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'''Man o' War Boulevard''', named after the racehorse Man o' War, is an almost 17-mile (27 km) urban arterial, circling Lexington, Kentucky to its south. Its western terminus is at US 60 (Versailles Road) / Keeneland Boulevard at Keeneland Race Course's main entrance, from which the highway heads southeast, intersecting with US 68 (Harrodsburg Road), US 27 (Nicholasville Road), and other roads. It then turns east and northeast, intersecting KY 1974 (Tates Creek Road), US 25/US 421 (Richmond Road), and I-75, before ending at US 60 (Winchester Road) at Brighton. The majority of the road is a four-lane divided highway with curbs and sidewalks maintained by the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, but the 1.429-mile (2.300 km) portion east of I-75 is maintained by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet as Supplemental Road '''Kentucky Route 1425''' (KY 1425), and only carries two lanes. | [[File:ManOWarBlvd.JPG|thumb|Vehicles driving on Man o' War Blvd.]] | ||
'''Man o' War Boulevard''', named after the racehorse Man o' War, is an almost 17-mile (27 km) urban arterial, circling [[Lexington, Kentucky]] to its south. Its western terminus is at US 60 ([[Versailles Road]]) / Keeneland Boulevard at [[Keeneland|Keeneland Race Course]]'s main entrance, from which the highway heads southeast, intersecting with US 68 ([[Harrodsburg Road]]), US 27 ([[Nicholasville Road]]), and other roads. It then turns east and northeast, intersecting KY 1974 ([[Tates Creek Road]]), US 25/US 421 ([[Richmond Road]]), and I-75, before ending at US 60 ([[Winchester Road]]) at Brighton. The majority of the road is a four-lane divided highway with curbs and sidewalks maintained by the [https://www.lexingtonky.gov/ Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government], but the 1.429-mile (2.300 km) portion east of I-75 is maintained by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet as Supplemental Road '''Kentucky Route 1425''' (KY 1425), and only carries two lanes. | |||
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_o%27_War_Boulevard Man o' War Boulevard. Wikipedia] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_o%27_War_Boulevard Man o' War Boulevard. Wikipedia] | ||
Latest revision as of 00:34, 5 January 2024
Man o' War Boulevard, named after the racehorse Man o' War, is an almost 17-mile (27 km) urban arterial, circling Lexington, Kentucky to its south. Its western terminus is at US 60 (Versailles Road) / Keeneland Boulevard at Keeneland Race Course's main entrance, from which the highway heads southeast, intersecting with US 68 (Harrodsburg Road), US 27 (Nicholasville Road), and other roads. It then turns east and northeast, intersecting KY 1974 (Tates Creek Road), US 25/US 421 (Richmond Road), and I-75, before ending at US 60 (Winchester Road) at Brighton. The majority of the road is a four-lane divided highway with curbs and sidewalks maintained by the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, but the 1.429-mile (2.300 km) portion east of I-75 is maintained by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet as Supplemental Road Kentucky Route 1425 (KY 1425), and only carries two lanes.