Editing Interstate 265 (section)

{{short description|Highway in Indiana and Kentucky}}
{{distinguish|text = the former [[Interstate 265 (Tennessee)|Interstate 265]] in Tennessee}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2022}}
{{Infobox road
| country = USA
| marker_image = [[File:I-265.svg|80px]]{{spaces|2}}[[File:Indiana 265.svg|80px]]{{spaces|2}}[[File:Elongated circle 841.svg|80px]]
| map = {{maplink-road|from=Interstate 265.map}}
| map_custom = yes
| map_notes = I-265 (signed) highlighted in red;<br />signed as KY 841 in cyan;<br />signed as IN 265 in blue;<br />non-concurrent KY 841 in purple
| name = Interstate 265/Indiana SR 265/Kentucky 841
| alternate_name = Gene Snyder Freeway (Kentucky);<br>Lee H. Hamilton Freeway (Indiana)
| maint = [[INDOT]] and [[Kentucky Transportation Cabinet|KYTC]]
| established = 1977
| spur_type = I
| restrictions = No [[Dangerous goods|hazardous goods]] on [[Lewis and Clark Bridge (Ohio River)|Lewis and Clark Bridge]] and East End Tunnel
| spur_of = 65
| length_mi = 41.71
| length_ref = <ref name="fhwa">{{Cite web |date=December 31, 2021 |title=Table 2 – Auxiliary Routes – FHWA Route Log and Finder List – Interstate Highway System – National Highway System – Planning |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table02.cfm |access-date=March 18, 2022 |website=[[Federal Highway Administration|Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)]] |publisher=[[Federal Highway Administration]] |archive-date=February 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213083642/https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table02.cfm |url-status=live }}</ref>
| length_notes = 
| allocation = {{jct|state=NV|I|265|nolink1=yes}} from [[New Albany, IN]] to [[Louisville, KY]]<br />{{jct|state=KY|KY|841|nolink1=yes}} in Louisville, KY
| direction_a = Counterclockwise
| terminus_a = {{Jct|state=IN|I|64|US|150|SR|62}} near [[New Albany, IN]]
| direction_b = Clockwise
| terminus_b = {{Jct|state=KY|US|31W|US|60|KY|1934}} in Louisville, KY
| beltway_city = [[Louisville, KY]]
| junction = {{Jct|state=IN|I|65}} near [[Jeffersonville, IN]]<br />{{Jct|state=KY|I|71}} in [[Louisville, KY]]<br />{{Jct|state=KY|I|64}} in Louisville, KY<br />{{Jct|state=KY|I|65}} in Louisville, KY
| states = [[Kentucky]], [[Indiana]]
| counties = '''KY:''' [[Jefferson County, Kentucky|Jefferson]]<br />'''IN:''' [[Clark County, Indiana|Clark]], [[Floyd County, Indiana|Floyd]]
| system1 = {{infobox road/browselinks/USA|state=IN}}
| system2 = {{infobox road/browselinks/USA|state=KY}}
| browse = {{in browse|previous_type=IN|previous_route=264|route=IN|next_type=IN|next_route=267}}{{ky browse|previous_type=I|previous_route=264|route=KY|next_type=KY|next_route=266}}{{ky browse|previous_type=KY|previous_route=788|route=KY&nbsp;841|next_type=KY|next_route=864}}
}}

'''Interstate&nbsp;265''' ('''I-265''') is a {{convert|41.71|mi|km|adj=on}} [[Interstate Highway]] partially encircling the [[Louisville metropolitan area]]. Starting from [[Interstate 65 in Kentucky|I-65]] in the southern part of Louisville, it runs through [[Jefferson County, Kentucky]], crosses the [[Ohio River]] on the [[Lewis and Clark Bridge (Ohio River)|Lewis and Clark Bridge]] into Indiana, meets I-65 for a second time, and then proceeds westbound to terminate at the [[Interstate 64 in Indiana|I-64]] interchange.

The entire Kentucky stretch of the road is cosigned with '''Kentucky Route&nbsp;841''' (KY&nbsp;841). An additional {{convert|10.25|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} stretch of freeway between [[U.S. Route 31W]] (US&nbsp;31W)/[[U.S. Route 60 in Kentucky|US&nbsp;60]]/[[Kentucky Route 1934|KY&nbsp;1934]] and I-65 in the southern Louisville is solely designated as KY&nbsp;841. The portion from I-71 to the Ohio River, while designated as I-265 by AASHTO, is only signed as KY 841. The highway is named the '''Gene Snyder Freeway''' (originally named the '''Jefferson Freeway'''), after the [[Gene Snyder|former congressman from Kentucky]], and usually called "the Snyder" by locals.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}

Likewise on the Indiana side, the stretch from I-65 to the bridge, while designated as I-265 is signed as State Route 265 (SR&nbsp;265). The highway is known as the '''Lee H. Hamilton Freeway''' after the [[Lee Hamilton|former congressman from Indiana]].{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}

I-265 signage for the section from I-71 to the Indiana I-65 interchange has not yet been placed.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}