Purchase Parkway
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| Route information | |
| Length: | 52.333 mi (84.222 km) |
| Existed: | 1966 – present |
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| South end: |
   US 51 / SR 215 / I-69 in Fulton
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| North end: |
  US 62 / KY 1523 near Calvert City
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| Location | |
| Counties: | Fulton, Hickman, Graves, Marshall |
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The Julian M. Carroll Purchase Parkway is a controlled-access highway in the US state of Kentucky running from Fulton to Calvert City, near Kentucky Dam, for a length of 52 miles (84 km). It begins at the Tennessee state line concurrent with U.S. Route 51 (US 51) only a few yards from an intersection with US 45W, US 45E, and US 45 at its western terminus, and US 62 just north of Interstate 24 (I-24) at its eastern terminus. It is one of nine highways that are part of the Kentucky Parkway System.
The parkway between its southern terminus and I-24 is designated as Future I-69; the route will be signed as I-69 after required upgrades to the mainline and several interchanges have been completed, tentatively in 2018. The parkway passes the cities of Mayfield and Benton, Kentucky.
Federal legislation designated the entire length of the Purchase Parkway as I-69 in 2002. On June 6, 2008, President George W. Bush signed HR 1195 (SAFETEA-LU Technical Corrections Act of 2008), reaffirming the I-69 designation for the Purchase Parkway and further authorizing Kentucky to sign the route as such with Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) approval. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet had planned I-69 signs on the parkway during the summer of 2008, but the FHWA required the KYTC to either upgrade substandard portions of the route or obtain a design waiver before it the parkway could be signed as I-69.
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