PADUCAH, Ky. (Feb 5, 2020) — The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has moved a planned eastbound work zone lane restriction and eastbound entry ramp closure at the I-24/US 60 Paducah Exit 4 to Friday morning, February 7, 2020.
Eastbound I-24 traffic will be restricted to one lane at Paducah Exit 4 and the eastbound entry ramp from U.S. 60 will be closed starting at approximately 8:30 a.m. on Friday to allow a survey crew to work in the area. The survey crew will be gathering data to assist with design work for the future lengthening of the eastbound entry ramp.
Future efforts to extend the ramp will require substantial widening of the Perkins Creek Bridge immediately east of the Exit 4 interchange.
Eastbound motorists on I-24 should be alert for slowing and merging traffic as they approach the I-24/U.S. 60 Exit 4 Interchange.
All eastbound I-24 traffic will move to the left-hand/passing lane in this work zone. The work zone and eastbound entry ramp closure is expected to be in place from approximately 8:30 a.m., CST, to about Noon, on Friday.
Motorists traveling U.S. 60 who need to access the eastbound lanes of I-24 during the ramp closure are advised to use Exit 3 or Exit 7.
Appropriate caution is required where equipment, flaggers, and survey personnel are along the roadway in close proximity to traffic.
The survey crew will allow emergency vehicles access to I-24 during the ramp closure.
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