Interstate 169 (Kentucky)

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Not to be confused with Kentucky Route 169.
Interstate 169 marker
Interstate 169
I-169 highlighted in red
Route information
Auxiliary route of I-69
Maintained by KYTC
Length34.271 mi[1] (55.154 km)
ExistedMay 7, 2017[2]–present
HistoryOpened in 1976 as the Pennyrile Parkway
Redesignated as I-169 on May 7, 2017[2]
Major junctions
South end I-24 near Hopkinsville
  US 41 in Hopkinsville
US 68 / KY 80 in Hopkinsville
US 62 near Nortonville
North end I-69 / Future I-569 / Western Kentucky Parkway near Nortonville
Location
CountiesChristian, Hopkins
Highway system
← KY 168→ KY 169

Interstate 169 (I-169) is a 34.3-mile-long (55.2 km) freeway that travels along the former southern section of the Pennyrile Parkway in Kentucky. The highway was signed into law designating the route, along with the proposed extension of I-57, by President Donald Trump and was designated on May 7, 2017.[2][3] It travels north from a trumpet interchange with I-24 south of Hopkinsville to a cloverleaf interchange with its parent, I-69 and the Western Kentucky Parkway near Nortonville.

As of June 2019, I-169 is still signed as the Pennyrile Parkway. No signage for I-169 has yet been put up, although "Future I-169" signs are present along the route. I-169 signage is expected to be installed when required upgrades to the Parkway are completed.[4]

Route description[]

The route begins at a trumpet interchange with I-24 near Hopkinsville. It runs northward into the city of Hopkinsville. After passing through, I-169 runs through farmland and the West Kentucky Coalfield, running roughly parallel to U.S. Route 41 (US 41), bypassing numerous small towns before ending at a cloverleaf interchange with I-69 and the Western Kentucky Parkway, merging with I-69 through traffic.[5]

History[]

See also: Pennyrile Parkway

The freeway was originally known solely as, and part of the Edward T. Breathitt Pennyrile Parkway, one of the original nine parkways in the Kentucky parkway system, from its 1969 opening until May 7, 2017, when the United States Congress officially designated the section from I-24 junction in southern Christian County to the I-69/Western Kentucky Parkway junction near Nortonville.[3] In addition to I-169's current alignment, the Pennyrile Parkway also traveled further northward to its original terminus in Henderson until most of that stretch of the Pennyrile was signed as I-69 in November 2015. US 41 followed the remaining routing of the Pennyrile Parkway from the Henderson Bypass exit to the US 41/US 60 junction in Henderson. After the I-169 designation was made official on May 7, 2017, the unsigned Kentucky Route 9004 (KY 9004) designation associated with the parkway was removed.

The first seven miles (11 km) was not built and completed until March 2011. The Pennyrile Parkway's original southern terminus was at the exit 7 interchange in Hopkinsville. Construction of that section was built in phases from 2009 to 2011.[6] At some point in the early 2010s after I-69 was designated on the first 38 miles (61 km) of the Western Kentucky Parkway, the current I-169 alignment was rumored to be a future I-24 spur instead, in which no plans were made.[citation needed]

Exit list[]

CountyLocationmi[1]kmExitDestinationsNotes
Christian​0.0000.0001 I-24 – Nashville, PaducahI-24 exit 81; southern terminus; exit 1 is for 24 west; trumpet interchange.
Hopkinsville5.1758.3285Lover's Lane – HopkinsvilleServes , northbound exit 5A
6.0009.6566
 (Eagle Way) – Hopkinsville		Northbound exit 5B
7.00011.2657
 US 41 Alt. – Hopkinsville, Fort Campbell
7.93512.7708 US 41 / KY 109 – Hopkinsville, PembrokeSouthern end of US 41 Truck concurrency
9.35915.0629 US 68 / KY 80 – Hopkinsville, ElktonServes Jefferson Davis Monument State Historic Site and the Hopkinsville-Christian County Airport
11.69718.82412
 KY 1682 / US 41 Truck north – Hopkinsville		Northern end of US 41 Truck concurrency; serves Hopkinsville Community College and provides access to KY 107
Crofton22.65336.45623 KY 800 – CroftonServes Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park
HopkinsNortonville29.56847.58530 US 41 southSouthbound exit and northbound entrance
32.86152.88533 US 62 – Nortonville, Greenville
34.27155.15434 I-69 / Western Kentucky Parkway east – Elizabethtown, Fulton, HendersonI-69 exit 106; northern terminus; signed as exit 34A (east), 34B (south) & 34C (north)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  •       Concurrency terminus
  •       Incomplete access

See also[]

  • Blank shield.svg U.S. Roads portal
  • Flag of the United States.svg United States portal

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Commonwealth of Kentucky. "Official DMI Route Log". Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Morgen, Doc (May 8, 2017). "I-169 designation years in the making". Kentucky New Era. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "An Act Making appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes" (PDF). 115th Congress of the United States of America. January 3, 2017. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
  4. ^ Pickett, Mike (23 April 2018). "Future I-169 Corridor Signs Go Up on Pennyrile Parkway". TristateHomePage.com. Henderson, KY: WEHT-TV. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
  5. ^ Google (May 3, 2021). "Overview map of Future I-169" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
  6. ^ Carlyle, Jeffrey. "Edward T. Breathitt Pennyrile Parkway". KentuckyRoads.com.[self-published source]

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