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 Henderson-Henderson County Chamber President Brad Schneider, second from right, helps celebrate the designation of a portion of the Western Kentucky Parkway as I-69 Tuesday in Nortonville. From left are Victor Mendez of the Federal Highway Admin. Gov. Steve Beshear, Madisonville Chamber Pres. Harriett Whitaker, Schneider and former Owensboro Chamber President Jody Wassmer.
From the Gleaner:
Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear unveils I-69 signsChuck Stinnett
Under a gleaming October sky, Gov. Steve Beshear in essence saluted the red, white and blue on Tuesday afternoon.
It wasn’t the American flag — he was talking about the new Interstate 69 signs that have been placed along 55 miles of the Western Kentucky Parkway and Interstate 24 from just south of Madisonville to just past Eddyville. It marks the first mileage in the state to bear the I-69 shield, and it will soon show up on maps and GPS devices. “What a great day for west Kentucky,” the governor declared at a ceremony in his home county of Hopkins. “It’s a great first step” for getting 160 miles of existing parkways and a few miles of planned new roadway marked as I-69 from Henderson to the Tennessee border at Fulton, Ky., Beshear said. “But it’s only a first step,” he said. |
