Transportation Projects

  US 641

US 641 South is a heavily-trafficked two lane highway from Murray to Paris, TN.  The roadway is schedule to be replaced by a new modern four-lane highway.  The project will be done in two phases.  The first being a one-mile stretch from Glendale Road in Murray to Clarks River.  Construction on that is expected to begin in 2009.

The other 5.6-mile portion of the highway from Clarks River to Hazel (the KY/TN state line) isn't in the state's six-year highway plan but was before budget cuts.  Nearly 7,000 vehicles travel this portion of the highway each day, which includes quite a bit of truck traffic.  Efforts are underway to get this project moved more quickly.

US 641 North is a four-lane highway (five lanes in the city of Murray) that has served Calloway County's transportation needs for over 20 years.

A refurbishment of the highway took place in 2000-2001 with the reconstruction of about two miles of the southbound lanes.  Those lanes didn't contain shoulders and were actually part of the old US 641.  The entire roadway from Benton to Murray was repaved.