AudubonParkway
Paralleling US 60 andproviding a high-speed route between the Ohio River towns ofHenderson and Owensboro, the Audubon Parkway was opened in December1970, the seventh of Kentucky's toll roads to be opened to traffic.It is one of the four remaining routes on which tolls remain. Thisroute links the PennyrileParkway and US 41 atHenderson to the limited-access US 60 bypass and the WilliamH. Natcher Parkway atOwensboro. With its links to other Kentucky parkways and interstates,it gives Henderson a limited-access path to all major Kentucky citiesand to cities in other states, such as Nashville. Originally therewas only one exit between the two ends of the parkway, but in lateryears one exit each was added in Daviess and Hendersoncounties.
| Exit 0A |
Pennyrile Parkway North |
Henderson Evansville |
John James Audubon State Park |
Ellis Park |
Exit 0B |
Pennyrile Parkway South |
Madisonville Hopkinsville |
Kentucky State Police |
The Pennyrile Parkway, along with US 41 in Kentucky and Indiana and I-164 in Indiana, links I-24 south of Hopkinsville to I-64 north of Evansville. It also serves Madisonville and provides access to the Western Kentucky Parkway. The portion of the Pennyrile Parkway between Henderson and the WK Parkway at Madisonville is slated to become part of I-69, the so-called NAFTA Highway, when that route is extended from Indianapolis southwest to Texas. The southbound Pennyrile, when used in conjunction with the WK Parkway and I-24, offers limited-access travel to Paducah, with links to the Purchase Parkway eventually leading into western Tennessee. Northbound, the Pennyrile becomes US 41 and leads through Evansville toward Vincennes and Terre Haute, Ind. |
Exit 5 | Exit 5 |
KY 1078 | KY 1078 |
Zion | Zion |
This exit was not part of the original construction of the Audubon. It serves local traffic in the eastern portion of Henderson County, allowing the Audubon to be used as an alternative to KY 351 for traffic heading into or out of Henderson. |
Exit 10 | Exit 10 |
KY 416 | KY 416 |
This was originally the only exit on the Audubon besides the two endpoints. |
PAY TOLL |
Thru cars 50 cents. For a complete toll schedule, click here. This is the Hebbardsville toll plaza. |
Exit 18 | Exit 18 |
KY 1554 | KY 1554 |
Stanley Sorgho | Sorgho Stanley |
This exit was also not part of the original construction of the parkway. It serves local traffic in the western portion of Daviess County, allowing the Audubon to be used as an alternative to either US 60 or KY 56 for traffic heading into or out of Owensboro. |
Exit 24A | |
By-pass US 60 East / To William H. Natcher Parkway |
Owensboro By-pass |
Exit 24B |
By-pass US 60 West |
Downtown Owensboro |
Ben Hawes State Park |
The US 60 bypass is a limited-access semi-circle around the southern part of Owensboro. It intersects major through routes entering Owensboro including KY 54, US 231, US 431 and KY 81. It also provides a connection with the William H. Natcher Parkway to complete the limited-access route to the cities of Elizabethtown, Louisville, Lexington, Bowling Green and Nashville. |
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