Editing Kentucky (section)

==Transportation==

{{Main|Transportation in Kentucky}}
[[File:Kentucky Route 80 in Pulaski County.jpg|thumb|At {{convert|484|mi|km}} long, [[Kentucky Route 80]] is the longest route in Kentucky, pictured here west of [[Somerset, Kentucky|Somerset]].]]

===Roads===

{{See also|List of Kentucky State Highways}}

Kentucky is served by six major [[Interstate Highway System|Interstate highways]] ([[Interstate 24 in Kentucky|I-24]], [[Interstate 64 in Kentucky|I-64]], [[Interstate 65 in Kentucky|I-65]], [[Interstate 69 in Kentucky|I-69]], [[Interstate 71 in Kentucky|I-71]], and [[Interstate 75 in Kentucky|I-75]]), seven [[:Category:Kentucky parkway system|parkways]], and six bypasses and spurs ([[Interstate 165 (Kentucky)|I-165]], [[Interstate 169 (Kentucky)|I-169]], [[Interstate 264 (Kentucky)|I-264]], [[Interstate 265|I-265]], [[Interstate 275 (Ohio–Indiana–Kentucky)|I-275]], and [[Interstate 471|I-471]]). The parkways were originally [[toll road]]s, but on November 22, 2006, Governor [[Ernie Fletcher]] ended the toll charges on the [[William H. Natcher Parkway]] and the [[Audubon Parkway]], the last two parkways in Kentucky to charge tolls for access.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kctcs.net/todaysnews/index.cfm?tn_date=2006-09-28#6693 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061008233115/http://www.kctcs.net/todaysnews/index.cfm?tn_date=2006-09-28#6693 |archive-date=October 8, 2006 |title=Fletcher:Tolls to end November 22 |access-date=May 1, 2007 |last=Stinnett |first=Chuck}}</ref> The related [[Toll house|toll booths]] have been demolished.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.courierpress.com/news/2006/nov/22/onlookers-cheer-booth-destruction-at-ceremony/| title = Onlookers Cheer Booth Destruction at Ceremony| access-date = August 10, 2007| last = Stinnett| first = Chuck| date = November 22, 2006| publisher = Courier Press| archive-date = September 1, 2007| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070901145219/http://www.courierpress.com/news/2006/nov/22/onlookers-cheer-booth-destruction-at-ceremony/| url-status = live}}</ref>

Ending the tolls some seven months ahead of schedule was generally agreed to have been a positive economic development for transportation in Kentucky. In June 2007, a law went into effect raising the speed limit on rural portions of Kentucky Interstates and parkways from {{convert|65|to|70|mph}}.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20070626/NEWS01/706260437|newspaper=[[Courier-Journal]]|title=Many new laws go on books today|author=Steitzer, Stephanie|date=June 26, 2007}}</ref>

Road tunnels include the interstate [[Cumberland Gap Tunnel]] and the rural [[Nada Tunnel]].

===Rails===

{{See also|List of Kentucky railroads}}
[[File:High Bridge in Kentucky.jpg|thumb|[[High Bridge of Kentucky|High Bridge]] over the [[Kentucky River]] was the tallest rail bridge in the world when it was completed in 1877.]]

[[Amtrak]], the national passenger rail system, provides service to [[Ashland, Kentucky|Ashland]], [[South Shore, Kentucky|South Portsmouth]], [[Maysville, Kentucky|Maysville]] and [[Fulton, Kentucky|Fulton]]. The ''[[Cardinal (train)|Cardinal]]'' (trains 50 and 51) is the line that offers Amtrak service to Ashland, South Shore, Maysville and South Portsmouth. The ''[[City of New Orleans (train)|City of New Orleans]]'' (trains 58 and 59) serve Fulton. The [[Northern Kentucky]] area is served by the ''Cardinal'' at [[Cincinnati Union Terminal]]. The terminal is just across the [[Ohio River]] in [[Cincinnati]].

[[Norfolk Southern Railway]] passes through the Central and Southern parts of the Commonwealth, via its Cincinnati, New Orleans, and Texas Pacific (CNO&TP) subsidiary. The line originates in [[Cincinnati]] and terminates 338 miles south in [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]].

