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With Interstate-quality highways and the Pike County Regional Airport, the City of Pikeville has quite literally moved mountains to open us up to commerce, retail, industry, and more. The Cut-Through Project (completed in 1987) moved a river and mountain to open Pikeville up for quality roads and access while also protecting the city from flooding. The New York Times called it the “Eighth Wonder of the World” and it is the second largest civil engineering project in the Western Hemisphere, behind the Panama Canal. This project is a true testament to ingenuity and determination of Pikeville and its people. Not even mountains can stop us from progressing.
Pikeville, Kentucky is in a unique position in Eastern Kentucky because we are the intersection of four interstate-quality highways – U.S. 23, U.S. 119, U.S. 80, and U.S. 460. It is one of the busiest rural intersections in the state with over 38,000 cars that pass through daily.
We are in close proximity to rail yards, including CSX’s Shelby Yard which is only 2.5 miles from Marion's Branch Industrial Park.
At the Cassidy Boulevard intersection in Pikeville, we have a service area of 217,000 people and 500,000 people living within a 50-mile radius.
Within 600 miles of Pikeville, one is capable of reaching 51% of the U.S. population, 48% of personal income in the United States, and 55% of manufacturing employment in the U. S. as well. We are in a prime location for any and all types of businesses and industry.
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