A contractor for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet plans a daytime lane restriction at the east end of the US 68/KY 80 Lake Barkley Bridge at Canton in Trigg County on Thursday & Friday, June 9 & 10, 2016. The daytime lane restriction at the east end of the US 68/KY 80 Lake Barkley Bridge at Canton is to allow work along the shoulder to prepare for construction of roadway tie-ins for future connections to the new bridge under construction. Motorists should be alert for one lane traffic with alternating flow controlled by flaggers as they approach the Canton end of the existing bridge. This daytime lane restriction on the existing US 68/KY 80 Lake Barkley Bridge at Canton is expected to be in place from approximately 7:00 a.m., CDT, to about 4:00 p.m., each day. In coming weeks there will be additional work in this area. As a reminder, this is part of an existing work zone for ongoing construction of the new bridge. This work zone includes a 45 mile per hour speed limit on the existing bridge. The US 68/KY 80 Cumberland River/Lake Barkley Bridge, also known as the Lawrence Memorial Bridge and the Canton Bridge, carries approximately 3,800 vehicles across Lake Barkley/The Cumberland River in an average day. The bridge is located at US 68 mile point 8.596 in Trigg County and serves as the eastern entrance to Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area. The bridge is at Cumberland River navigational mile point 63.1. PCL Civil Construction of Denver is the contractor on the new $128.3 million Lake Barkley Bridge immediately downstream from the existing structure. The new Lake Barkley Bridge is expected to be open to traffic by October 2017. It will be of a basket handle arch design to match the New Eggners Ferry Bridge over Kentucky Lake at Aurora. Additional information on the Lake Bridges project can be found at www.lakebridges.com<http://www.lakebridges.com/>.
