Wendell H. Ford Western Kentucky Parkway
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| Route information | |
| Length: | 136.796 mi (220.152 km) |
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| West end: |
  I-69 / Pennyrile Parkway near Nortonville
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| East end: |
  US 31W / KY 61 in Elizabethtown
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| Counties: | Lyon, Caldwell, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Butler, Grayson, Hardin |
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The 136.796-mile (220.152 km) Wendell H. Ford Western Kentucky Parkway is a controlled-access highway running from Elizabethtown, Kentucky to near Nortonville, Kentucky. It intersects with Interstate 65 at its eastern terminus, and Interstate 69 at its western terminus. It is one of nine highways that are part of the Kentucky parkway system. The road was renamed for Wendell H. Ford, a former Kentucky governor and United States Senator, in 1998. Previously, it was simply the Western Kentucky Parkway, and often called the "WK Parkway" because of the abbreviation once used on its signs. The Western Kentucky Parkway carries the unsigned designation of Kentucky Route 9001 (WK 9001) for its entire length.
The parkway passes the cities of Clarkson, Leitchfield, Caneyville, Beaver Dam, Central City, Madisonville, Dawson Springs, Princeton, and Eddyville. At exit 77 near Beaver Dam, the parkway intersects with the William H. Natcher Parkway, which goes from Bowling Green to Owensboro. At exit 38 near Madisonville, at its western terminus, the parkway intersects with the Edward T. Breathitt Pennyrile Parkway, which runs from Hopkinsville to Henderson.
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