- Kentucky Route 1747
Infobox road
state=KY
type=KY
route=1747
alternate_name=
maint=KYTC
maint_abbrev=KYTC
length_mi=18.424
length_round=3
length_ref=cite web|url=http://www.planning.kytc.ky.gov/data_reports.asp|title=Kentucky Transportation Cabinet - Division of Planning - Highway Information System Official Milepoint Route Log Extract|accessdate=2007-04-11]
established=
direction_a=South
starting_terminus=Grade Lane in Louisville
junction=
direction_b=North
ending_terminus=
counties=Jefferson
cities=Louisville, Forest Hills, Hurstbourne
previous_type=KY
previous_route=1746
next_type=KY
next_route=1748Kentucky Route 1747 (KY 1747) is an 18.424 mile (29.651 km) long north-south
state highway in the immediatesuburb s of Louisville,Kentucky . The southern terminus of the route is at Grade Lane in the shadow of theLouisville International Airport in Louisville. The northern terminus is atKentucky Route 22 (Brownsboro Road) in Worthington. From Grade Lane to the eastern terminus of the concurrency withKentucky Route 864 , KY 1747 is named Fern Valley Road. From KY 864 north to KY 22, the route is known as the Hurstbourne Parkway.The portion of the route from
U.S. Route 31E /U.S. Route 150 (Bardstown Road) nearWildwood Country Club north to KY 22 nearInterstate 265 (Gene Snyder Freeway) is a four to six-lane suburban highway traversing the eastern suburbs of Louisville. The Hurstbourne Parkway passes adjacent to both theA.B. Sawyer Park and theE. P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park in this stretch.History
An extension towards the General Electric Appliance Park was completed in 2005, connecting the existing Hurstborne Parkway with Fern Valley Road (then-
Kentucky Route 1631 ), creating another loop around the southeastern end of Louisville located midway between Interstate 264 to the north andInterstate 265 to the south. [cite web|url=http://kentucky.gov/Newsroom/kytc.d5/060205HurstbourneCeremony.htm|title=Hurstbourne Parkway Extension Opened|accessdate=2007-04-11] KY 1747 was then extended westward along the length of Fern Valley Road to its current terminus at Grade Lane, replacing KY 1631, which was then reassigned farther downtown. [cite map|url=http://www.planning.kytc.ky.gov/maps/officialmap/2007/DS_Louisville.pdf|accessdate=2007-04-11|publisher=Kentucky Transportation Cabinet |title=Official Highway Map - Louisville Inset|edition=2007]See also
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Roads of Louisville, Kentucky References
External links
*PDFlink| [http://transportation.ky.gov/planning/reports/SPRS_listings/listings/jefferson.pdf State Primary Road System in Jefferson County]
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