Editing Columbia, Kentucky (section)

==Infrastructure==
The [[Cumberland Expressway]] runs through Columbia as it extends from [[Bowling Green, Kentucky|Bowling Green]] to [[Somerset, Kentucky|Somerset]]. This parkway is a future corridor of [[Interstate 66 (west)|Interstate 66]]. The addition of an interchange with a 2006 reconstruction of Highway 61 South, Columbia now has two exits on the Parkway.

Exit 49, the original exit on the parkway, merges onto Highway 55 South (also known as Jamestown Street) bringing drivers through the middle of Columbia.

Exit 47, the new exit, merges onto Highway 61 South (also known as Burkesville Street/Road) and drivers can choose to go north or go to [[Burkesville, Kentucky|Burkesville]] to the south.

The Highway 55 Bypass was officially opened on October 7, 2008, for more information see below.

===Columbia Bypass===
After years of promises by various governors and other Kentucky officials, construction began early in May 2007, which culminated in an official ground-breaking ceremony by the former Governor himself on May 15, 2007 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.columbiamagazine.com/photoarchive.php?photo_id=23914|title=That Perfect Day: Gov. Fletcher at Bypass groundbreaking|publisher=ColumbiaMagazine.com}}</ref> near the front of the newly constructed Adair County Elementary School, which faces the direction of the bypass.

The Columbia Bypass was opened to the public on October 7, 2008, featuring a traffic light at the intersection of the bypass and North 55 as well as a traffic light at the intersection of South 61. The bypass has relieved a majority of the downtown traffic.