JESSAMINE COUNTY, Ky. – Just to the south of Nicholasville in rural Jessamine County sits a bridge carrying Kentucky 39 across Hickman Creek. Built in 1929, the bridge, known locally as Black Bridge, has connections to prominent African-American photographers Morgan and Marvin Smith. Decades of use had led to cracked […]
PIKEVILLE, Ky. – A construction crew is mobilizing this week for a bridge replacement project in Letcher County. The Cornetts Branch Road (CR-1253) bridge over Line Fork will be replaced with a new, realigned structure. Traffic will continue to use the current bridge during construction and the eastbound lane of […]
WORTHVILLE, KY – Work on a long-awaited bridge improvement project is getting underway in northern Kentucky. On Monday, Jan. 31, the bridge on Big Twin Creek Road over Punchen Camp Branch in Owen County will be closed to through traffic for a 60-day period. The closure will allow the contractor […]
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 […]
