Due to rising floodwaters, both the navigational lighting and roadway lights have been turned off on the U.S. 62 Tennessee River Bridge immediately below Kentucky Dam.
The bridge lighting system had to be turned off due to floodwaters along the power lines that provide electrical service to the structure. The duration of the outage is unknown. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) will provide timely notice when electrical service is restored to the bridge.
The U.S. 62 Tennessee River Bridge is immediately below Kentucky Dam at the Marshall-Livingston County Line between Calvert City and Lake City, KY, at Marshall County mile point 12.145 and Livingston County mile point 0.0.
The 3,117 ft. long plate girder bridge has a 505 ft. main navigation span. It opened to traffic in November 2009 when highway traffic was moved off the top of Kentucky Dam to facilitate construction of a new lock. It runs parallel to the P&L Railroad Bridge that was constructed at the same time.
The U.S. 62 Tennessee River Bridge also carries U.S. 641 across the Tennessee River. Approximately 5,000 vehicles cross the structure each day. It is also known as the George A. “Tony” Ellis Memorial Bridge.
Timely traffic advisories for the 12 counties of KYTC Highway District 1 are available by going to www.facebook.com/kytcdistrict1. You do not have to be a Facebook member to access this page.
Navigate traffic at goky.ky.gov, with the WAZE App, or at WAZE.com.