Roads in Lexington, Kentucky

The roads of Lexington, Kentucky include Interstate 64 and Interstate 75, as their junction is near the city. There are five U.S. highways serving the city. A beltway surrounds central Lexington, while numerous state routes and connector roads fill in the transportation gap. The zero milestone [1] for Lexington is the intersection of East and West Main Streets and North and South Limestone Streets. A camel sculpture dating to 1926 marks the point for the AAA.

Interstate Highways

Note: Lexington's urban services boundary is adjacent to the junction of I-64 and I-75. The city's downtown, however, is not served by any controlled-access facilities and traffic congestion during rush-hour along the arterial roadways is a relatively significant problem.

U.S. Highways

Route number Local street name(s)
US 25 Georgetown Pike, Newtown Pike, West Main Street, East Main Street, East Vine Street, Richmond Road, Old Richmond Road
US 27 Nicholasville Road, South Limestone Street, South Upper Street, Bolivar Street, Broadway, Paris Pike
US 60 Versailles Road, West Maxwell Road, West High Street, Broadway, West Vine Street, East Vine Street, Midland Avenue, Winchester Road
US 68 Harrodsburg Road, Broadway, Paris Pike
Note: Its intersection at New Circle Road has been redesigned as a "double diamond" to alleviate traffic congestion and reduce accidents.
US 421 Leestown Pike, West Main Street, East Main Street, East Vine Street, Richmond Road, Old Richmond Road

Kentucky state highways

City/County Routes

Unbuilt

The East-West Expressway was a primary feature of the Wilbur Smith Plan of 1962. The interstate-quality highway would have connected the western fringe of downtown to the eastern edge, and have been located between High and Maxwell Streets.[5] The plan also included a widened 2nd Street, which would have been a six-lane thoroughfare north of the central business district. Another proposal included a freeway in the Vine Street corridor after the removal of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway tracks.[6] The design alternatives included a depressed, at-grade, and elevated highway. Each proposal was discarded as impractical, as each plan included insufficient ramp access, blockage of downtown traffic, and a necessity to renovate adjoining buildings to raise the floor levels.

References

  1. Zero Milestone Sculpture
  2. "Liberty/Todds Road Improvement Project". 12/8/2008. Retrieved 8/7/2013. Check date values in: |access-date=, |date= (help)
  3. 1 2 Honeycutt, Valarie. "LEXINGTON TO GET $24 MILLION FOR ROADS STATE TO HELP CITY LAUNCH MORE THAN A DOZEN PROJECTS." Lexington Herald-Leader, 5 Sept. 1986. 10 Jan. 2007.
  4. 1 2 Davis, Merlene. "SEVERAL PROJECTS HELPING TO EASE AREA'S TRAFFIC WOES." Lexington Herald-Leader, 27 Jan. 1985. 10 Jan. 2007.
  5. Design Plan for Downtown Lexington, Kentucky. City County Planning Commission. 1966.
  6. The Lexington Downtown Plan. Lexington and Fayette County, Kentucky Planning Commission. 1966.

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