INTERSTATE HIGHWAY INTERCHANGES AS INSTIGATORS OF NONMETROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT

Although the Interstate highway system of the United States is the suject of much varied and detailed investigation, much of the inquiry performed to date suffers an inexplicable urban bias. This study focuses on the nonurban impact of the nation's premier transportation network by examining 65 nonmetropolitan interchanges in Kentucky. Six interchanges are identified as "interchange villages" that actually function as central places in their respective regions. Three of this sub-group that are stereotypical are analyzed as examples of the different functions that they perform. These newly formed towns serve as island communities of other urban places, tourism-driven service centers, or focus points of entire regions. The cyclic pattern of evolution that nonmetropolitan interchanges can be expected to follow is presented as well as a discussion of what might be in store for these previously remote and isolated interchange sites. This project fills a void in the literature because it provides an in-depth nonurban analysis based on a significantly large number of observations.

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• Authors:
  • Moon Jr, Henry E
• Publication Date: 1987

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 8-14
• Monograph Title: Relationships of transportation and land use, economic development, and intercity bus issues
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1125
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic development; Interchanges; Rural areas
• Identifier Terms: Interstate Highway System
• Geographic Terms: Kentucky
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Highways; Society; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00469100
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309045061
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jun 30 1988 12:00AM