![]() The two parallel main runways run north/south and allow for simultaneous takeoffs and landings. The airport, having recently completed major terminal renovations, has three operational runways. Over 17.5 billion pounds or 7.9 million metric tonnes of landed cargo weight passed through the airport in 2021. As of 2021 it ranks as the 71st busiest airport in terms of passenger travel in the United States however it is the third busiest airport in the United States in terms of cargo traffic, and sixth busiest for such in the world as of 2021. In 2019, SDF had its busiest year on record, with over 4.2 million passengers passing though the airport. The first runway was constructed in 1941 and used for World War II aircraft, and the airport opened for business on November 15, 1947. The airport is also home to the UPS Worldport. Louisville's main airport is the centrally located Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, whose IATA Airport Code (SDF) reflects its former name of Standiford Field, although locally, this name is still widely used. The second, initially dubbed the "East End Crossing" and later named the Lewis and Clark Bridge, connects I-265 between the portions located in southeast Clark County, Indiana and northeast Jefferson County, Kentucky (Louisville Metro). The first bridge to open, initially dubbed the "Downtown Crossing" and later named the Abraham Lincoln Bridge, is located beside the existing Kennedy Bridge for relief of I-65 traffic. ![]() The Ohio River Bridges Project, a plan under consideration for decades to construct two new interstate bridges over the Ohio River to connect Louisville to Indiana, including a reconfiguration of Spaghetti Junction, began construction in 2012. ![]() Louisville is the only city in the nation to contain two consecutively numbered, three-digit Interstate highways. I-264 ( Henry Watterson Expressway east of US 31W and Shawnee Expressway west of US 31W) and I-265 ( Gene Snyder Freeway) form loops around the city on the Kentucky side. Louisville Waterfront Park is built under and near this interchange. Since all three of these highways intersect at virtually the same location in the city just east of Downtown, this spot has become known as " Spaghetti Junction", as the large mass of highways and exits resembles a bowl of spaghetti when viewed from the air. ![]() Interstates I-64, I-65 pass through and I-71 begins in Louisville. (See External links for links to several online maps.) There are also several roads, such as Bardstown Road and Shelbyville Road, which lead outwards from Louisville to the outlying Kentucky towns of Bardstown and Shelbyville, respectively. Many major roads begin at or near the downtown area and travel outwards from the city like the spokes of a wheel. Streets in the downtown business district are arranged as a grid, with several alternating one-way streets. The city's road system is arranged in a fairly typical system common to many cities in the United States. Diagram of the Kennedy Interchange ("Spaghetti Junction") ![]()
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