PADUCAH, KY — A bridge in far western Kentucky is back open to traffic after being closed for nine months. The KY 80 Bowles Creek Bridge near the Hickman-Carlisle county line just northeast of Columbus reopened on November 19, about a week ahead of schedule. The Bowles Creek Bridge was built […]
FRANKFORT, Ky. – A Kentucky bridge with flaking concrete, large cracks and exposed, rusted steel was a growing safety concern for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) and also home for thousands of endangered gray bats. Overcoming the infrastructure and environmental dilemma, a KYTC project team designed a bat-friendly bridge that has […]
SANDY HOOK, Ky. – The Old Laurel Gorge Bridge over the Little Sandy River will soon get new life with much-needed repairs. Gov. Andy Beshear presented a $989,445.60 ceremonial check at Elliott County High School for the state project to restore and reopen the bridge. The steel truss bridge, opened […]
An historic bridge that once linked Daviess and Hancock counties has been relocated to a new home at Sandy Lee Watkins Park in Henderson County. The bridge, which carried Toler Bridge Road over Blackford Creek, has aged and deteriorated and no longer could be used to carry vehicular traffic. In […]
Program marks progress heading into busy 2021 construction year The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has made major progress in the last year improving bridges that are critical to the state’s infrastructure. Since January of last year, the state has completed more than 150 bridge projects – in all parts of the […]
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is starting construction on three additional bridge projects in Eastern Kentucky as part of its Bridging Kentucky Program. These bridges, located in Lawrence and Letcher counties, are among more than 100 bridges that are part of an innovative design-build contract that was used to expedite bridge […]
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet will continue work on a Lawrence County bridge being replaced through the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s Bridging Kentucky program. This bridge carries Little East Fork River Road over East Fork of Little Sand. Construction began in November 2020 and is anticipated to be completed by the early […]
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet will begin work soon on two bridges located in Pike County. One of the bridges carries Ail Branch Road over Blackberry Creek. The second bridge carries Big Blue Springs Road over Blackberry Creek. Both bridges are part of KYTC’s Bridging Kentucky Program. The Big Blue Springs […]
Another bridge in Harlan County that is being replaced by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet will be completed this spring. The bridge carries Britton Creek Road over Britton Creek. KYTC began construction on this project in early November. The Britton Creek Road bridge was built in 1965, having served the Harlan […]
A bridge replacement project in Martin County is nearing completion, and the bridge will soon be reopened to traffic. This bridge carries Willis Dials Road over Pigeonroost Fork. Construction began in September 2020 as part of the state’s Bridging Kentucky Program. The bridge replacement will bring 75 additional years of […]
