Audubon Parkway

Traveling 23.441 miles through rural Henderson and Daviess Counties, the Audubon Parkway connects the cities of Henderson and Owensboro. Beginning at a trumpet interchange with the Edward T. Breathitt Parkway (U.S. 41/future I-69), the Audubon Parkway angles southeast across agricultural parcels to a diamond interchange with KY 1078 (Exit 5). Tree lined landscapes replace farmland beyond Exit 5 as the Audubon Parkway advances east to the Green River and Daviess County. The Audubon Parkway concludes at a trumpet interchange (Exit 24) with U.S. 60 (Wendell H. Ford Expressway) which forms a partial loop around Owensboro.

The Audubon Parkway is named after John James Audubon, who was a renowned American naturalist, ornithologist (study of birds), and painter who lived in Kentucky during the early 1800s.¹ The parkway opened to traffic as a tolled facility on December 18, 1970, with tolls lifted by 2006.² Though not signed, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has assigned the internal designation of AU 9005 to the Audubon Parkway. The Audubon Parkway has also been referenced as a potential spur of I-69 once the remaining segment connecting Henderson and Evansville is complete.

Audubon Parkway - East

Leaving Edward T. Breathitt (Pennyrile) Parkway and Henderson, Audubon Parkway proceeds to Owensboro.
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Route 1078 winds south from Zion to a diamond interchange (Exit 5) with Audubon Parkway.
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This reassurance marker is posted after the loop ramp to Exit 10 (KY 416).
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U.S. 60 loops around the southern reaches of Owensboro along the William H. Ford Expressway two miles ahead.
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Audubon Parkway east concludes as lanes separate for U.S. 60 east (Exit 24A) to I-165 and west (Left Exit 24B) to Stanley.
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