) northeast of Louisville to Interstate 71. | |
 I-265 | 25 | 40 | I-65 south of Louisville | I-265 at Indiana state line | 1977 | current | Begins south of Louisville at Interstate 65 looping around the city to the south and east for 25 miles (40 km) to northeastern Jefferson County at Interstate 71 where the route continues into Indiana (co-signed as KY 841). | |
 I-275 | 21 | 34 | I-275 at the Indiana state line | I-275 at the Ohio state line | 1962 | current | Forming a complete beltway around Cincinnati, Ohio, the Kentucky portion runs from Petersburg in the west to Fort Thomas in the east. Officially, Interstate 275 begins and ends in Erlanger. | |
 I-365 | 92.313 | 148.563 | I-65 near Park City | US 27 in Somerset | proposed | — | Future designation along the Cumberland Parkway | |
 I-369 | 23.441 | 37.725 | I-69/Pennyrile Parkway in Henderson, KY | US 60 in Owensboro, KY | proposed | — | Proposed for designation along Audubon Parkway once upgraded to Interstate standards | |
 I-471 | 5.01 | 8.06 | I-275 in Highland Heights, Kentucky | I-471 at the Ohio state line | 1981 | current | Interstate 471 begins at Interstate 275 near Highland Heights and passes Newport before crossing the Ohio River to terminate at its parent route, Interstate 71, in Cincinnati, Ohio. | |
 I-569 | 38.446 | 61.873 | I-69/I-169 northeast of Nortonville | I-165 southeast of Beaver Dam | proposed | — | Future designation for a portion of the Western Kentucky Parkway [2] | |
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Fulton County is the westernmost county in the U.S. state of Kentucky, with the Mississippi River forming its western boundary. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,515. Its county seat is Hickman and its largest city is Fulton. The county was formed in 1845 from Hickman County, Kentucky and named for Robert Fulton, the inventor of the steamboat.
Carlisle County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,826, making it the fourth-least populous county in Kentucky. Its county seat is Bardwell. The county was founded in 1886 and named for John Griffin Carlisle, a Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky. It remains a prohibition or dry county. Carlisle County is included in the Paducah, KY-IL, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The Cumberland River is a major waterway of the Southern United States. The 688-mile-long (1,107 km) river drains almost 18,000 square miles (47,000 km2) of southern Kentucky and north-central Tennessee. The river flows generally west from a source in the Appalachian Mountains to its confluence with the Ohio River near Paducah, Kentucky, and the mouth of the Tennessee River. Major tributaries include the Obey, Caney Fork, Stones, and Red Rivers.
Since Kentucky became a U.S. state in 1792, it has sent congressional delegations to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. Each state elects two senators to serve for six years, and members of the House to two-year terms.
Black Mountain is the highest mountain peak in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, United States, with a summit elevation of 4,145 feet (1,263 m) above mean sea level and a top-to-bottom height of over 2,500 feet (760 m). The summit is located at approximately 36°54′51″N82°53′38″W in Harlan County, Kentucky near the Virginia border, just above the towns of Lynch, Kentucky and Appalachia, Virginia. It is alternatively known as Katahrin's Mountain, and is about 500 feet (150 m) taller than any other mountain in Kentucky.
The Kentucky Revised Statute 177.020(1) provides that the Department of Highways, a part of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, is responsible for the establishment and classification of a State Primary Road System which includes the state primary routes, interstate highways, parkways and toll roads, state secondary routes, rural secondary routes and supplemental roads. These routes are listed below.
Interstate 265 (I-265) is a 31.21-mile (50.23 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.
The William H. Natcher Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge that carries U.S. Highway 231 over the Ohio River. The bridge connects Owensboro, Kentucky to Rockport, Indiana and opened on October 21, 2002. It is named in honor of William Huston Natcher, a former United States Representative who served Kentucky's 2nd Congressional District from 1954 until his death in 1994. The bridge project was named for Natcher only three months before his death. It is owned by the Commonwealth of Kentucky and was commissioned by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, in cooperation with the Indiana Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration.
Kentucky's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Located in Western Kentucky, and stretching into Central Kentucky, the district takes in Henderson, Hopkinsville, Madisonville, Paducah, Murray, Danville, and Frankfort. The district is represented by Republican James Comer who won a special election to fill the seat of Rep. Ed Whitfield who resigned in September 2016. Comer also won election to the regular term to begin January 3, 2017.
Kentucky's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Located in west central Kentucky, the district includes Bowling Green, Owensboro, Elizabethtown, and a portion of eastern Louisville. The district has not seen an incumbent defeated since 1884.
Kentucky's 6th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Based in Central Kentucky, the district contains the cities of Lexington, Richmond, and Georgetown. The district is currently represented by Republican Andy Barr.
U.S. Route 31W is the westernmost of two parallel routes for U.S. Route 31 from Nashville, Tennessee to Louisville, Kentucky.
This is a list of properties and historic districts in Kentucky that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are listings in all of Kentucky's 120 counties.
The Lincoln Heritage Trail is a designation for a series of highways in the U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky that links communities with pre-presidential period historical ties to U.S. president Abraham Lincoln.
The following is an alphabetical list of articles related to the United States Commonwealth of Kentucky.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the United States Commonwealth of Kentucky:
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