{{as of|2004}}, there were approximately {{convert|2640|mi}} of railways in Kentucky, with about 65% of those being operated by [[CSX Transportation]]. [[Bituminous coal|Coal]] was by far the most common cargo, accounting for 76% of cargo loaded and 61% of cargo delivered.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aar.org/aboutus/Pages/default.aspx|format=PDF |title=Railroad Service in Kentucky |access-date=May 1, 2007 |publisher=Association of American Railroads |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117104804/https://www.aar.org/aboutus/Pages/default.aspx |archive-date=January 17, 2013}} Also, Norfolk Southern's main north-south line runs through central and southern Kentucky, starting in Cincinnati. Formerly the CNO&TP subsidiary of Southern Railway, it is NS's most profitable line.
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[[Bardstown, Kentucky|Bardstown]] features a [[tourist attraction]] known as ''My Old Kentucky Dinner Train''. Run along a {{convert|20|mi|km|-1|adj=on}} stretch of rail purchased from [[CSX Transportation|CSX]] in 1987, guests are served a four-course meal as they make a two-and-a-half-hour round-trip between Bardstown and Limestone Springs.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cincinnati.com/visitorsguide/stories/071100_dinnertrain.html|title=On the Right Track – Kentucky Dinner Train serves up railroad nostalgia |access-date=May 1, 2007 |last=Knight |first=Andy |newspaper=Cincinnati.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070410021419/http://www.cincinnati.com/visitorsguide/stories/071100_dinnertrain.html |archive-date=April 10, 2007}}
</ref> The [[Kentucky Railway Museum]] is located in nearby [[New Haven, Kentucky|New Haven]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kyrail.org/ |title=Kentucky Railway Museum |access-date=May 1, 2007 |archive-date=April 26, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070426023631/http://www.kyrail.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Other areas in Kentucky are reclaiming old railways in [[rail trail]] projects. One such project is Louisville's [[Big Four Bridge]]. When the bridge's Indiana approach ramps opened in 2014, completing the pedestrian connection across the Ohio River, the Big Four Bridge [[rail trail]] became the second-longest pedestrian-only bridge in the world.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Courier-Journal|title=Bridges money may be shifted|last=Shafer|first=Sheldon|date=March 5, 2007}}</ref> The longest pedestrian-only bridge is also found in Kentucky{{snd}}the [[Newport Southbank Bridge]], popularly known as the "Purple People Bridge", connecting [[Newport, Kentucky|Newport]] to [[Cincinnati|Cincinnati, Ohio]].<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2003/04/20/loc_purplebridge20.html|title= Meet the Purple People Bridge|access-date= May 1, 2007|last= Crowley|first= Patrick|date= April 23, 2003|newspaper= Cincinnati Enquirer|archive-date= February 20, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210220152134/https://www.cincinnati.com/|url-status= live}}</ref>

===Air===

{{See also|List of airports in Kentucky}}

Kentucky's primary airports include [[Louisville International Airport]] (Standiford Field (SDF)) of [[Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville]], [[Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport]] (CVG) of [[Cincinnati]]/[[Covington, Kentucky|Covington]], and [[Blue Grass Airport]] (LEX) in [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]]. Louisville International Airport is home to [[United Parcel Service|UPS]]'s [[Worldport (UPS air hub)|Worldport]], its international air-sorting hub.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flylouisville.com/about-the-airport/ |title=Fast Facts |access-date=September 11, 2007 |publisher=Louisville International Airport |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920170324/https://www.flylouisville.com/about-the-airport/ |archive-date=September 20, 2012 }}</ref> Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport is the largest airport in the state, and is a focus city for passenger airline [[Delta Air Lines]] and headquarters of its [[Delta Private Jets]]. The airport is one of [[DHL Aviation]]'s three super-hubs, serving destinations throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia, making it the 7th busiest airport in the U.S. and 36th in the world based on passenger and cargo operations.{{citation needed|date=December 2016}} CVG is also a focus city for [[Frontier Airlines]] and is the largest O&D airport and base for [[Allegiant Air]], along with home to a maintenance for [[American Airlines]] subsidiary [[PSA Airlines]] and [[Delta Air Lines]] subsidiary [[Endeavor Air]]. There are also a number of regional airports scattered across the state.

On August 27, 2006, Blue Grass Airport was the site of a crash that killed 47 passengers and 2{{spaces}}crew members aboard a [[Bombardier CRJ]] designated [[Comair Flight 191]], or Delta Air Lines Flight 5191, sometimes mistakenly identified by the press as Comair Flight 5191.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/special_packages/crash/15378422.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061105013158/http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/special_packages/crash/15378422.htm |archive-date=November 5, 2006 |title=Crash Kills 49 |date=November 5, 2006 |access-date=December 7, 2011}}</ref> The lone survivor was the flight's [[First Officer (civil aviation)|first officer]], James Polehinke, who doctors determined to be brain damaged and unable to recall the crash at all.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/comair-crash-survivor-leaves-hospital/ |title=Comair Crash Survivor Leaves Hospital |access-date=May 1, 2007 |publisher=CBS |date=October 3, 2006 |archive-date=December 3, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061203025058/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/10/03/national/main2059120.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Barge hauling coal, Louisville and Portland Canal.jpg|thumb|A barge hauling coal in the [[Louisville and Portland Canal]], the only manmade section of the [[Ohio River]]]]

===Water===

As the state is bounded by two of the largest rivers in North America, water transportation has historically played a major role in Kentucky's economy. Louisville was a major port for steamships in the nineteenth century. Today, most barge traffic on Kentucky waterways consists of coal that is shipped from both the Eastern and Western Coalfields, about half of which is used locally to power many power plants located directly off the [[Ohio River]], with the rest being exported to other countries, most notably Japan.

Many of the largest ports in the United States are located in or adjacent to Kentucky, including:
* [[Port of Huntington-Tristate|Huntington-Tristate]] (includes [[Ashland, Kentucky]]), largest [[inland port]] and 7th largest overall
* Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky, 5th largest inland port and 43rd overall
* Louisville-Southern Indiana, 7th largest inland port and 55th overall

As a state, Kentucky ranks 10th overall in port tonnage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/ndc/wcsc/pdf/inlandport03f.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090825064009/http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/ndc/wcsc/pdf/inlandport03f.pdf |archive-date=August 25, 2009 |title=Top 20 Inland U.S. Ports for 2003 |access-date=December 7, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/ndc/wcsc/portton01.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100502153836/http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/ndc/wcsc/portton01.htm |archive-date=May 2, 2010 |title=CY 2001 Tonnage for Selected U.S. Ports by Port Tons |date=May 2, 2010 |access-date=December 7, 2011}}</ref>

The only natural obstacle along the entire length of the Ohio River is the [[Falls of the Ohio]], located just west of [[Downtown Louisville]].