U.S. Route 41 in Kentucky

U.S. Route 41 (US 41) in the state of Kentucky is a north-south United States Numbered Highway that mainly goes through the western part of the state. It enters Kentucky in the Todd County community of Guthrie, and leaves the state north of Henderson into Indiana as well as the city of Evansville. The total length of US 41 through Kentucky is a total of 106.952 miles (172.123 km).[1]

U.S. Route 41
Route information
Maintained by KYTC
Length106.952 mi[1] (172.123 km)
Major junctions
South end US 41 / SR 11 at the Tennessee state line in Guthrie
  US 79 in Guthrie
I-169 in Hopkinsville
US 68 / KY 80 / KY 107 / KY 109 in Hopkinsville
US 62 in Nortonville
KY 70 in Madisonville

I-69 in Madisonville and Henderson

US 60 in Henderson
North end US 41 at the Indiana state line near Henderson
Location
CountiesTodd, Christian, Hopkins, Webster, Henderson
Highway system
KY 40 US 41A

Route description

US 41 enters the state in Guthrie, Kentucky, and begins northwest to traverse the towns of Trenton and Pembroke before reaching Hopkinsville. US 41 turns northward from downtown Hopkinsville to Crofton, Nortonville, and Madisonville, in Hopkins County. US 41 then continues into eastern Webster before reaching the city of Henderson. It enters Indiana and the city of Evansville north of the Ohio River in the one area of Henderson County where the Ohio River is separate from the state line.[2]

Points of interest

Notable sites of interest along US 41 in Kentucky include:

History

Between 1926 and 1930, US 41 followed a more westerly route between Hopkinsville and Nashville, following the current US 41 Alt., while the current US 41 alignment was US 241.[3] From 1930 into the early 1940s, the current alignment of US 41 was signed as US 41E, and the US 41W designation was on the current alignment of US 41 Alt. south of Hopkinsville.[4] The western route became US 41 Alt. in 1943, while US 41E became the current alignment of US 41.[5]

In Hopkins County, US 41 previously followed the Pennyrile Parkway between exits 30 and 45 until the early 1990s, when it was rerouted onto the former US 41 Alt. alignment from Madisonville to just south of Nortonville. This was the one area of the Pennyrile Parkway where tolls were not charged when the parkway was originally a toll road.

Near Henderson, US 41 was rerouted onto the few remaining miles of the Pennyrile Parkway up to its northern terminus in the 2010s before I-69 was designated onto most of the parkway to Nortonville.

Major intersections

CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Montgomery0.0000.000 US 41 south / SR 11 south Adams, Springfield, NashvilleContinuation into Tennessee
ToddGuthrie0.0200.032 KY 2628 east (Fairgrounds Road)Western terminus of KY 2628
0.5930.954 KY 346 west (Ewing Street)Southern terminus of KY 346
2.3003.701 US 79 to I-24 Clarksville, Russellville
2.5074.035 KY 181 (Guthrie Road) to KY 294 Elkton
Trenton8.77414.120 KY 104 south (Clarksville Street) / KY 848 east (4th Street)Southern end of KY 104 concurrency
8.83314.215 KY 104 north (3rd Street) ElktonNorthern end of KY 104 concurrency
8.9714.44 KY 2627 west (Cemetery Street)Eastern terminus of KY 2627
9.79915.770 KY 475 north (Tress Shop Road)Southern terminus of KY 475
12.45820.049 KY 1453 southNorthern terminus of KY 1453
ChristianPembroke15.24424.533 KY 115 / KY 1027 to I-24
Hopkinsville21.6734.87
US 68 Byp. (Eagle Way / Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way) / US 68 Truck
22.48736.189 KY 109 south (Bradshaw Drive)Southern end of KY 109 overlap
22.846–
22.917
36.767–
36.881

