Audubon Parkway
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| Length: | 23.441 mi (37.725 km) |
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  I-69 / US 41 in Henderson
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 US 60 in Owensboro
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| Counties: | Henderson, Daviess |
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| Location: | Henderson–Owensboro |
The Audubon Parkway is a four-lane controlled-access freeway (formerly a toll road) connecting the cities of Henderson and Owensboro, Kentucky.
Named for John James Audubon, an early American naturalist, the Audubon's western terminus is at Interstate 69/US 41; the eastern terminus is the US 60 bypass. The road opened on December 18, 1970 at a cost of $23.5 million and, at 23.4 miles (37.7 km), is the shortest of the nine roads in the state's parkway system. It is also the only road in the parkway system that has not had the name of a Kentucky politician attached to it.
The road carries the unsigned designation of Kentucky Route 9005 (AU 9005).
A white and gold shield was used along the Audubon Parkway until 2006, when a new, standardized blue-on-white marker was introduced for all of Kentucky's parkways.
The last two tolled parkways in Kentucky, the Audubon and the nearby William H. Natcher Parkway, which opened in 1972, had their tolls removed on Tuesday, November 21, 2006. Ernie Fletcher, who was governor at the time, announced the removal of the tolls at the Natcher Parkway's Hartford toll plaza on September 27, 2006. Fletcher himself manned the end loader which demolished one of the Audubon's Hebbardsville toll booths during a press conference and ceremony which heralded the end of toll collections.
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