PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (WMDJ) – On Monday, Gov. Andy Beshear joined local, state and federal officials to break ground on the final section of the Mountain Parkway Expansion – a 13-mile stretch of new four-lane highway that will connect Salyersville in Magoffin County to Prestonsburg in Floyd County.

The final segment is the longest and last of six project segments to go to construction on the 45-mile, billion-dollar Mountain Parkway Expansion. Multiple new bridges over waterways and existing roads will be constructed, along with a modern roundabout at the entrance of the parkway in Prestonsburg.

Once completed, the expansion will complete a continuous 400-mile high-speed corridor from Pikeville to Paducah.