Interstate 264 East - I-65 to I-71

I-264 (Watterson Expressway) curves northward along the Prestonia and Camp Taylor neighborhoods to Exit 14.
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A 15.98 mile long route within Jefferson County, KY 864 travels southeast to KY 1747 (Fern Valley Road) and north to U.S. 31E in the Phoenix Hill neighborhood east of Downtown Louisville.
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Two lanes depart I-264 east for Exit 14 to KY 864 (Poplar Level Road).
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KY 864 (Poplar Level Road) angles northwest to Louisville Zoo and the Poplar Level and Germantown neighborhoods and southeast through a heavily industrialized area along the Louisville and Watterson Park city line.
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Passing north of the Watterson Park city limits, Interstate 264 is eight lanes wide.
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A five ramp parclo interchange joins I-264 with KY 1703 (Newburg Road) at Exit 15 and the Hayfield Dundee neighborhood in Louisville.
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KY 1703 meanders 5.68 miles southeast from U.S. 31E at the Highlands neighborhood in central Louisville to Watterson Park, West Buechel and KY 2052 (Shepherdsville Road) at the Newburg community.
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Continuing northeast, the Watterson Expressway meets U.S. 31E/150 (Bardstown Road) between the Bon Air neighborhood in Louisville and the city of Wellington.
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U.S. 31E/150 head southeast to the city of West Buechel locally and Bardstown in Nelson County. Northwest from the SPUI at Exit 16, U.S. 31E/150 (Bardstown Road) continue between Strathmoor Manor and Strathmoor Village to Belknap in Louisville.
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Interstate 264 travels between the Hawthorne and Bon Air Estates neighborhoods en route to KY 155 (Taylorsville Road).
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KY 155 (Taylorsville Road) branches 1.80 miles east from U.S. 31E/150 (Bardstown Road) to a six-ramp parclo interchange (Exit 17) with I-264. The roadways for I-264 originally separated with left exit ramps at this exchange.
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KY 155 travels east along Taylorsville Road to Jeffersontown and Fisherville in Louisville. The 20.79 mile long route extends south to KY 55 at Elk Creek in rural Spencer County.
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Exit 17B loops onto KY 155 (Taylorsville Road) west to Bowman Field (LOU), Kingsley and Seneca Gardens.
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Interstate 264 eastbound expands to six lanes leading into the cloverleaf interchange (Exit 18) with KY 1932 (Breckenridge Lane) at Hikes Point in Louisville.
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Interstate 264 eastbound expands to six lanes leading into the cloverleaf interchange (Exit 18) with KY 1932 (Breckenridge Lane) at Hikes Point in Louisville.
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A c/d roadway links I-264 with KY 1932 (Breckenridge Lane) south 3.47 miles to U.S. 31E/150 (Bardstown Road) and northwest 3.12 miles to St. Matthews and U.S. 42 (Brownsboro Road) at Rolling Fields.
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KY 1932 (Breckenridge Lane) angles southeast to KY 155 (Taylorsville Road) before turning southerly to the Klondike neighborhood.
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Exit 18B loops away to KY 1932 north as the c/d roadway returns to the Watterson Expressway. I-264 meets I-64 to Downtown Louisville and Lexington next.
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An auxiliary lane briefly joins eastbound I-264 (Watterson Expressway) between KY 1932 and the exchange with I-64 (Exit 19).
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I-264 (Watterson Expressway) converges with Interstate 64 at a directional cloverleaf interchange (Exit 19) north of Hikes Point and the city of St. Regis Park.
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Interstate 64 continues from the eastern Louisville suburbs toward the capital city of Frankfort and I-75 at Lexington.
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West from Exit 19B and the city of St. Matthews, Interstate 64 continues to Cherokee Park, Irish Hill and the Kennedy Interchange with I-65 and I-71 outside Downtown Louisville.
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The c/d roadway at the exchange with I-64 extends north to Exit 20 for U.S. 60 (Shelbyville Road) between Mall St. Mathews and Oxmoor Center.
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U.S. 60 (Shelbyville Road) leads west from I-264 into St. Matthews. The suburban city was named for a local church in 1851, and incorporated in 1950.
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The original cloverleaf interchange at Exit 20 was rebuilt in the late 80s and early 90s when c/d lanes were added. The loop ramp from U.S. 60 west to Interstate 264 west was also replaced by a flyover.
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U.S. 60 (Shelbyville Road) runs east from the adjacent city of Norwood to Interstate 265 through the city of Middletown.
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U.S. 60 (Shelbyville Road) proceeds 2.12 miles west from Exit 20B to split with U.S. 60 ALT (Lexington Road) in St. Matthews. U.S. 60 continues along Frankford Avenue to Crescent Hill in Louisville.
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Mall St. Matthews, to the southwest of Exit 20B, opened in 1962 and was Kentucky's first enclosed suburban mall.
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I-264 turns north through an S-curve between Beechwood Village and Lyndon. A single point urban interchange (Exit 21) opened in April 2010 between Watterson Expressway and KY 1447 (Westport Road) at Windy Hills and Woodlawn Park.
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U.S. 42 (Brownsboro Road) meets Interstate 264 between the cities of Windy Hills and Northfield at Exit 22.
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I-264 advances 1.3 miles northwest to the exchange with I-71 (Exit 23).
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U.S. 42 originates at U.S. 60 in the Butchertown neighborhood of Louisville. The route travels northeast along the I-71 corridor to Cincinnati, Ohio.
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The diamond interchange (Exit 22) with U.S. 42 was expanded with a direct ramp from I-264 eastbound to the continuation of Brownsboro Road on KY 22 east. Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, where the remains of the 19th century President and his wife rest, is just west of Exit 22.
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The diamond interchange (Exit 22) with U.S. 42 was expanded with a direct ramp from I-264 eastbound to the continuation of Brownsboro Road on KY 22 east. Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, where the remains of the 19th century President and his wife rest, is just west of Exit 22.
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Interstate 264 concludes at directional T interchange (Exit 23) with I-71 between Indian Hills and Northfield.
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The freeway mainline defaults onto I-71 south for Downtown Louisville and the Kennedy Interchange with I-64/65. Exit 23A connects I-264 with Interstate 71 north to I-265 at Worthington in Louisville and Covington.
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