Widening of the Mountain Parkway in eastern Kentucky

[jnewkirk77]

The state received a $116.3 million federal grant to help with the 13-mile final segment of the parkway extension. More info on the project's website.

Here's a video of Gov. Beshear making the announcement:

[froggie]

It hasn't been brought up in the past 2 years, but it was announced in September 2022 that the extension east of Salyersville will be on new alignment from just east of where US 460 splits off to just west of KY 404, then following existing KY 114 the rest of the way to US 23.

[ITB]

Here's a trio of videos from 2022 that depict the parkway's construction. Yes, they're a bit old but may be of interest to some.

[hbelkins]

It hasn't been brought up in the past 2 years, but it was announced in September 2022 that the extension east of Salyersville will be on new alignment from just east of where US 460 splits off to just west of KY 404, then following existing KY 114 the rest of the way to US 23.

That section from KY 404 to US 23 was widened all the way back in the late 1990s as the first part of the overall project. The second section built was between exits 43 and 46 in Wolfe County, which was a design-build project that got started in 2007.