The Highway that connects the major metropolitan areas of St. Louis, Louisville and Lexington in Kentucky, Charleston, West Virginia, and Richmond, Virginia opened in January 1975.
 The city has grown in size substantially since the opening of Interstate 64 in 1975 through Carter County. 
 I-64 connects the major metropolitan areas of St. Louis, Louisville and Lexington in Kentucky, Charleston, West Virginia, and Richmond, Virginia. 
