Man o' War Boulevard

Man o' War Boulevard
A foggy morning on Man o' War Boulevard
Length16.76 mi (26.97 km)
LocationLexington
West end US 60 (Versailles Road) / Keeneland Boulevard
Major
junctions
US 68 (Harrodsburg Road)

US 27 (Nicholasville Road)
US 25 (Richmond Road) / US 421

I-75
East end US 60 (Winchester Road)
Construction
Completion1988
Inauguration1975

Man o' War Boulevard, named after the racehorse Man o' War,[1] 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),[2] and only carries two lanes.[3]

  1. ^ Goode, Kristin (2007). Thoroughbred Thoroughfares. Smiley Pete Publishing. pp. 26–31.
  2. ^ Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (September 4, 2007). Fayette County State Primary Road System (PDF) (Report). Frankfort: Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 15, 2007.
  3. ^ Google Maps satellite imagery, accessed September 2007[full citation needed]