A contractor for The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) plans to close a ramp in
the Interstate 24/Purchase Parkway Exit 25 Interchange in MARSHALL County starting
Monday, July 24, 2017.
Starting Monday, the NORTHBOUND Purchase Parkway RAMP to I-24 EASTB97HD (Purchase
Parkway Exit 52-A Ramp) will be closed to traffic. Northbound parkway traffic
seeking to travel east on I-24 will follow a marked detour to US 62 at Calvert City,
then east on US 62 to connect with the I-24 eastbound lanes via the US 62 Calvert
City Exit 27 interchange.
This ramp has already been partially relocated. However, this closure of the
northbound Purchase Parkway ramp to Interstate 24 eastbound lanes is to allow earth
work to finish out the connection for the new Interstate 69 northbound ramp to I-24
westbound and to US 62 in Calvert City.
This closure of the northbound Purchase Parkway ramp to I-24 eastbound is expected
to be in place for about 2 to 3 months. Once this ramp connection is re-established
late this fall, traffic flow will be in the final configuration necessary for I-69
to continue south along the present Purchase Parkway.
This ramp closure is part of a larger work zone along I-24 in Marshall County
between the 25 and 27 mile marker and along the Purchase Parkway between the 49 and
52 mile marker at the I-24 Exit 25 Interchange. Reconstruction of the Exit 25
interchange is aimed at allowing I-69 to be extended southward along the parkway in
the future.
Other ramp closures at I-24 Exit 25 and I-24/US 62 Exit 27 remain in place with
marked detours.
The work zone includes a 55 mile per hour speed limit with an enhanced enforcement
presence and double fines for citations. Some of the crossovers and more restricted
sections of the parkway in this work zone have a 45 mile per hour work zone speed
limit for safety.
As a reminder, both eastbound and westbound I-24 traffic is running on a diversion
through this work zone between I-24 Exit 25 and Exit 27. This construction corridor
has a high level of ongoing construction activity. Appropriate caution is required.
Jim Smith Contracting of Grand Rivers is the prime contractor on the $37.8 million
interchange reconstruction project. The new I-24/I-69 interchange at Calvert City
has a target completion date of July 1, 2018.
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