U.S. Route 41 in Kentucky

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This article is about the section of U.S. Route 41 in Kentucky. For the entire route, see U.S. Route 41.

U.S. Route 41 marker

U.S. Route 41

Map
US 41 in Kentucky highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by KYTC
Length106.952 mi[1] (172.123 km)
Major junctions
South end US 41 / SR 11 at the Tennessee state line in Guthrie
Major intersections
North end US 41 at the Indiana state line near Henderson
Location
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountiesTodd, Christian, Hopkins, Webster, Henderson
Highway system
  • Kentucky State Highway System
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US 41A

U.S. Route 41 (US 41) in the state of

Miami, Florida, to Copper Harbor, Michigan. In Kentucky, the highway is primarily paralleled by the Pennyrile Parkway and Interstate 69. It enters Kentucky in the Todd County community of Guthrie, and leaves the state north of Henderson into Evansville. The total length of US 41 through Kentucky is a total of 106.952 miles (172.123 km).[1]

Route description

US 41 enters the state as a two-lane highway in Guthrie where it intersects

US 41A. Finally, after an intersection with the northern Hopkinsville bypass, US 41 turns to Crofton
and northern Christian County.

After crossing into Hopkins County, US 41 has an incomplete intersection with the Pennyrile Parkway and goes through the small towns of Nortonville (and an intersection with US 62), Mortons Gap, Earlington. In Madisonville, US 41 is known as Main Street and has an intersection with the southern end of US 41 Alternate. After an incomplete interchange with I-69, US 41 continues onto Hanson. In eastern Webster, US 41 goes through the towns of Slaughters and Sebree. In Henderson County, US 41 enters Robards and remains a rural two-lane highway before reaching KY 425, just to the south of the Henderson city limits. At KY 425, US 41 turns to the east and intersects the current northern end of I-69 in Kentucky.

At this point, US 41 becomes a limited access four-lane highway with intersections with the Audubon Parkway, KY 2084, KY 351, and US 60. At US 60, US 41 becomes a four-lane surface road with stoplights as it crosses through the northern parts of Henderson and John James Audubon State Park. US 41 crosses the Ohio River on the Bi-State Vietnam Gold Star Bridges, known locally as the "Twin Bridges." Due to natural fluctuations of the Ohio River's path, US 41 remains in Kentucky for about one mile north of the Twin Bridges. In this section, US 41 passes by Ellis Park Race Course before crossing into Evansville, IN.[2]

History

U.S. Route 41E

U.S. Route 241 marker

U.S. Route 241

LocationNashville, Tennessee–Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Existed1926–1930

U.S. Route 41E marker

U.S. Route 41E

LocationNashville, Tennessee–Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Existed1930–1943

Between 1926 and 1930, US 41 followed a more westerly route between Hopkinsville and Nashville, following the current US 41 Alt., while the current US 41 alignment was US 241.[3] From 1930 into the early 1940s, the current alignment of US 41 was signed as US 41E, and the US 41W designation was on the current alignment of US 41 Alt. south of Hopkinsville.[4] In 1943, the western route became US 41 Alt., while US 41E became the current alignment of US 41.[5]

Freeway segment in Hopkins County

In Hopkins County, US 41 previously followed the Pennyrile Parkway (much of which is now part of I-169 and I-69) between exits 30 and 45 until the early 1990s, when it was rerouted onto the former US 41 Alt. alignment from Madisonville to just south of Nortonville. This was the only area of the Pennyrile Parkway where tolls were never charged when the parkway was originally a toll road.[citation needed]

Recent reroutings

Near Henderson, US 41 was rerouted onto the few remaining miles of the Pennyrile Parkway up to its northern terminus in the 2010s before I-69 was designated onto most of the parkway to Nortonville.[citation needed]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Montgomery​0.0000.000

