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Kentucky

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Kentucky has a well-deserved reputation as the home of outstanding bluegrass music, bourbon, and college basketball, but it should surprise no one that the Kentucky state quarter celebrates none of these, depicting instead a thoroughbred horse. Organized by the grandson of William Clark of Lewis and Clark fame, the Kentucky Derby was first run in 1875 and has since become synonymous with the highest expression of the Sport of Kings. Called "the Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports" because that's about how long the race lasts, the Kentucky Derby has bucked recent trends toward poor ratings for televised horse racing events and continued its hold on America's imagination and wallets taking in a total estimated $114,557,364 from betting in 2008.

Kentucky is 4th among U.S. states in the assembly of automobiles and trucks though overall the state maintains a largely farm-based economy and has more farms per square mile than any other state. Agricultural outputs for the state include horses, cattle, dairy products, tobacco, and soybeans. The Bluegrass State is particularly proud of the productivity of its goat and beef farms, which rank 5th and 8th respectively in the nation. Kentucky's eastern coalfields are some of the most productive in America, and have also produced an inordinate number of professional musicians including Loretta Lynn, The Judds, Billy Ray Cyrus and his daughter Miley Cyrus of Hannah Montana fame.

Incidents


Fatal Truck Accidents: 74 per year
Non-Fatal Truck Accidents: 1,561 per year
Accident Locales: 89%(Rural), 11%(Urban)
Carrier Fact: 44% of Kentucky's truck accidents involve carriers whose principle place of business is not Kentucky.

In 86% of Kentucky's truck accidents, weather conditions were NOT a factor.

Roads

Interstate 24:  The major route between St. Louis, Missouri and Atlanta, I-24 enters Kentucky near Paducah at the Illinois border, then travels a quick 94 miles southeast to Kentucky's border with Tennessee near Oak Grove.

Interstate 64:  The 191 miles of I-64 within Kentucky span the gap from the Indiana border in Louisville to the West Virginia border near Catlettsburg. The total length of I-64 stretches from Missouri to Virginia.

Interstate 65:  From Mobile, Alabama to Gary, Indiana, I-65 travels much of the north/south girth of America. Its 137 Kentucky miles travel from the Tennessee border north to the Indiana border in Louisville.

Interstate 71:  Louisville is the site of the southern terminus of I-71 whose northern terminus is in Cleveland. Its 96 Kentucky miles stretch from Louisville to the Ohio border.

Interstate 75:  This major American Interstate spans the distance between Florida and the Canadian border. Beginning at the border with Tennessee, I-75 travels north 192 miles in Kentucky to Covington.

Counties


Adair - Allen - Anderson - Ballard - Barren - Bath - Bell - Boone -- Bourbon Boyd - Boyle - Bracken - Breathitt - Breckinridge -- Bullitt - Butler -- Caldwell Calloway - Campbell - Carlisle - Carroll - Carter - Casey - Christian -- Clark Clay - Clinton - Crittenden - Cumberland - Daviess - Edmonson - Elliott -- Estill Fayette - Fleming - Floyd - Franklin - Fulton - Gallatin - Garrard - Grant -- Graves Grayson - Green - Greenup - Hancock - Hardin - Harlan - Harrison - Hart -- Henderson Henry - Hickman - Hopkins - Jackson - Jefferson - Jessamine - Johnson -- Kenton Knott - Knox - Larue - Laurel - Lawrence - Lee - Leslie - Letcher - Lewis -- Lincoln Livingston - Logan - Lyon - Madison - Magoffin - Marion - Marshall -- Martin Mason - McCracken - McCreary - McLean - Meade -- Menifee -- Mercer -- Metcalfe Monroe - Montgomery - Morgan - Muhlenburg - Nelson - Nicholas - Ohio -- Oldham Owen - Owsley - Pendleton - Perry - Pike - Powell - Pulaski - Robertson -- Rockcastle -- Rowan - Russell - Scott - Shelby - Simpson - Spencer - Taylor - Todd - Trigg -- Trimble Union - Warren - Washington - Wayne - Webster - Whitley -- Wolfe -- Woodford