Interstate 169 (Kentucky)

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Not to be confused with Kentucky Route 169.

Interstate 169 marker

Interstate 169
Pennyrile Parkway
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I-169 highlighted in red
Route information
Auxiliary route of I-69
Maintained by KYTC
Length: 34.271 mi[2] (55.154 km)
Existed: May 7, 2017[1] – present
History: Opened in 1976 as the Pennyrile Parkway
Redesignated as I-169 on May 7, 2017[1]
Major junctions
South end: I-24 near Hopkinsville
 
North end: I-69 / Future I-569 / Western Kentucky Parkway near Nortonville
Location
Counties: Christian, Hopkins
Highway system
← x20px KY 168 KY 169 →

Interstate 169 (I-169) is a 34.271-mile-long (55.154 km) auxiliary Interstate Highway that travels along the former southern section of the Pennyrile Parkway in Kentucky. The highway was designated on May 7, 2017, after President Donald Trump signed legislation designating the route.[1][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 October 2022, 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.[4] I-169 signage is expected to be installed when required upgrades to the parkway are completed.[5] A project to do the upgrades is set to be completed in November 2024.

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 Western Coal Field, running roughly parallel to U.S. Route 41 (US 41) and bypassing numerous small towns before ending at a converted cloverleaf interchange with I-69 and the Western Kentucky Parkway and merging with I-69 through traffic.[6]

History

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See also: Pennyrile Parkway

The freeway was originally known solely as, and part of, the Pennyrile Parkway, one of the original nine parkways in the Kentucky parkway system, from its 1969 opening until May 7, 2017, when Congress officially designated the section from the 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 parkway 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.[7]

Future

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet awarded a $13.9-million project to Scotty's Contracting to upgrade the highway to Interstate standards. These improvements include raising the vertical bridge clearance heights at three overpasses, reconstruction of bridge railings over Drakes Creek, interchange improvements at exits 30, 33, and 34, and the development of a future project to improve exit 11. The completion of this project is set for November 2024.[8][9][10]

Exit list

County Location mi[2] km Exit Destinations Notes
Christian ​ 0.000 0.000 1 I-24 – Nashville, Paducah I-24 exit 81; southern terminus; signed as exits 1A (west) and 1B (east) southbound; trumpet interchange
Hopkinsville 5.175 8.328 5 Lover's Lane – Hopkinsville Serves James E. Bruce Convention Center, northbound exit 5A
6.000 9.656 6
US 68 Byp. (Eagle Way) – Hopkinsville		 Northbound exit 5B
7.000 11.265 7
US 41 Alt. – Hopkinsville, Fort Campbell
7.935 12.770 8 US 41 / KY 109 – Hopkinsville, Pembroke Southern end of US 41 Truck concurrency
9.359 15.062 9 US 68 / KY 80 – Hopkinsville, Elkton Serves Jefferson Davis Monument State Historic Site and the Hopkinsville-Christian County Airport
11.697 18.824 11
KY 1682 / US 41 Truck north – Hopkinsville		 Northern end of US 41 Truck concurrency; serves Hopkinsville Community College and provides access to KY 107
Crofton 22.653 36.456 23 KY 800 – Crofton Serves Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park
Hopkins Nortonville 29.568 47.585 30 US 41 south Southbound exit and northbound entrance
32.861 52.885 33 US 62 – Nortonville, Greenville
34.271 55.154 34 I-69 / Western Kentucky Parkway east – Elizabethtown, Fulton, Henderson I-69 exit 106; northern terminus; signed as exit 34A (east), 34B (south) and 34C (north)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

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Exterlink links

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