BULLITT COUNTY, Ky. (WDRB) — Safety changes could be coming to Kentucky Highway 44 in Bullitt County following several serious crashes in just the last few months.
Highway 44 runs about 20 miles across Bullitt County. Data from Kentucky State Police shows there were 514 wrecks last year on the road, causing 119 injuries and two deaths. As of March 2, when WDRB News reported on the most recent fatal crash, there’d been 83 crashes and 26 injuries. In the 35 days since, there’ve been another 59.
The Bullitt County Fiscal Court recently voted to ask the state to lower the speed limit from 55 to 45 on the stretch from Sunview Lane to the Shepherdsville city limits. More than 11,000 cars and trucks drive that stretch in Bullitt County every day, according to the most recent KYTC traffic count from 2024…