Federal Legislation Designating Parkways As I-69
On May 2, 2008, the House of Representatives passed HR-1195 (SAFETEA-LU Technical Corrections Act of 2008) which designates the Breathitt Parkway from Henderson to Madisonville, and the Western Kentucky Parkway from Madisonville to I-24 at Eddyville as I-69. It further designates the Audubon Parkway as a future spur (I-X69) of I-69 once necessary upgrades are completed. President Bush signed the bill on June 6, 2008 and I-69 signs began appearing on the Parkways during the summer of 2008.
On June 6, 2008, President George W. Bush signed the SAFETEA-LU Technical Corrections Act of 2008 into law. This legislation applies the I-69 designation to the following roadways:
- Pennyrile Parkway from just south of the Audubon Parkway (possible Future Interstate 369) in Henderson to the Western Kentucky Parkway near Madisonville
- Western Kentucky Parkway from the Pennyrile Parkway to Interstate 24 near Eddyville
- Interstate 24 from Eddyville to the Purchase Parkway near Calvert City
- Purchase Parkway from Interstate 24 to the US-51 interchange at the Tennessee state line
Although the aforementioned freeway segments have been legally defined as I-69, it is unclear at this point as to whether or not they are signed as such due to conflicting reports on I-69 signage from the state and local officials and the local public. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet indicated in May 2008 that they planned to sign the parkway segments as I-69 as soon as President Bush signed HR-1195 into law. In contrary, a September 25, 2008 article in the Evansville Courier-Press indicates that while I-69's route has been defined, the FHWA has not yet authorized Kentucky to start erecting I-69 signs. However, comments from readers on this article suggest that I-69 signs may already be in place on the Pennyrile Parkway. Signs on the Western Kentucky Parkway now read "I-69" and "Former Western Kentucky Parkway" from the Pennyrile Parkway to the intersection of the Western Kentucky at I-24 (as the photo of I-69 at Dawson Springs shows).
Signage and mile marker posts were changed in mid-December 2012.
Read more about this topic: Interstate 69 In Kentucky
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