Transportation in Kentucky

[2] Ending the tolls some seven months ahead of schedule was generally agreed to have been a positive economic development for transportation in Kentucky.

Amtrak, the national passenger rail system, provides service to Ashland, South Portsmouth and Fulton, Kentucky.

Run along a 20-mile (30 km) stretch of rail purchased from CSX in 1987, guests are served a four-course meal as they make a two-and-a-half-hour round-trip between Bardstown and Limestone Springs.

[10] The lone survivor was the flight's first officer, James Polehinke, who doctors determined to be brain damaged and unable to recall the crash at all.

[11] Being bounded by the two largest rivers in North America, water transportation has historically played a major role in Kentucky's economy.

Most barge traffic on Kentucky waterways consists of coal that is shipped from both the Eastern and Western Coalfields, about half of which is used locally to power many power plants located directly off the Ohio River, with the rest being exported to other countries, most notably Japan.