I-169 / US 41 Truck north Madisonville, Fort Campbell
I-169 Exit 8; southern terminus of US 41 Truck
23.47637.781 KY 380 west (Skyline Drive)Eastern terminus of KY 380
24.3639.20 US 68 east / KY 80 east ElktonEastern end of US 68/KY 80 overlap
24.56539.534
US 41 Alt. south (Walnut Street) Oak Grove
Northern terminus of US 41 Alternate (Monteagle, TN-Hopkinsville, KY route)
24.6539.67 KY 107 north (Campbell Street)Western end of KY 107 overlap
24.7739.86 KY 2544 north (Clay Street)Northbound KY 2544 only
24.8339.96 KY 2544 south (Liberty Street)Southbound KY 2544 only
24.89940.071 US 68 west / KY 80 west (West 9th Street) / KY 109 north / KY 107 south (Main St.)Western end of US 68/KY 80, KY 107, and KY 109 overlaps
25.08740.374 KY 2544 southNorthern terminus of KY 2544
25.4640.97 US 41 south (Main Street)
26.8843.26 KY 1007 south (Saunderson Street)Northern terminus of KY 1007
27.23743.834
KY 1682 (Eagle Way) / US 41 Truck south to I-169
Northern terminus of US 41 Truck
Crofton40.11364.556 KY 800 to I-169
Empire42.93769.100 KY 1298 west (Empire Road)Eastern terminus of KY 1298
43.40669.855 KY 407 north (Mannington Loop)Southern terminus of KY 407
Mannington45.88873.850 KY 407 south (Mannington Loop)Northern terminus of KY 407
Hopkins47.08775.779 KY 2647 east (McIntosh Chapel Road)Western terminus of KY 2647
47.446–
47.712
76.357–
76.785
I-169 north HendersonSouthbound off-ramp and northbound on-ramp; I-169 Exit 30
Nortonville50.1380.68 KY 2083 north (South Main Street)Southern terminus of KY 2083
51.10782.249 US 62 to I-169 to Western Kentucky Parkway to I-69 Dawson Springs, Greenville, Central City
51.99483.676 KY 2083 south (North Main Street)Northern terminus of KY 2083
52.56684.597 KY 3059 west (Wells Road)Eastern terminus of KY 3059
Mortons Gap54.56687.815 KY 813 south (Cross Street) to I-69Northern terminus of KY 813
Earlington57.56892.647 KY 336 north (Wilson Avenue)Southern terminus of KY 336
58.11693.529 KY 112 west (West Main St.)Eastern terminus of KY 112
5995 KY 2171 (Hubert Reid Drive)
Madisonville59.34295.502 KY 3158 northSouthern terminus of KY 3158
59.67196.031 KY 3158 southNorthern terminus of KY 3158
60.23896.944 KY 336 south (McLeod Lane)Northern terminus of KY 336
61.44698.888 KY 70 west (McLaughlin Avenue) / KY 481 southSouthern end of KY 70 concurrency
62.149100.019 KY 262 west (Center Street) / KY 70 east to I-69 Central CityNorthern end of KY 70 concurrency
62.274100.220Arch StreetKY 70 west joins US 41 south here
62.489100.566 KY 1178 west (Noel Avenue)Eastern terminus of KY 1178
62.659100.840 KY 1074 east (Halson Avenue)Western terminus of KY 1074
63.573102.311
US 41 Alt. north (Nebo Road) / KY 281 east (Island Ford Road) to I-69
Southern terminus of US 41 Alternate; western terminus of KY 281
64.429103.688 KY 3062 west (College Drive)Eastern terminus of KY 3062
64.652104.047 KY 1069 north (Stagecoach Road)Southern terminus of KY 1069
64.986–
65.079
104.585–
104.734
I-69 north HendersonNorthbound off-ramp and southbound on-ramp; I-69 Exit 117
66.006106.226 KY 2657 east (Fowler Road)Western terminus of KY 2657
67.093107.976 KY 862 east (Lenin Road)Western terminus of KY 862
Hanson68.553110.325 KY 260 to I-69
Slaughters73.682118.580 KY 138 to KY 120 to I-69
Webster76.503123.120 KY 147 northSouthern terminus of KY 147
80.787130.014 KY 494 westEastern terminus of KY 494
Sebree83.21133.91 KY 56 west (Main Street) / KY 370 eastSouthern end of KY 56 overlap; western terminus of KY 370
83.425134.260 KY 56 east (Jefferson Street) to I-69Northern end of KY 56 overlap
Henderson86.229138.772 KY 2097 east (Quinns Landing Road)Western terminus of KY 2097
Robards87.651141.061 KY 2678 east (Moss and Moss Road)Western terminus of KY 2678
88.995143.224 KY 416 to I-69
90.77146.08 KY 283 southNorthern terminus of KY 283
94.203151.605 KY 136 east CalhounSouthern end of KY 136 overlap
Henderson96.725155.664 KY 425 west (Henderson Bypass) / KY 2084 north / KY 136 westNorthern end of KY 156 overlap; western terminus of KY 425 as of 2016
97.500156.911 I-69 south Hopkinsville, Fulton, HendersonTemporary northern terminus of I-69 in Kentucky; former US 43 south
98.496158.514 Audubon Parkway east Owensboro
99.552160.213 KY 2084 southSouthbound exit only
99.99160.92 KY 351 Henderson, Zion
101.958164.085
US 60 / US 41 Alt. south Henderson
Northern terminus US 41 Alternate; former US 43 south
103.734166.944John James Audubon State Park
Ohio River105.045–
106.067
169.054–
170.698
Bi-State Vietnam Gold Star Bridges
Henderson106.394171.225 KY 3522 southNorthern terminus of KY 3522
VanderburghEvansville106.952172.123 US 41 north to I-64 to I-69 Evansville, Chicago, IndianapolisState line; continuation into Indiana
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. Commonwealth of Kentucky. "Official DMI Route Log". Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  2. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (2016). Kentucky Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Frankfort: Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.
  3. United States System of Highways Adopted for Uniform Marking by the American Association of State Highway Officials (Map). 1:7,000,000. Cartography by U.S. Geological Survey. Bureau of Public Roads. November 11, 1926. OCLC 32889555. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
  4. Kentucky Department of State Highways (September 15, 1939). Road Map of Kentucky (PDF) (Map). c. 1:760,320. Frankfort: Kentucky Department of State Highways.
  5. Kentucky Department of Highways (1957). Kentucky Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map). c. 1:760,320. Frankfort: Kentucky Department of Highways.
U.S. Route 41
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Tennessee
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