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Interstate 169
I-169 highlighted in red
Route information
Auxiliary route of I-69
Maintained by KYTC
Length	34.271 mi (55.154 km)
Existed	May 7, 2017–present
History	Opened in 1976 as the Pennyrile Parkway Redesignated as I-169 on May 7, 2017
NHS	Entire route
Major junctions
South end	I-24 near Hopkinsville
Major intersections	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
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
Counties	Christian, Hopkins
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Future Kentucky State Highway System Interstate US State Parkways
← 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. 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.

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.

History

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. 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.

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.

Exit list

County	Location	mi	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       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

See also

• U.S. Roads portal
• Kentucky portal

References

1. ^ Commonwealth of Kentucky. "Official DMI Route Log". Archived from the original on January 7, 2012. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
2. ^ Morgen, Doc (May 8, 2017). "I-169 designation years in the making". Kentucky New Era. Archived from the original on November 17, 2020. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
3. ^ "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. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 5, 2017. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
4. "Overview map of Future I-169" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
5. Carlyle, Jeffrey. "Edward T. Breathitt Pennyrile Parkway". KentuckyRoads.com. Archived from the original on May 30, 2017. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
6. Brown, Jennifer P. (August 4, 2023). "Start of Interstate 169 upgrades includes a tribute for the late John Mahre". Hoptown Chronicle. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
7. "Gov. Beshear, Local Officials Celebrate Major Route Expansion, Economic Growth in Western Kentucky". www.kentucky.gov. August 3, 2023. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
8. "Mahre Remembered As Officials Celebrate Future I-169 Corridor". WKDZ Radio. August 3, 2023. Archived from the original on August 3, 2023. Retrieved September 29, 2023.

Exterlink links

Media related to Interstate 169 (Kentucky) at Wikimedia Commons

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