Kentucky Route 146 (KY 146) is a 33.505-mile-long (53.921 km) state highway in Kentucky that runs from U.S. Route 60 in the St. Matthews suburb of Louisville to U.S. Route 421, Kentucky Route 55, and Kentucky Route 573 in New Castle via Lyndon, Anchorage, Pewee Valley, Crestwood, Buckner, La Grange, and Pendleton. The route generally follows the Cincinnati-Louisville CSX Transportation rail line, crossing the line once in Lyndon, twice in Anchorage, once at its intersection with Kentucky Route 22 in Crestwood, and once approximately 0.7 miles (1.1 km) east of the Henry/Oldham county line between La Grange and Pendleton. There are no low clearances along the entirety of the mostly two-lane route. The route is rather smartly designed[according to whom?] as it carries traffic from Henry County to the east end of Louisville, KY. Interstate 71 exit 28 routes to KY 146 in Buckner. Its speed limit is 55 mph (89 km/h) in the rural parts and 35 mph (56 km/h) in the city limits.
 Kentucky Route 146 | ||||
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| LaGrange Road | ||||
 KY 146 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by KYTC | ||||
| Length | 33.505 mi[1] (53.921 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |   US 60 / I-264 in St. Matthews (Louisville) | |||
  I-265 / KY 841 in Louisville I-71 in Buckner | ||||
| East end |    US 421 / KY 55 / KY 573 in New Castle | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Kentucky | |||
| Counties | Jefferson, Oldham, Henry | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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The route is known as New La Grange Road to the west of its first rail crossing in Lyndon and as La Grange Road to the east (outside of city limits). Within the Anchorage city limits, the route is known as Ridge Road east of its westernmost rail crossing in Anchorage, and runs coterminously with Park Road to the west of that crossing. A portion of the route in Oldham County is referred to as the Oldham County Parkway.[2] The route runs coterminously with Kentucky Route 393 for a 0.22-mile-long (0.35 km) stretch in Buckner; it is known as Jefferson Street for approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) within the city limits of La Grange, and as West Cross Main within the city limits of New Castle until its eastern terminus.
Controversy and improvements
editImprovement of the route in Henry County has been a contentious topic since the early 2000s; lobbying efforts had been underway for years when the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet funded a $13.86 million improvement plan in 2016 to address the outsized frequency of car accidents on the route, which one local official claimed to be almost three times as common on the road than on other main routes in Henry County.[3] In 2022, a contract was awarded to realign, widen, and improve one of the most dangerous stretches of the roadway. Construction began in 2023 and was scheduled to be completed by the fall of 2024. [4]
Major junctions
edit| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Jefferson | St. Matthews | 0.000 | 0.000 | US 60 (Shelbyville Road) | Western terminus |
| Norwood | 0.170 | 0.274 |  I-264 east (Henry Watterson Expressway) / Harris Place | Access only from KY 146 to I-264 east | |
| Lyndon | 0.983 | 1.582 |   KY 2050 north (Lyndon Lane) / Lyndon Lane | Southern terminus of KY 2050 | |
| 3.492 | 5.620 |  KY 1747 (Hurstbourne Parkway) | Interchange | ||
| Louisville | 7.320 | 11.780 |   I-265 / KY 841 to I-64 / I-71 | I-265/KY 841 exit 30 | |
| 8.251 | 13.279 |   KY 1447 west (Westport Road) / Reamers Road | Eastern terminus of KY 1447 | ||
| Oldham | Pewee Valley | 9.455 | 15.216 |   KY 362 east | West end of KY 362 overlap |
| 9.558 | 15.382 | KY 362 west (Central Avenue) | East end of KY 362 overlap | ||
| Crestwood | 10.945 | 17.614 |  KY 329 north | Southern terminus of KY 329 | |
| 10.975 | 17.663 |   KY 1408 south (Floydsburg Road) | Northern terminus of KY 1408 | ||
| 11.186 | 18.002 |  KY 22 east | West end of KY 22 overlap | ||
| 11.225 | 18.065 | KY 22 west | East end of KY 22 overlap | ||
| 11.506 | 18.517 |  KY 329 Bus. (Veterans Memorial Parkway) | |||
| Buckner | 14.943 | 24.048 | I-71 – Louisville, Cincinnati | I-71 exit 17 | |
| 15.693 | 25.255 |  KY 1817 west (New Cut Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 1817 | ||
| 16.283 | 26.205 |  KY 393 north | West end of KY 393 overlap | ||
| 16.504 | 26.561 | KY 393 south | East end of KY 393 overlap | ||
| La Grange | 19.200 | 30.899 |  KY 2854 west (Dawkins Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 2854 | |
| 19.852 | 31.949 |  KY 53 (First Avenue) | |||
| 20.746 | 33.387 |  KY 712 east (Fort Pickens Road) | Western terminus of KY 712 | ||
| 20.758 | 33.407 |  KY 2855 north (Fort Pickens Road) | Southern terminus of KY 2855 | ||
| Henry | | 24.493 | 39.418 |  KY 3320 south (Mt. Olivet Road) | Northern terminus of KY 3320 |
| | 25.846 | 41.595 |  KY 153 (Pendleton Road / Lake Jericho Road) to I-71 | ||
| | 31.276 | 50.334 |  KY 1606 north (Fallen Timber Road) | Southern terminus of KY 1606 | |
| | 33.007 | 53.120 |  KY 157 west (Sulphur Road) | Eastern terminus of KY 157 | |
| New Castle | 33.505 | 53.921 | US 421 / KY 55 (Main Street) / KY 573 east (East Cross Main Street) | Eastern terminus; western terminus of KY 573; continues as KY 573 beyond US 421/KY 55 | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Kentucky Transportation Cabinet - Division of Planning". Retrieved June 30, 2015.
- ^ Clark, Kirsten. "Stretch of Ky. 146 renamed Oldham County Parkway". The Courier Journal. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ Brooke, Christopher. "Six-year road plan pushes Ky. 146 construction back to 2022". Henry County Local. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ Downs, Keith. "Henry County: KY 146 Realignment and Widening Project 05-80260". Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Commonwealth of Kentucky. Retrieved 20 July 2024.