Audubon
Parkway
Paralleling US 60 and
providing a high-speed route between the Ohio River towns of
Henderson and Owensboro, the Audubon Parkway was opened in December
1970, the seventh of Kentucky's toll roads to be opened to traffic.
It is one of the four remaining routes on which tolls remain. This
route links the Pennyrile
Parkway and US 41 at
Henderson to the limited-access US 60 bypass and the William
H. Natcher Parkway at
Owensboro. With its links to other Kentucky parkways and interstates,
it gives Henderson a limited-access path to all major Kentucky cities
and to cities in other states, such as Nashville. Originally there
was only one exit between the two ends of the parkway, but in later
years one exit each was added in Daviess and Henderson
counties.
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Exit
0A
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Pennyrile
Parkway
North
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Henderson
Evansville
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John
James Audubon State Park
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Ellis
Park
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Exit
0B
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Pennyrile
Parkway
South
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Madisonville
Hopkinsville
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Kentucky
State Police
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The Pennyrile
Parkway,
along with US 41 in Kentucky and Indiana and I-164 in
Indiana, links I-24
south of Hopkinsville to I-64 north of Evansville. It also
serves Madisonville and provides access to the
Western
Kentucky Parkway.
The portion of the Pennyrile
Parkway
between Henderson and the WK
Parkway at
Madisonville is slated to become part of I-69, the so-called
NAFTA Highway, when that route is extended from Indianapolis
southwest to Texas. The southbound Pennyrile,
when used in conjunction with the WK
Parkway and
I-24,
offers limited-access travel to Paducah, with links to the
Purchase
Parkway
eventually leading into western Tennessee. Northbound, the
Pennyrile
becomes US 41 and leads through Evansville toward Vincennes
and Terre Haute, Ind.
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Exit
5
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Exit
5
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KY
1078
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KY
1078
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Zion
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Zion
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This exit was not
part of the original construction of the Audubon. It serves
local traffic in the eastern portion of Henderson County,
allowing the Audubon to be used as an alternative to KY 351
for traffic heading into or out of Henderson.
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Exit
10
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Exit
10
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KY
416
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KY
416
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This was originally
the only exit on the Audubon besides the two
endpoints.
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PAY TOLL
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Thru cars 50
cents. For a complete toll schedule, click
here. This
is the Hebbardsville toll plaza.
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Exit
18
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Exit
18
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KY
1554
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KY
1554
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Stanley
Sorgho
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Sorgho
Stanley
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This exit was also
not part of the original construction of the parkway. It
serves local traffic in the western portion of Daviess
County, allowing the Audubon to be used as an alternative to
either US 60 or KY 56 for traffic heading into or out of
Owensboro.
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Exit
24A
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By-pass
US 60 East / To William
H. Natcher Parkway
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Owensboro
By-pass
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Exit
24B
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By-pass
US 60 West
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Downtown
Owensboro
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Ben
Hawes State Park
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The US 60 bypass is
a limited-access semi-circle around the southern part of
Owensboro. It intersects major through routes entering
Owensboro including KY 54, US 231, US 431 and KY 81. It also
provides a connection with the William
H. Natcher Parkway
to complete the limited-access route to the cities of
Elizabethtown, Louisville, Lexington, Bowling Green and
Nashville.
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