Kentucky Official Highway Maps Now Available

Want to find your way around the Commonwealth of Kentucky without using your GPS or online sites? Then stop by an area rest areas, welcome centers, local convention and tourism offices and all Kentucky State Parks for the the 2013 Kentucky Official Highway Map.

The new maps contain information for motorists as well as the “Only One Kentucky” theme highlights the beauty, natural attractions and features unique to Kentucky:

·         The Kentucky Bourbon Trail, which explores the rich tradition and heritage of “America’s Official Native Spirit.”

·         Eastern Kentucky’s Red River Gorge Scenic Byway, which takes motorists to one of the nation’s special natural areas, offering stone arches, caves, cliffs, ravines and waterfalls.
·         The Great River Road in Western Kentucky, which highlights the Mississippi River’s pathway of history carrying people, cultures, ideas, art and music along its route.
·         The Wilderness Road Heritage Highway, which follows the steps of Daniel Boone and was crucial to settlement of the West. The trail leads motorists to Cumberland Gap National Historic Park, renowned country music venue Renfro Valley and Berea, Kentucky’s crafts capital.
·         Woodlands Trace, which meanders along a ridge of land between Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley. It is a beautiful drive in rolling terrain with plenty of opportunities to pull off and explore on your own or at developed interpretive facilities.
·         The Belle of Louisville, America’s last true Mississippi River steamboat still in operation, is also featured on the map along with Lexington’s world famous Kentucky Horse Park.
·         The Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway, which explores the history and culture in six communities in the region where Abraham Lincoln was born.

The highway map, which is published annually by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, reflects many system improvements, such as KY 313 in Hardin and Meade counties; a widened, four-lane U.S. 27 in Garrard County, and the new KY 873 in Clay County, which now accesses the Hal Rogers Parkway from U.S. 421.  U.S. sanctioned bike routes are listed on the map along with symbols to indicate limited access parkways and divided highways.

 Plus, there are fifteen inset maps detailing Lexington, downtown Lexington, the Louisville area, downtown Louisville, Bowling Green, Owensboro, Henderson, Hopkinsville, Paducah, Elizabethtown-Radcliff, Northern Kentucky, Covington-Newport, downtown Frankfort, Richmond-Berea and Ashland.

 There is also information about improvements that will come about in the Louisville area as a result of the Ohio River Bridges Project. The project, nearing the start of construction, includes new crossings in downtown Louisville and eastern Jefferson County, plus a drastically improved Kennedy Interchange, where Interstates 64, 65 and 71 meet in Louisville.

 Multiple legends identify every type of street and highway, including bicycle routes and scenic byways. They also pinpoint Kentucky State Parks and Resort Parks, colleges and universities, airports and river ports, hospitals, welcome centers and rest areas and Kentucky State Police posts.

To view or download an electronic version of the Official State Highway Map, county maps or city maps, visit www.transportation.ky.gov/maps/pages/