Interstate 175 (Kentucky-Tennessee)

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route=175


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direction_a=South
terminus_a=Jct|state=TN|I|75 in Chattanooga, Tennessee
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terminus_b=Jct|state=KY|I|75 in Lexington, Kentucky

Interstate 175 (I-175) was a proposed Interstate highway to relieve traffic along the Interstate 75 corridor. House Report 107-108 in the US Representatives report, details the proposed spending of the US Department of Transportation for FY2002, which includes $2,400,000 for the Interstate 175 corridor. This includes the feasibility and the planning study.

This road would cut straight from Interstate 75 in Lexington, Kentucky to Interstate 75 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, shortening the north-south route and bypassing Knoxville. This highly impractical route, if ever built, would be extremely expensive, since the proposed route passes through much mountainous terrain. Tunnels would be needed to go underneath several high mountain ridges . The proposed highway would cost in excess of three billion dollars.

Costs and proposed interchanges

*$2,000,000 for an Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) providing Eastern Kentucky rural highway information,
*$750,000 for an ITS for Lexington,
*$2,000,000 for a statewide transportation operations center, the corridors for I-66 and I-69 have been redefined: I-66 is now defined to use the Nunn Cumberland Parkway and I-69 is now defined to use the Carrol Purchase Parkway, Kentucky may now post signs saying "Future I-69" on the Purchase Parkway and "Future I-66" in the Cumberland Parkway,
*$4,000,000 for to help access to an industrial park in Clay and Leslie counties,
*$50,000 for work on Kentucky 55,
*$1,600,000 for work on Kentucky 192 in McCreary County,
*$1,000,000 for improvements to the intersection at the end of Grover Carey Bridge in Owensboro,
*$250,000 for work on Kentucky 61 in Green County,
*$300,000 for work on Kentucky 92 in Whitley County,
*$20,000,000 for I-66,
*$2,500,000 for I-66 in Pike County,
*$320,000 for work on KY 1848 between I-64 and US 60,
*$1,000,000 for the Monticello Street underpass in Somerset,
*$1,000,000 for work on the Pennyrile Parkway,
*$1,500,000 for work on Stone Coal Road in Johnson county,
*$2,000,000 for work on US 25 near Renfro Valley,
*$5,000,000 for work on US 27 between Somerset and KY 70,
*$80,000 for work on US 27 near Burnside,
*$850,000 for work on US 431 near Lewisburg,
*$500,000 for right-of-way for US 60 in Henderson County,
*$100,000 for work on US 41A,
*$50,00 for Estill County bypass lighting around Irvine,
*$300,000 for Estill County industrial park access road,
*$400,000 for Fegenbush Lane Bridge at Fern Creek,
*$1,000,000 for Henderson riverfront project,
*$1,000,000 for engineering work on Kentucky 61 from Kentucky 487 to Columbia,
*$800,000 for Johnstown Road,
*$2,350,000 for Kentucky Transportation Cabinet for Regional Trail Improvements,
*$1,000,000 for improved access to Louisville's water front park,
*$600,000 for a median on US 42 from Harrods Creek to River Road,
*$1,800,000 for a Owensboro Riverfront redevelopment project,
*$42,600 for Park City sidewalks,
*$2,000,000 for Somerset downtown revitalization,
*$6,600,000 for Southern bypass around the southwestern portion of Somerset,
*$125,000 for Vine Grove sidewalks,
*$2,000,000 for Clarks River National Wildlife Refuge,
*$1,400,000 for Cold Hill Road,
*$995,000 for Craigs Creek Road,
*$1,500,000 for Daniel Boone Parkway between mileposts 37 and 44,
*$2,000,000 for Brent Spence Bridge replacement I-75 and I-71 near Cincinnati,
*$375,000 for work at I-75 Exit 11,
*$2,500,000 for Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges project,
*$885,000 for Kentucky Scenic byways (Country Music Highway, Wilderness Road Heritage Highway, Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway),
*$30,000,000 for work Appalachian Development Highway System,
*$4,534,000 for the Kentucky Transportation Department to provide buses, vans, cutaways, and bus facilities in the Commonwealth of Kentucky,
*$1,500,000 for Big South Fork Scenic Railroad enhancement project, and
*$5,000,000 for Southern Kentucky Intermodal Transportation Park.

References

# House Rpt.107-108 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2002. Department of Transportation and Related Agencies. 2 May 2002 [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/cpquery/z?cp107:hr108:] .
# Interstate 175. Kentucky Roads. 7 December 2001 [http://www.kentuckyroads.com/i-175] .

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