 Interstate 65 | ||||
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 I-65 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by KYTC | ||||
| Length | 137.32 mi[1] (221.00 km) | |||
| Existed | August 14, 1957[2]–present | |||
| NHS | Entire route | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  I-65 at Tennessee state line | |||
  I-165 / KY 9007 near Bowling Green US 231 in Bowling Green Cumberland Parkway near Glasgow  Western Kentucky Parkway / KY 61 in Elizabethtown Bluegrass Parkway in Elizabethtown US 62 in Elizabethtown I-265 in Louisville I-264 in Louisville  I-64 / I-71 in Louisville | ||||
| North end | I-65 at Indiana state line | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Kentucky | |||
| Counties | Simpson, Warren, Edmonson, Barren, Hart, LaRue, Hardin, Bullitt, Jefferson | |||
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Interstate 65 (I-65) is part of the Interstate Highway System that runs 887.30 miles (1,427.97 km) north–south from Mobile, Alabama, to Gary, Indiana.[1] The highway crosses Kentucky from south to north, from the Tennessee state line near Franklin to the Indiana state line in Louisville. I-65 passes through three of Kentucky's ten largest cities—Bowling Green, Elizabethtown, and Louisville—and serves Mammoth Cave National Park and Fort Knox. Kentucky was the first state to complete its portion of I-65, with the final section, located near Franklin, opening in 1970.
- ^ a b Adderly, Kevin (January 27, 2016). "Table 1: Main Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways as of December 31, 2015". Route Log and Finder List. Federal Highway Administration. Archived from the original on November 23, 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
- ^ Public Roads Administration (August 14, 1957). Official Route Numbering for the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways as Adopted by the American Association of State Highway Officials (Map). Washington, DC: Public Roads Administration. Archived from the original on July 19, 2017. Retrieved September 25, 2024 – via Wikimedia Commons.