Editing Interstate 24 (section)

===Kentucky===
[[File:Whitehaven - Welcome to Kentucky.jpg|thumb|right|[[Whitehaven (Paducah, Kentucky)|Whitehaven]], the only historic house used as a [[rest area]] in the US]]
I-24 enters the [[Jackson Purchase]] region of western Kentucky on a north–south alignment. Immediately within [[McCracken County, Kentucky|McCracken County]], the route begins gradually veering southeast and enters the western fringes of [[Paducah, Kentucky|Paducah]] a few miles later. The welcome center in Paducah utilizes [[Whitehaven (Paducah, Kentucky)|Whitehaven]], the only historic house in the United States used as a [[rest area]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Whitehaven Welcome Center Celebrates 40th Anniversary|work=[[WPSD-TV]]|date=June 24, 2023|access-date=June 24, 2023|url=https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/whitehaven-welcome-center-celebrates-40th-anniversary/article_aee305d4-12fa-11ee-ba6b-fbe1077d0655.html}}</ref> In Paducah, the Interstate continues to shift southeast and has interchanges with [[U.S. Route 60 in Kentucky|US&nbsp;60]], [[U.S. Route 62 in Kentucky|US&nbsp;62]], and [[U.S. Route 45 in Kentucky|US&nbsp;45]]. Passing through the [[Hendron, Kentucky|Hendron]] and [[Farley, Kentucky|Farley]] communities adjacent to Paducah, the highway shifts into a direct east–west alignment several miles later and has an interchange with [[U.S. Route 68 in Kentucky|US&nbsp;68]] in [[Reidland, Kentucky|Reidland]]. The route then enters [[Marshall County, Kentucky|Marshall County]] and, about {{convert|7|mi|km|spell=in}} later, reaches an interchange with [[Interstate 69 in Kentucky|I-69]] and a connector road to US&nbsp;62 and [[Calvert City, Kentucky|Calvert City]] to the north. Here, it begins a [[concurrency (road)|concurrency]] with the former. The two Interstates then shift northeast and have an interchange with US&nbsp;62 about {{convert|1|mi|km|spell=in}} later. A short distance later, the Interstates cross the [[Tennessee River]] onto the [[Pennyroyal Plateau]] and [[Livingston County, Kentucky|Livingston County]] just north of [[Kentucky Dam]] and its [[Kentucky Lake]] impoundment. The highways then have an interchange with [[Kentucky Route 453]] (KY&nbsp;453) north of [[Lake City, Kentucky|Lake City]] and [[Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area]]. They then cross the [[Cumberland River]] about {{convert|3|mi|km|spell=in}} later into [[Lyon County, Kentucky|Lyon County]] a few miles north of [[Barkley Dam]] and [[Lake Barkley]].<ref name=kymap>{{cite KYTC map |year = 2020 |access-date = June 23, 2022 }}</ref> 

Gradually veering eastward, the two Interstates reach US&nbsp;62 again near [[Kuttawa, Kentucky|Kuttawa]] and [[Eddyville, Kentucky|Eddyville]]. Less than {{convert|2|mi|km|spell=in}} later, I-69 splits off to the northeast at a [[trumpet interchange]], and I-24 passes through [[Mineral Mound State Park]], veering southeast a few miles later. Passing through a mostly wooded area, the Interstate crosses [[Kentucky Route 93|KY&nbsp;93]] without an interchange, and then has an interchange with [[Kentucky Route 293|KY&nbsp;293]] near the [[Kentucky State Penitentiary]]. It then crosses an inlet of Lake Barkley a few miles later. Some distance later, the freeway enters a landscape consisting mostly of farmland and dips briefly into the southern tip of [[Caldwell County, Kentucky|Caldwell County]], where it has an interchange with [[Kentucky Route 139|KY&nbsp;139]]. The Interstate then enters [[Trigg County, Kentucky|Trigg County]] and crosses the Muddy Fork Little River a short distance later. About {{convert|5|mi|km|spell=in}} later, the Interstate has an interchange with US&nbsp;68 and [[Kentucky Route 80|KY&nbsp;80]] between [[Cadiz, Kentucky|Cadiz]] and [[Hopkinsville, Kentucky|Hopkinsville]]. The highway then crosses into [[Christian County, Kentucky|Christian County]] a few miles later. Passing over the next several miles through additional farmland and bypassing Hopkinsville to the southwest, the Interstate reaches the southern terminus of [[Interstate 169 (Kentucky)|I-169]] at a trumpet interchange. About {{convert|4|mi|km|spell=in}} later, the Interstate has a [[partial cloverleaf interchange]] with [[U.S. Route 41 Alternate (Tennessee–Kentucky)|US&nbsp;41 Alternate]], which provides access to Hopkinsville to the north and [[Fort Campbell]] and [[Clarksville, Tennessee]], to the south. I-24 then crosses into Tennessee about {{convert|5|mi|km|spell=in}} later.<ref name=kymap/>