So this means that I-66 is dead in KY? Being the part from I-65 to the WP (Western Kentucky Pky) was to be part of that proposal and now I-165 is applied (and approved by the feds) I guess it really is dead now.
Maybe.......maybe not. It's interesting that the only legal definition for I-66's KY route specified that it would serve Russellville, Hopkinsville, and Benton -- three locations that would be bypassed by a Natcher/WKY routing. It's more than likely that the parkway-based I-66 alternative was prompted by the I-69 precedent that placed
that route on the parkways rather than on a more straightline alignment between Henderson and the Purchase Parkway. At this time it doesn't seem as if any move is afoot to engage in any development along the US 68/KY 80 corridor except for the Somerset bypass and spot improvements to the Hal Rogers segment. Besides the Natcher upgrade work, KY has the 6-laning of I-65 to complete before significant new projects can or should be considered. I'd consider I-66
dormant rather than irreparably dead.