The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet plans to restrict westbound traffic to one lane on Interstate 24 at the 30 mile marker TONIGHT.
Westbound motorists should be prepared to encounter lane restrictions along I-24 at Tennessee River Bridge to allow repairs to a joint on the bridge deck.
Motorists can expect to encounter one lane traffic westbound for about the next 5 or 6 hours to facilitate the repairs. The lane configuration at this site may change from time to time during the work.
This is along I-24 westbound at the Livingston-Marshall County Line is just west of the KY 453 Grand Rivers Exit 31 Interchange.
Engineers are planning a project to replace the joint after the first of the year.
Motorists should be prepared to encounter slowing and merging traffic as they approach the bridge and use appropriate caution where equipment, flaggers, and maintenance personnel are along the roadway in close proximity to traffic flow.
The Interstate 24 Tennessee River Bridges are twin tied arch suspension bridges at mile point 29.352 at the Marshall-Livingston County Line.
The 2,017 ft. bridges with a 534 ft. main span are also known as the Luther Draffen Bridge. The bridges opened to traffic in 1974. The structure carries approximately 23,500 vehicles across the Tennessee River in an average day.