I-24 shut down amid weather-related crashes

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Photos courtesy of Denise Stakey, via JP’s Traffic Information || Several collisions due to ice, including semis, have shut down traffic on Interstate 24 at Calvert City.
Photo courtesy of Denise Stakey, via JP’s Traffic Information || Traffic sits at a standstill on I-24 in Calvert City.

Marshall County 911 reports numerous crashes, some involving semi trucks along I-24 between the US 68 Exit 16 Interchange and the I-24/Purchase Parkway Exit 25 Interchange Work Zone.

All lanes of I-24 are blocked along this 10-mile section due to numerous crashes. Marshall County has asked at all I-24 eastbound traffic be detoured off at the US 68 Exit 16 Interchange and at the US 62 Exit 27 Interchange to US 62 and US 68 to allow emergency crews and tow trucks to access this section safety and work to clear the roadway.

Estimated Duration is about 4 hours.