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Louisville Metro Moves Ahead With Lexington Road Improvements

By Rick Howlett
Published August 24, 2017 at 8:25 PM EDT
Creative Commons/Andrew Hayward

Louisville Metro Government is moving forward with plans to reconfigure a portion of Lexington Road, aimed at improving safety. The plans are based on recommendations from the 2015  Lexington Road Corridor Transportation Plan.

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A map of Lexington Road between Payne Street and Grinstead Drive.

The heavily-traveled stretch includes the intersections of Payne Street and Grinstead Drive. According to a news release, the safety improvements include:


  • Reduction of travel lanes from four to two

  • Extension of the left turn bay on eastbound Lexington Road to north bound Grinstead Drive (I-64 access point) to improve peak travel time function

  • Dedicated left turn lanes from Lexington Road onto Payne Street

  • Dedicated left turn lanes into the Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana (2115 Lexington Rd) and The Woods at Lexington Road (2139 Lexington Rd)

  • Remaining right of way will be dedicated to striped medians and bicycle facilities along the corridor

Officials say nearly 11,000 vehicles travel along the section every day.
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Rick Howlett was midday host and the host of LPM's weekly talk show, "In Conversation." He was with LPM from 2001-2023 and held many different titles, including Morning Edition host, Assignment Editor and Interim News Director. He died in August 2023. Read a remembrance of Rick here.
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