Summary
Kentucky Route 1747 (KY 1747) is an 18.424 mile (29.651 km) long north–south state highway in the immediate suburbs of Louisville, Kentucky.
Kentucky Route 1747 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by KYTC | ||||
| Length | 18.424 mi[1] (29.651 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end | Grade Lane in Louisville | |||
 I-65 in Louisville  US 31E / US 150 in Louisville I-64 in Forest Hills US 60 in Hurstbourne | ||||
| North end |  KY 22 in Worthington | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Kentucky | |||
| Counties | Jefferson | |||
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Route description edit
The southern terminus of the route is at Grade Lane in the shadow of the Louisville International Airport in Louisville. The northern terminus is at Kentucky Route 22 (Brownsboro Road) in Worthington. From Grade Lane to the eastern terminus of the concurrency with Kentucky Route 864, KY 1747 is named Fern Valley Road. From KY 864 north to KY 22, the route is known as the Hurstbourne Parkway.
The portion of the route from U.S. Route 31E/U.S. Route 150 (Bardstown Road) near Wildwood Country Club north to KY 22 near Interstate 265 (Gene Snyder Freeway) is a four to six-lane suburban highway traversing the eastern suburbs of Louisville. The Hurstbourne Parkway passes adjacent to the headquarters of Churchill Downs Incorporated, plus both the A.B. Sawyer Park and the E. P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park, in this stretch.
History edit
An extension towards the General Electric Appliance Park was completed in 2005, connecting the existing Hurstborne Parkway with Fern Valley Road (then-Kentucky Route 1631), creating another loop around the southeastern end of Louisville located midway between Interstate 264 to the north and Interstate 265 to the south.[2] KY 1747 was then extended westward along the length of Fern Valley Road to its current terminus at Grade Lane, replacing KY 1631, which was then reassigned farther downtown.[3]
Major intersections edit
The entire route is in Jefferson County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Louisville | 0.000 | 0.000 | Grade Lane | ||
| 0.576– 0.837 | 0.927– 1.347 | I-65 – Louisville, Elizabethtown, Nashville | I-65 exit 128 | ||
| 0.974 | 1.568 |   KY 6319 south (Signature Drive) | Northern terminus of KY 6319 | ||
| 1.943 | 3.127 |  KY 61 (Preston Highway) | |||
| 3.975 | 6.397 |  KY 2052 (Shepherdsville Road) | |||
| 4.767 | 7.672 |   KY 864 north (Poplar Level Road) | South end of KY 864 overlap | ||
| 5.129 | 8.254 | KY 864 south (Fegenbush Lane) | North end of KY 864 overlap | ||
| 7.489 | 12.052 | US 31E (Bardstown Road / US 150) | |||
| Jeffersontown | 11.029 | 17.749 |  KY 155 (Taylorsville Road) – Louisville, Jeffersontown | ||
| Jeffersontown–Louisville line | 11.918 | 19.180 | I-64 – Louisville, Lexington | I-64 exit 15 | |
| Louisville–Hurstbourne– Lyndon tripoint | 13.503 | 21.731 | US 60 (Shelbyville Road) – University of Louisville Shelby Campus | ||
| Lyndon | 15.750 | 25.347 |  KY 146 | Interchange | |
| Louisville–Meadow Vale line | 17.040 | 27.423 |  KY 1447 (Westport Road) | ||
| Louisville | 18.242 | 29.358 |     KY 22 (Brownsboro Road) to I-265 / KY 841 | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b Commonwealth of Kentucky. "Official DMI Route Log". Retrieved September 3, 2011.
- ^ "Hurstbourne Parkway Extension Opened". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2007-04-11.
- ^ Official Highway Map - Louisville Inset (PDF) (Map) (2007 ed.). Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Retrieved 2007-04-11.[dead link]
External links edit
- "State Primary Road System in Jefferson County" (PDF).[dead link]