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Interstate
65: Interstate 65 is one of the two major north-south interstates in
Kentucky; the other is I-75. Within the State of Kentucky, the 137 mile
long Interstate 65 connects the cities of Bowling Green, Elizabethtown,
and downtown Louisville. The 844-mile road way links the Great Lakes
area to the Gulf Coast region.
Outside of Kentucky Interstate 65 connects to Nashville, Tennessee;
Indianapolis, Indiana; and beyond. The route between Louisville and
Nashville roughly follows the route of the Louisville & Nashville
Railroad.
I-65 was originally known as the Bowling Green - Owensboro Parkway. The
name of this route through west-central Kentucky was later changed to
the Green River Parkway when it opened in 1972. In 1994, it was changed
to the William H. Natcher Parkway in honor of the Kentucky congressman
from Bowling Green. The William H. Natcher Parkway links I-65 at Bowling
Green to the US 60 bypass at Owensboro. Along with the Audubon Parkway
and US 41, it provides a link to I-64 in Indiana.
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For the majority of I-65’s route it largely
replaces US 231 and provides intersections with many state roads which cross it,
including the Western Kentucky Parkway.
The meeting of I-65 with interstates I-64, I-71 in Louisville is known as
"Spaghetti Junction". The number of on and off ramps (numbering well over a
dozen) and the three interstates themselves - in a area about one-third mile
long and 1000 feet wide - resemble that of a fork full of twirled noodles from
the air or from the ground. Interstate 265 provides a partial beltway around the
Louisville, Kentucky, metropolitan area between Interstate 65 south of downtown
and Interstate 71 northeast of downtown. The dangling ends of the Interstate 265
half-beltway are each
designated as Kentucky 841. Strategic use of the I-265 and I-64 / I-264 routes
is recommended unless your business is unavoidably taking you to Louisville’s
down town area. I-265 is Louisville's outer beltway; also called the Gene Snyder
Freeway, I-264 cuts around Louisville to the south and is considered the inner
beltway or the Watterson Expressway. Thirty-nine miles of the highway between
Elizabethtown and the Watterson Expressway were originally built as the Kentucky
Turnpike. Ground was broken on the turnpike on July 1954 and it opened to
traffic on August 1956. The turnpike was financed with bonds, and the bonds were
repaid through tolls. Toll collections ended nineteen years ahead of schedule in
1975. The turnpike then became part of I-65, which had already been connected
to the northern and southern terminus of the existing interstate highway. During
the 1980s, the Kentucky Turnpike section of I-65 was completely rebuilt and
bears little resemblance to its original form.
Interstate
65 is known as "Auto Alley" because of the many automotive plants and suppliers
that are within an hour's drive of the highway. The most famous plant is the GM
plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky, which makes the Chevrolet Corvette sports car,
as well as the Cadillac XLR luxury roadster. Another GM plant, which builds
Saturn vehicles, is also within a short driving distance from I-65 in Spring
Hill, Tennessee. The Explorer SUV plant is accessible directly from Interstate
65 and the Kentucky Truck Plant, makers of the F-350 and Excursion SUV, from
Interstate 265.
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