Are Kentuckys parkways built to Interstate standards?
No, according to Carl Dixon, Branch Manager, Division of Planning, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Each of Kentucky’s parkways would require work to reach the standards defined for Interstates. Work that would be required depends on the parkway; however, the work would “include more lanes (e.g., the Daniel Boone Parkway), wider median widths, wider shoulders, reduced grades, smoother curves, improved interchanges, and possibly several other design details”. The Parkways, however, do allow trucks. The “Parkway” designation stems from the fact that that’s what Kentucky called its toll highways (not all of these are tolled anymore). I-66 is planned to run along the Cumberland Parkway and possibly the Boone, Natcher, and Western Kentucky Parkways, and I-69 is planned to run along the Purchase Parkway and possibly the Pennyrile and Western Kentucky Parkways (see http://www.kentuckyroads.com/i-66/ and http://www.kentuckyroads.com/i-69/ ). Jan 28, 2002 6.3.14 Q: Why do I-17’s exit numbers st
No, according to Carl Dixon, Branch Manager, Division of Planning, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Each of Kentucky’s parkways would require work to reach the standards defined for Interstates. Work that would be required depends on the parkway; however, the work would “include more lanes (e.g., the Daniel Boone Parkway), wider median widths, wider shoulders, reduced grades, smoother curves, improved interchanges, and possibly several other design details”. The Parkways, however, do allow trucks. The “Parkway” designation stems from the fact that that’s what Kentucky called its toll highways (not all of these are tolled anymore). I-66 is planned to run along the Cumberland Parkway and possibly the Boone, Natcher, and Western Kentucky Parkways, and I-69 is planned to run along the Purchase Parkway and possibly the Pennyrile and Western Kentucky Parkways (see http://www.kentuckyroads.com/i-66/ and http://www.kentuckyroads.com/i-69/ ). Jan 28, 2002 6.3.14 Q: Why do I-17’s exit numbers st
