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Interstate 265
highway in Indiana and Kentucky / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Interstate 265 (I-265) is a 41.8-mile (67.3 km) Interstate Highway partially looping around the Louisville metropolitan area. It goes from I-65 in the southern part of Louisville, through Jefferson County, Kentucky, over the Ohio River on the Lewis and Clark Bridge into Indiana, where it meets I-65 again before continuing west to I-64, where it ends.
Quick Facts Route information, Length ...
Gene Snyder Freeway | ||||
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Route information | ||||
Auxiliary route of I-65 | ||||
Maintained by INDOT and KYTC | ||||
Length | 52 mi[1] (84 km) I-265: 41.8 miles (67.3 km) (28.7 miles (46.2 km) co-signed as KY 841) KY 841: 10.2 miles (16.4 km) | |||
Existed | 1977–present | |||
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NHS | Entire route | |||
Restrictions | No hazardous goods allowed on the Lewis and Clark Bridge and East End Tunnel | |||
Major junctions | ||||
Beltway around Louisville, KY | ||||
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Country | United States | |||
State | Kentucky | |||
Counties | KY: Jefferson IN: Clark, Floyd | |||
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The entire Kentucky section of the road is also signed with Kentucky Route 841 (KY 841). An additional 10.2-mile-long (16.4 km) section of freeway between US 31W/US 60/KY 1934 and I-65 in the southern Louisville is only designated as KY 841. The highway is named the Gene Snyder Freeway after the former congressman, and usually called "the Snyder" by locals.