Louisville to Cincinnati Road Trip Photos
22 January 2001

On the way to and from a Cincinnati Linux Users Group lecture myself and Derek went to, I took some photos from the passenger side of his car. I basically took all the photos I could and put most of the good ones on this page.

I-71 between Louisville and Northern Kentucky is a very pretty drive. Along with some photos of Big Green Signs I took some photos of the scenic views and they don't have comments.

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As we left my house I took some photos in Louisville. This first photo is a Big Green Sign on eastbound I-64 announcing Exits 4 and 5, Roy Wilkins Avenue and I-65, respectively. A nice view of the Downtown Louisville skyline is offered when driving eastbound towards Downtown.

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Eastbound I-64 at the Roy Wilkins Avenue interchange, and the Big Green Sign announcing the location of this exit. The overhead ramps are for traffic to/from westbound I-64.

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I-64 passes under the Belvedere, a public space that offers a view of the Ohio River and where many events take place.

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Big Green Signs for Spaghetti Junction, the interchange of I-64, I-65, and I-71.

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Signs on eastbound Mellwood Avenue. Eastbound US 60 traffic turns right; you can turn left to go westbound. Gas was $1.519 at the Marathon station at this corner. Derek missed the I-71 ramp so we drove on Mellwood Avenue to catch I-71 via Zorn Avenue.

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Mellwood Avenue east of Brownsboro Road is actually a pretty drive.

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Zorn Avenue is a divided four-lane road between River Road and Brownsboro Road, and has one of the few interchanges in the county with I-71. I took this photo looking south along the snow-covered median as Derek was waiting to turn left onto Zorn.

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Some very deep cuts into millions of years of layers of rock had to be made to build I-71 in Jefferson County.

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Scenic view of northbound I-71 before the Watterson.

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I apologize for this photo not turning out so good. This is northbound I-71 under the interchange with I-264.

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The last SPEED LIMIT 55 sign along northbound I-71 in Jefferson County. Under a minute later the speed limit is 65.

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Big Green Sign for Exit 14, KY 329, to Crestwood and Pewee Valley.

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Scenic photo of I-71 in Oldham County (I think).

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Big Green Sign for Exit 22, KY 53, La Grange and Ballardsville

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Sign for Exit 28, KY 153 and KY 146, Sligo and New Castle.

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NORTH I-71 reassurance marker

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The back of American Freightways trucks have a variety of slogans. This one says ``Never Underestimate an America''.

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This truck says ``Never Underestimate an American'' like I think it is supposed to.

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This sign marks the site of the Carrolton County bus crash that killed 27 people in 1988. A drunk guy named Larry Mahoney crossed the median onto the southbound lanes and smacked a bus head-on, causing the bus to catch on fire.

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This is quite possibly the most beautiful photo anyone can take along the drive from Louisville to Cincinnati. The line running through the middle of the photo is most likely a result of the dashboard reflecting onto the windshield.

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Overhead Big Green Signs for Exit 44, KY 227, Carrollton and Worthville; and Exit 43, KY 389 to KY 55, Prestonville and English.

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This photo should have turned out better but the digital camera I was using automatically exposes longer to compensate for darkness. This Big Green Sign is for KY 338 to Richwood, Exit 175 on I-71/I-75.

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Big Brown Sign for Big Bone Lick State Park.

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A water tower visible from I-71/I-75 that says ``FLORENCE Y'ALL''.

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Big Green Signs on I-71 and I-75 for: reassurance, Exit 188 to US 42 and 127 (another route marker apparently used to be on this sign), and Exit 186 to KY 371 Buttermilk Pike.

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``LOUD CAR STEREO $50.00 FINE'' sign on some road off I-275 north of Cincinnati.

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Big Green Sign on I-275 eastbound for Exit 15 to Sharon Road to Sharonville and Glendale.

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This signpost contains a normal-size US 52 marker and a really small US 127 marker and older-style left-turn arrow.

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Returning to Louisville on southbound I-71 you see this marker for the Gene Snyder Freeway. This is one of the very few photos I took at night that turned out good.

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