TIP #181- KENTUCKY TURNPIKES and FERRIES
"THE KENTUCKY TURNPIKE:
This turnpike connected Louisville in Jefferson Co to Elizabethtown in
Hardin county. It was the first section of a north-south road which ran
from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. The turnpike was begun in
Bullitt County on 25 July 1954 and opened 1 August 1956. Later, an
extension was added from Watteson Expressway in Louisville to the Eastern
Parkway."
This turnpike connected Louisville in Jefferson Co to Elizabethtown in
Hardin county. It was the first section of a north-south road which ran
from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. The turnpike was begun in
Bullitt County on 25 July 1954 and opened 1 August 1956. Later, an
extension was added from Watteson Expressway in Louisville to the Eastern
Parkway."
posted by Helen Campbell @ 9:54 PM
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