The Edward T. Breathitt Pennyrile Parkway runs north-south in Central Kentucky. This parkway runs from Henderson to Hopkinsville.
BGS on SB Pennyrile Pkwy.
Like interstates, the exits are numbered. The entire has not route number marked on it. The 2002 Kentucky State Map shows the Pennyrile Pkwy from Henderson to the Western KY Pkwy as being in the works to become part of I-69. South of Hopkinsville, the state map shows the future extention of the parkway to Interstate 24.
A contract for the first stage of the extention has been awarded. The first section will go from ALT. U.S. Rt. 41 to BY-PASS U.S. Rt. 68. This will cost $25 million to build. It will be 1.8 miles in length. The parkway will eventually connect to I-24.* The ETB Pennyrile Pkwy. does not cross any interstate. The ETB Pennyrile Pkwy. crosses the following parkways. John James Audubon Parkway (Toll Road), at Henderson. Wendall H. Ford Western Kentucky Parkway, near Nortonville.
SB Pennyrile at the Audubon Pkwy. SB Pennyrile near Robards. SB Pennyrile at KY 56. SB marker. SB Pennyrile near KY 281. SB Pennyrile at KY Sec. 2171. SB Pennyrile near the Western Kentucky Pkwy. SB Pennyrile at the Western Kentucky Pkwy. SB Pennyrile near Empire. SB Pennyrile north of Hopkinsville. SB Pennyrile at KY Sec 1682. Truck traffic from U.S. Rt. 41 is directed onto the Pennyrile to avoid Downtown Hopkinsville. Mileage chart on SB Pennyrile at Hopkinsville. SB Pennyrile south of U.S. Rt. 68. Near the southern end of the parkway. Marker for the southern end. Looking at the final interchange on the Pennyrile. The final town exits on SB Pennyrile. Plus the start of the NB pavement. Note the start of the NB lanes. A future extention is notes on the state highway map. The interchange with ALT U.S. Rt. 41 is the end to the Pennyrile Pkwy. SB Pennyrile ends in a cloverleaf ramp to ALT U.S. Rt. 41. All traffic is forced off here. ALT. U.S. Rt. 41 takes traffic to I-24 about 9 miles to the south.
* "State to extend Pennyrile" 6 May 2006 Evansville Courier-Press; Evansville, Indiana
