Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway

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Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway

Length:

75.627 mi^[1] (121.71 km)

West end:

I-64 near Winchester

East end:

US 460 near Salyersville

Counties:

Clark, Powell, Wolfe, Morgan, Magoffin

Major cities:

Winchester

Numbered highways in Kentucky
Interstates - U.S. Highways - State Highways

The Mountain Parkway, formally known as the Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway, is a freeway in eastern Kentucky.

It was built in the early 1960s and opened in January 1963 as Kentucky's second toll road running from Interstate 64 just east of Winchester southeast for 76 miles to a junction with United States Highway 460 near Salyersville. The 43 miles nearest Lexington is a four-lane limited access highway with only minor design standard differences from an Interstate Highway, while the remainder is a limited access Super 2 highway.

The route was originally signed only as the 'Mountain Parkway'. In the late 1970s, the "Bert T. Combs" name was added to honor the governor from the mountains who spearheaded construction of the highway. Auxiliary plates were added above the circular Mountain Parkway signs to mark the designation.

As with all of Kentucky's toll roads, the tolls were removed as the construction bonds were paid off. Tolls were removed from the four-lane section in 1985, and the road became a freeway in 1986 when the remaining tolls were removed from the two-lane section.

The route was designated Kentucky Route 114 in April 1985. In August, the road was redesignated Kentucky Route 402. Later, in February 1990, the parkway was designated Kentucky Route 9000 from its western terminus to Kentucky Route 15 near Campton and Kentucky Route 9009 from KY 15 to the parkway's eastern terminus. Both designations are unsigned.^[1]^[2]