The highway has its terminus at the interchange with Interstates 64 and 65 in downtown Louisville and connects to Louisville's northeastern suburbs and bedroom communities in Oldham County.
The inner beltway, whose southern and eastern legs are named the Henry Watterson Expressway. The western leg between I-64 and US 31W/US 60 was originally called the Shawnee Expressway, but was renamed in 2010 as the Georgia Davis Powers Expressway.
The outer beltway originally named the Jefferson Freeway and renamed the Gene Snyder Freeway. Highway is also signed as Kentucky Route 841. This is the only Interstate route in the Louisville area to use the technically correct suffix of Freeway in its formal name, rather than the traditional, but misleading term Expressway. Now connected to I-265 in Indiana via the Lewis and Clark Bridge plus freeway segments on both sides of the Ohio River.
Shelbyville Road, Frankfort Avenue, Story and Mellwood Avenues, Main and Market Streets, Doctor W. J. Hodge Street, 21st and 22nd Streets, Dixie Highway
^Concurrent with I-265 east of I-65 and south of I-71, exists as its own entity west of I-65 and north of I-71. Functions as an outer bypass for Louisville.
^KY 1747 formerly had its southern terminus at Bardstown Road, the roadway was extended and connected to the existing Fern Valley Road (KY 1631). KY 1747 replaced KY 1631 in that area and KY 1631 currently exists only between the Watterson Expressway and Eastern Parkway. All KY 1747 mile markers have been replaced along the new roadway.
^An extension of KY 841 to the eastern banks of the Ohio River, connecting to major distribution and industrial centers.
Renamed streets
Current Street Name
Former Street Name(s)
3rd Street
Central Plank Road (To Indiana) US 31
5th Street
Pope Street
13th Street
Columbia Street
14th Street
Boone Street
15th Street
Clark Street
16th Street
Elizabeth Street, Mulberry Street
17th Street
Maria Street, Sycamore Street
18th Street
Bridge Street, DeWolfe Street
19th Street
Clinton Street
20th Street
Cromie Street, Montgomery Street, Orleans Street
21st Street
Eleventh Cross Street
22nd Street
Tenth Cross Street
23rd Street
Ninth Cross Street, Sayre Street
24th Street
Eighth Cross Street, Mercer Street
25th Street
Seventh Cross Street
26th Street
Sixth Cross Street, Lock Street, Salt River Road, Shippingport Road