Pikeville Cut-Through in the context of "Pikeville, Kentucky"

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⭐ Core Definition: Pikeville Cut-Through

The Pikeville Cut-Through is a rock cut in Pikeville, Kentucky, United States, completed in 1987, through which passes a four-lane divided highway (Corridor B, numbered as U.S. Route 23 (US 23), US 119, US 460, and KY 80), a railroad line (CSX' Big Sandy Subdivision), and the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River. It is one of the largest civil engineering projects in the Western Hemisphere. Nearly 18,000,000 cubic yards (14,000,000 m) of soil and rock were moved while making the Pikeville Cut-Through. It was designed and constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

The Pikeville Cut-Through is 1,300 feet (400 m) wide, 3,700 feet (1.1 km) long, and 523 feet (159 m) deep. The project was completed in 1987 following 14 years of work at a cost of $77.6 million ($215 million in 2024 dollars).

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👉 Pikeville Cut-Through in the context of Pikeville, Kentucky

Pikeville (/ˈpaɪkvəl/) is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Pike County, Kentucky, United States. Its population was 7,754 as of the 2020 census. Pikeville serves as a regional economic, educational, and entertainment hub for the surrounding areas of eastern Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia. It is home to the University of Pikeville and the Pikeville Cut-Through, the second-largest earthmoving project in the Western Hemisphere.

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Pikeville Cut-Through in the context of Big Sandy Heritage Center

The Big Sandy Heritage Center Museum is located in Pikeville, Kentucky. Established in 2003 in the old Chesapeake and Ohio Depot, it has been located on the 4th floor of the old Judicial Annex in downtown Pikeville since 2015.

The museum portrays the people, places, and events that makes the area unique. Exhibits include the American Civil War, Hatfield-McCoy feud, Eastern Kentucky railways, the precolonial era, Pikeville Cut Through, domestic life, the Heritage Room, medicine, war, politics and coal mining. In 2015, the museum hosted the traveling exhibit, The Hatfields & McCoys: American Blood Feud, which was on loan from the West Virginia Humanities Council.

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Rock cut → Pikeville, Kentucky → Kentucky → United States → Divided highway → Corridor B → U.S. Route 23 in Kentucky → U.S. Route 119 in Kentucky → U.S. Route 460 in Kentucky → Kentucky Route 80 → CSX Transportation → Big Sandy Subdivision (CSX Transportation) → Levisa Fork River → Civil engineering → Western Hemisphere → U.S. Army Corps of Engineers →