A contractor for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet plans to temporarily halt
WESTBOUND traffic on the US 68/KY 80 EGGNERS FERRY Bridge for about 20 minutes
starting about 1:00 p.m., CST, TODAY.
The contractor is removing some of the heavy equipment used in construction of the
new bridge over KENTUCKY LAKE during the last two years. The contractor plans to
pull a barge up to the shoreline and offload some equipment to a waiting truck. To
facilitate this equipment move, the contractor anticipates the WESTBOUND lanes of US
68/KY 80 will be temporarily blocked for about 20 minutes starting at approximately
1:00 p.m., CST, Today.
Westbound motorists should be prepared to encounter flaggers controlling traffic at
the site.
Approximately 3,500 vehicles cross the New US 68/KY 80 Eggners Ferry Bridge over
Kentucky Lake at Aurora in an average day.
Johnson Brothers Corporation of Ft. Worth, TX, a Southland Company, is the prime
contractor on the $133 million Eggners Ferry Bridge project. The new basket handle
arch structure was first opened to 2-lane traffic in December 2015. Some minor
finish work continued on the new bridge until December 2016. The new bridge serves
a river crossing that started with a ferry as early as the 1830s. The first bridge
constructed at the site opened to traffic in 1932.
The US 68/KY 80 Eggner’s Ferry Bridge is at US 68 Marshall County mile point 28.146
and Trigg County mile point 0.0 at the western entrance to Land Between The Lakes
National Recreation Area.
The bridge is at Tennessee River navigation mile point 41.7 near Aurora , KY.
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