U.S. Route 41 in Kentucky
U.S. Route 41 (US 41) in the state of Kentucky is a north-south United States Numbered Highway that mainly goes through the western part of the state. It enters Kentucky in the Todd County community of Guthrie, and leaves the state north of Henderson into Indiana as well as the city of Evansville. The total length of US 41 through Kentucky is a total of 106.952 miles (172.123 km).[1]
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| Length | 106.952 mi[1] (172.123 km) | |||
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| Counties | Todd, Christian, Hopkins, Webster, Henderson | |||
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Route description
US 41 enters the state in Guthrie, Kentucky, and begins northwest to traverse the towns of Trenton and Pembroke before reaching Hopkinsville. US 41 turns northward from downtown Hopkinsville to Crofton, Nortonville, and Madisonville, in Hopkins County. US 41 then continues into eastern Webster before reaching the city of Henderson. It enters Indiana and the city of Evansville north of the Ohio River in the one area of Henderson County where the Ohio River is separate from the state line.[2]
Points of interest
Notable sites of interest along US 41 in Kentucky include:
- Robert Penn Warren Birthplace Museum, Guthrie
- Trail of Tears Park, Hopkinsville
- Ellis Park Race Course, Henderson
- John James Audubon State Park, Henderson
History
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] The western route became US 41 Alt. in 1943, while US 41E became the current alignment of US 41.[5]
In Hopkins County, US 41 previously followed the Pennyrile Parkway 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 one area of the Pennyrile Parkway where tolls were not charged when the parkway was originally a toll road.
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.
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Montgomery | | 0.000 | 0.000 | | Continuation into Tennessee |
| Todd | Guthrie | 0.020 | 0.032 |  | Western terminus of KY 2628 |
| 0.593 | 0.954 |  | Southern terminus of KY 346 | ||
| 2.300 | 3.701 |  | |||
| 2.507 | 4.035 |   | |||
| Trenton | 8.774 | 14.120 |   | Southern end of KY 104 concurrency | |
| 8.833 | 14.215 | | Northern end of KY 104 concurrency | ||
| 8.97 | 14.44 |  | Eastern terminus of KY 2627 | ||
| 9.799 | 15.770 |  | Southern terminus of KY 475 | ||
| | 12.458 | 20.049 |  | Northern terminus of KY 1453 | |
| Christian | Pembroke | 15.244 | 24.533 |   | |
| Hopkinsville | 21.67 | 34.87 |   | ||
| 22.487 | 36.189 | | Southern end of KY 109 overlap | ||
| 22.846– 22.917 | 36.767– 36.881 |  | I-169 Exit 8; southern terminus of US 41 Truck | ||
| 23.476 | 37.781 |  | Eastern terminus of KY 380 | ||
| 24.36 | 39.20 | | Eastern end of US 68/KY 80 overlap | ||
| 24.565 | 39.534 |  | Northern terminus of US 41 Alternate (Monteagle, TN-Hopkinsville, KY route) | ||
| 24.65 | 39.67 | | Western end of KY 107 overlap | ||
| 24.77 | 39.86 |  | Northbound KY 2544 only | ||
| 24.83 | 39.96 | | Southbound KY 2544 only | ||
| 24.899 | 40.071 | | Western end of US 68/KY 80, KY 107, and KY 109 overlaps | ||
| 25.087 | 40.374 | | Northern terminus of KY 2544 | ||
| 25.46 | 40.97 | | |||
| 26.88 | 43.26 |  | Northern terminus of KY 1007 | ||
| 27.237 | 43.834 |  | Northern terminus of US 41 Truck | ||
| Crofton | 40.113 | 64.556 |  | ||
| Empire | 42.937 | 69.100 |  | Eastern terminus of KY 1298 | |
| | 43.406 | 69.855 |  | Southern terminus of KY 407 | |
| Mannington | 45.888 | 73.850 | | Northern terminus of KY 407 | |
| Hopkins | | 47.087 | 75.779 |  | Western terminus of KY 2647 |
