User:Djamaliyev64/Interstate 71 in Kentucky

Interstate 71
Route information
Maintained by KYTC
Length	96 mi (154 km)
NHS	Entire route
Location
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Future Kentucky State Highway System Interstate US State Parkways

In Kentucky, I-71 begins east of Downtown Louisville at the Kennedy Interchange, where it meets I-64 and I-65. This interchange is sometimes called the "Spaghetti Junction". From Louisville, it roughly follows the Ohio River in a diagonal path toward Northern Kentucky. Between Louisville and Cincinnati, I-71 is largely a four-lane highway, except for the approach to Kentucky Speedway in Sparta in which it runs three lanes each way for about two miles (3.2 km).

Near the town of Carrollton, there are signs marking the location of a tragic accident that occurred on May 14, 1988, when a drunk driver was driving north in the southbound lanes and struck a church bus full of children and teenagers, causing the bus's fuel tank to ignite into flames and killing 27 people on board. It is one of the worst bus accidents in state and national history.

After having run 77 miles (124 km) from Louisville, I-71 merges with I-75 near Walton after which it intersects I-275, the Cincinnati beltway. After passing through Covington, the freeway crosses the Ohio River via the lower level of the Brent Spence Bridge (while the southbound direction uses the upper level) and continues into Cincinnati

History

Kentucky

The first section of I-71 in Louisville opened in December 1966 between its terminus at Spaghetti Junction and Zorn Avenue, its first exit. Its junction with I-264 opened in July 1968, and the complete Kentucky portion of the Interstate was opened to the public in July 1969. At that point, it replaced US 42 as the primary link between Cincinnati and Louisville.

Exit list

County	Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Jefferson	Louisville	0.000	0.000		I-65 south – Nashville	Southern terminus; I-65 exit 137
				136C	Jefferson Street – Downtown	Southbound exit and northbound entrance; exit number follows I-65
				1	I-65 north (Toll Bridge) / I-64 west – Indianapolis, St. Louis	Signed as exits 1A (I-64) and 1B (I-65) southbound; no exit numbers northbound; I-64 exit 6; I-65 exit 137
				—	I-64 east – Lexington	Northbound exit and southbound entrance; I-64 exit 5A Proposed southbound exit to be built
		1.724	2.775	2	Zorn Avenue
		4.966	7.992	5	I-264 (Watterson Expressway)	I-264 exit 23
		9.063	14.585	9	I-265 / KY 841 (Gene Snyder Freeway) to US 42	Signed as exits 9A (south) and 9B (north); I-265 exit 35
Oldham	​	14.488	23.316	14	KY 329 – Crestwood, Pewee Valley
	​	17.478	28.128	17	KY 146 – Buckner, Crestwood, Pewee Valley
	​	18.507	29.784	18	KY 393 – Buckner
	La Grange	20.6	33.2	21	KY 2857 – La Grange	Under construction; planned completion in 2024.
		21.869	35.195	22	KY 53 – La Grange, Ballardsville
Henry	Pendleton	27.840	44.804	28	KY 153 to KY 146 – Sligo, New Castle
	Campbellsburg	33.505	53.921	34	US 421 – Campbellsburg, New Castle, Bedford
					KY 55	Proposed interchange
Trimble	No major junctions
Carroll	​	42.802	68.883	43	KY 389 to KY 55 – Prestonville, English
	​	44.312	71.313	44	KY 227 – Worthville, Carrollton
Gallatin	​	54.980	88.482	55	KY 1039 to KY 465 – Vevay	Serves Kentucky Speedway
	​	56.673	91.206	57	KY 35 – Sparta, Warsaw
	Glencoe	61.774	99.416	62	US 127 – Glencoe, Owenton
Boone	​	72.195	116.187	72	KY 14 – Verona
	​	77.724	125.085	77	I-75 south – Lexington	Southern end of I-75 overlap; exit numbers switch to follow I-75's mileposts, I-75 exit 173
	​	79.556	128.033	175	KY 338 – Richwood
	Florence	82.275	132.409	178	KY 536 (Mt. Zion Road)
		84.298	135.664	180	US 42 / US 127 – Union, Florence
		84.694	136.302	180A	Mall Road	Southbound exit and northbound entrance; serves Florence Mall; former KY 3157
		85.449	137.517	181	KY 18 – Florence, Burlington
		86.652	139.453	182	KY 1017 (Turfway Road)
Kenton	Erlanger	87.967	141.569	184	KY 236 – Erlanger	Signed as exits 184A (east) and 184B (west) southbound
		88.900	143.071	185	I-275 to I-471 – Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport	I-275 exit 84
	Fort Mitchell	90.539	145.708	186	KY 371 (Buttermilk Pike)
		91.913	147.920	188	US 25 / US 42 / US 127 (Dixie Highway) – Fort Mitchell
	Fort Wright	92.870	149.460	189	KY 1072 (Kyles Lane) – Fort Wright, Park Hills
	Covington	94.707– 94.858	152.416– 152.659	191	12th Street (KY 1120), Pike Street (US 25 / US 42 / US 127) – Covington
		95.414– 95.507	153.554– 153.704	192	5th Street (KY 8) – Covington, Newport
Ohio River		97.42 0.00	156.78 0.00	Brent Spence Bridge Kentucky–Ohio line
					I-71 north / I-75 north	Continuation to Hamilton County, Ohio
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access