AURORA – A contractor for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet plans to restrict traffic to one lane on the US 68/KY 80 Eggners Ferry Bridge at Aurora tomorrow Wednesday, April 22. The US 68/KY 80 Eggners Ferry Bridge will be restricted to one lane starting at approximately 8 a.m., Wednesday, to facilitate the pouring of concrete for construction of Pier 7 on the new bridge.
This lane restriction for Wednesday is expected to be in place for about 8 to 9 hours. Concrete trucks are required to park on one lane of the old bridge to deliver concrete to the work site for the new structure. Motorists should be alert for one lane traffic with alternating flow controlled by flaggers. Delays to traffic in this work zone have been fairly minor, generally less than 5 minutes.
Due to the number of trucks delivering materials to the construction site for the new bridge, motorists should continue to use caution in this busy work zone at all times. Motorists should be alert for over-sized loads of steel heading to this construction site along US 641 and KY 80 through Marshall and Calloway Counties and from I-24 along KY 453 and The Trace through Land Between The Lakes.
Johnson Brothers Construction is the prime contractor on the $133 million New Eggners Ferry Bridge. To observe construction activity on the new bridge go to http://www.workzonecam.com/projects/kytc/131212. kt