$130M Overhaul Aims to Untangle Louisville’s Busiest Interchange and Calm Neighborhood Fears

In Louisville’s Crescent Hill neighborhood, the soundtrack of daily life is a familiar one: the hum of tires, the screech of merging brakes, and the occasional blare of a horn near the Brownsboro Road exit. But a long-awaited $130 million project is poised to alter that rhythm—and residents are cautiously optimistic.

Governor Andy Beshear formally announced the start of the I-71/Watterson Expressway Interchange Improvement Project last week, calling it “a once-in-a-generation opportunity to fix a dangerous bottleneck”.

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