 US 41 south / SR 11 south – Adams, Springfield, Nashville		Continuation into Tennessee
ToddGuthrie0.0200.032
 KY 2628 east (Fairgrounds Road)		Western terminus of KY 2628
0.5930.954
KY 346
west (Ewing Street)		Southern terminus of KY 346
2.3003.701
I-24 – Clarksville, Russellville
2.5074.035
KY 294 – Elkton
KY 848
east (4th Street)		Southern end of KY 104 concurrency
8.83314.215
 KY 104 north (3rd Street) – Elkton		Northern end of KY 104 concurrency
8.9714.44
 KY 2627 west (Cemetery Street)		Eastern terminus of KY 2627
9.79915.770
KY 475
north (Tress Shop Road)		Southern terminus of KY 475
​12.45820.049
 KY 1453 south		Northern terminus of KY 1453
I-24
US 68 Truck
22.48736.189
 KY 109 south (Bradshaw Drive)		Southern end of KY 109 overlap
22.846–
22.917		36.767–
36.881
Fort Campbell
I-169 Exit 8; southern terminus of US 41 Truck
23.47637.781
 KY 380 west (Skyline Drive)		Eastern terminus of KY 380
24.3639.20
US 68 east / KY 80 east – Elkton
Eastern end of US 68/KY 80 overlap
24.56539.534
US 41 Alt. south (Walnut Street) – Oak Grove
Northern terminus of US 41 Alternate (Monteagle, TN-Hopkinsville, KY route)
24.6539.67
 KY 107 north (Campbell Street)		Western end of KY 107 overlap
24.7739.86
 KY 2544 north (Clay Street)		Northbound KY 2544 only
24.8339.96
 KY 2544 south (Liberty Street)		Southbound KY 2544 only
24.89940.071
US 68 west / KY 80 west (West 9th Street) / KY 109 north / KY 107
south (Main St.)		Western end of US 68/KY 80, KY 107, and KY 109 overlaps
25.08740.374
 KY 2544 south		Northern terminus of KY 2544
25.4640.97
 US 41 south (Main Street)
26.8843.26
 KY 1007 south (Saunderson Street)		Northern terminus of KY 1007
27.23743.834
US 41 Truck south to I-169
Northern terminus of US 41 Truck
KY 800 to I-169
Empire42.93769.100
 KY 1298 west (Empire Road)		Eastern terminus of KY 1298
​43.40669.855
KY 407
north (Mannington Loop)		Southern terminus of KY 407
KY 407
south (Mannington Loop)		Northern terminus of KY 407
Hopkins​47.08775.779
 KY 2647 east (McIntosh Chapel Road)		Western terminus of KY 2647
​47.446–
47.712		76.357–
76.785
 I-169 north – Henderson		Southbound off-ramp and northbound on-ramp; I-169 Exit 30
Nortonville50.1380.68
 KY 2083 north (South Main Street)		Southern terminus of KY 2083
51.10782.249
I-69 – Dawson Springs, Greenville, Central City
51.99483.676
 KY 2083 south (North Main Street)		Northern terminus of KY 2083
​52.56684.597
 KY 3059 west (Wells Road)		Eastern terminus of KY 3059
I-69
Northern terminus of KY 813
KY 336
north (Wilson Avenue)		Southern terminus of KY 336
58.11693.529
KY 112
west (West Main St.)		Eastern terminus of KY 112
5995
KY 2171
(Hubert Reid Drive)
Madisonville59.34295.502
 KY 3158 north		Southern terminus of KY 3158
59.67196.031
 KY 3158 south		Northern terminus of KY 3158
60.23896.944
KY 336
south (McLeod Lane)		Northern terminus of KY 336
61.44698.888
KY 481
south		Southern end of KY 70 concurrency
62.149100.019
I-69 – Central City
Northern end of KY 70 concurrency
62.274100.220Arch StreetKY 70 west joins US 41 south here
62.489100.566
 KY 1178 west (Noel Avenue)		Eastern terminus of KY 1178
62.659100.840
 KY 1074 east (Halson Avenue)		Western terminus of KY 1074
63.573102.311
I-69
Southern terminus of US 41 Alternate; western terminus of KY 281
64.429103.688
 KY 3062 west (College Drive)		Eastern terminus of KY 3062
64.652104.047
 KY 1069 north (Stagecoach Road)		Southern terminus of KY 1069
64.986–
65.079		104.585–
104.734
I-69 north – Henderson
Northbound off-ramp and southbound on-ramp; I-69 Exit 117
​66.006106.226
 KY 2657 east (Fowler Road)		Western terminus of KY 2657
​67.093107.976
 KY 862 east (Lenin Road)		Western terminus of KY 862
I-69
I-69
KY 147
north		Southern terminus of KY 147
​80.787130.014
KY 494
west		Eastern terminus of KY 494
KY 370
east		Southern end of KY 56 overlap; western terminus of KY 370
83.425134.260
I-69
Northern end of KY 56 overlap
Henderson​86.229138.772
 KY 2097 east (Quinns Landing Road)		Western terminus of KY 2097
Robards87.651141.061
 KY 2678 east (Moss and Moss Road)		Western terminus of KY 2678
88.995143.224
I-69
​90.77146.08
KY 283
south		Northern terminus of KY 283
​94.203151.605
 KY 136 east – Calhoun		Southern end of KY 136 overlap
Henderson96.725155.664


 KY 425 west (Henderson Bypass) / KY 2084 north / KY 136 west		Northern end of KY 156 overlap; western terminus of KY 425 as of 2016
97.500156.911
I-69 south – Hopkinsville, Fulton, Henderson
Temporary northern terminus of I-69 in Kentucky; former US 43 south
98.496158.514
 Audubon Parkway east – Owensboro		Future I-69 Spur/I-369
99.552160.213
 KY 2084 south		Southbound exit only
99.99160.92 KY 351 – Henderson, Zion
I-69 – Evansville
Future northern end of I-69 overlap
101.958164.085
US 41 Alt. south – Henderson
Northern terminus US 41 Alternate; former US 43 south
103.734166.944John James Audubon State Park
Ohio River105.045–
106.067		169.054–
170.698		Bi-State Vietnam Gold Star Bridges
KY 3522
south		Northern terminus of KY 3522
Indianapolis
State line; continuation into Indiana
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Related routes

Main article: Special routes of U.S. Route 41

References

  1. ^ a b Commonwealth of Kentucky. "Official DMI Route Log". Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  2. ^ Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (2016). Kentucky Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Frankfort: Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.
  3. OCLC 32889555. Retrieved November 7, 2013 – via Wikimedia Commons
    .
  4. Kentucky Department of State Highways (September 15, 1939). Road Map of Kentucky
    (PDF) (Map). c. 1:760,320. Frankfort: Kentucky Department of State Highways.
  5. Kentucky Department of Highways (1957). Kentucky Official Highway Map
    (PDF) (Map). c. 1:760,320. Frankfort: Kentucky Department of Highways.

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