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This concurrent resolution urges the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to petition the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) to designate a specific series of interconnected highways and routes in Kentucky and Tennessee as United States Highway 111. The proposed route would span multiple state roads, including Kentucky Routes 461, 80, 914, 1247, and 90, as well as United States Highway 127, and continuing into Tennessee on Route 111 and additional connecting highways. The resolution highlights the potential tourism and economic benefits of creating this unified highway designation, noting that the route passes through scenic areas of the Cumberland Plateau with numerous attractions like Lake Cumberland, the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame, and Fall Creek Falls. The proposed highway would provide a scenic alternative to Interstate 75 and would not require additional road construction. The resolution also includes flexibility for AASHTO's routing principles, allowing for optional extensions depending on the association's guidelines and state preferences, and specifies that existing route numbers would generally be maintained, with potential co-signing of route markers.

Transportation and Infrastructure

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hcr61.html