| | 47.446– 47.712 | 76.357– 76.785 | | Southbound off-ramp and northbound on-ramp; I-169 Exit 30 | |
| Nortonville | 50.13 | 80.68 |  | Southern terminus of KY 2083 | |
| 51.107 | 82.249 |   | |||
| 51.994 | 83.676 | | Northern terminus of KY 2083 | ||
| | 52.566 | 84.597 |  | Eastern terminus of KY 3059 | |
| Mortons Gap | 54.566 | 87.815 |  | Northern terminus of KY 813 | |
| Earlington | 57.568 | 92.647 |  | Southern terminus of KY 336 | |
| 58.116 | 93.529 |  | Eastern terminus of KY 112 | ||
| 59 | 95 |  | |||
| Madisonville | 59.342 | 95.502 |  | Southern terminus of KY 3158 | |
| 59.671 | 96.031 | | Northern terminus of KY 3158 | ||
| 60.238 | 96.944 | | Northern terminus of KY 336 | ||
| 61.446 | 98.888 |  | Southern end of KY 70 concurrency | ||
| 62.149 | 100.019 |  | Northern end of KY 70 concurrency | ||
| 62.274 | 100.220 | Arch Street | KY 70 west joins US 41 south here | ||
| 62.489 | 100.566 |  | Eastern terminus of KY 1178 | ||
| 62.659 | 100.840 |  | Western terminus of KY 1074 | ||
| 63.573 | 102.311 |  | Southern terminus of US 41 Alternate; western terminus of KY 281 | ||
| 64.429 | 103.688 |  | Eastern terminus of KY 3062 | ||
| 64.652 | 104.047 |  | Southern terminus of KY 1069 | ||
| 64.986– 65.079 | 104.585– 104.734 | | Northbound off-ramp and southbound on-ramp; I-69 Exit 117 | ||
| | 66.006 | 106.226 |  | Western terminus of KY 2657 | |
| | 67.093 | 107.976 |  | Western terminus of KY 862 | |
| Hanson | 68.553 | 110.325 |  | ||
| Slaughters | 73.682 | 118.580 |   | ||
| Webster | | 76.503 | 123.120 |  | Southern terminus of KY 147 |
| | 80.787 | 130.014 |  | Eastern terminus of KY 494 | |
| Sebree | 83.21 | 133.91 |   | Southern end of KY 56 overlap; western terminus of KY 370 | |
| 83.425 | 134.260 | | Northern end of KY 56 overlap | ||
| Henderson | | 86.229 | 138.772 |  | Western terminus of KY 2097 |
| Robards | 87.651 | 141.061 |  | Western terminus of KY 2678 | |
| 88.995 | 143.224 |  | |||
| | 90.77 | 146.08 |  | Northern terminus of KY 283 | |
| | 94.203 | 151.605 |  | Southern end of KY 136 overlap | |
| Henderson | 96.725 | 155.664 |   | Northern end of KY 156 overlap; western terminus of KY 425 as of 2016 | |
| 97.500 | 156.911 | | Temporary northern terminus of I-69 in Kentucky; former US 43 south | ||
| 98.496 | 158.514 |  | |||
| 99.552 | 160.213 | | Southbound exit only | ||
| 99.99 | 160.92 |  | |||
| 101.958 | 164.085 | | Northern terminus US 41 Alternate; former US 43 south | ||
| 103.734 | 166.944 | John James Audubon State Park | |||
| Ohio River | 105.045– 106.067 | 169.054– 170.698 | Bi-State Vietnam Gold Star Bridges | ||
| Henderson | | 106.394 | 171.225 |  | Northern terminus of KY 3522 |
| Vanderburgh | Evansville | 106.952 | 172.123 |  | State line; continuation into Indiana |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- Commonwealth of Kentucky. "Official DMI Route Log". Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (2016). Kentucky Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Frankfort: Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.
- United States System of Highways Adopted for Uniform Marking by the American Association of State Highway Officials (Map). 1:7,000,000. Cartography by U.S. Geological Survey. Bureau of Public Roads. November 11, 1926. OCLC 32889555. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
- Kentucky Department of State Highways (September 15, 1939). Road Map of Kentucky (PDF) (Map). c. 1:760,320. Frankfort: Kentucky Department of State Highways.
- Kentucky Department of Highways (1957). Kentucky Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map). c. 1:760,320. Frankfort: Kentucky Department of Highways.
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