The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) is seeking additional information about a truck that damaged an underpass along Interstate 24 near Calvert City in Marshall County on Tuesday, October 23, 2018.
Sometime between approximately 11:00 a.m. and about 12:30 p.m., CDT, on Tuesday, transportation officials received a call from a citizen who reported that a truck pulling a Low-Boy Trailer had bottomed out on the westbound P&L Railroad Underpass at I-24 milepoint 28.518. The trailer struck the joint on the trailing edge of the
underpass damaging both the joint and the bridge decking. The truck caused approximately $75,000 in damage to the deck and joint, creating a hazard for other
motorists.
Transportation officials are asking anyone with information about the truck to contact the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District One Bridge Division in Paducah at 270-898-2431, or contact the Kentucky State Police Division of Vehicle Enforcement at 270-856-3721.
Police and transportation engineers are also asking the citizen who witnessed the incident to call in to provide any additional identifying information such as the type of load and a better description of the SEMI. It is possible that the incident may have damaged the truck, making it unsafe for travel.
Meanwhile, The KYTC District 1 Bridge Crew has already started making temporary repairs to the bridge deck. That work will require the westbound lanes of I-24 to remain restricted at the site with all traffic moved to the left-hand or passing lane in the work zone.
The crew plans to pour concrete to repair the deck on the driving lane today. The lane restriction will have to remain up through the weekend to allow the concrete to cure. The crew will then return to the overpass on Monday with all westbound traffic moved to the right-hand or driving lane to allow repairs to the passing lane driving surface.
This westbound work zone is directly adjacent to a westbound work zone on the I-24 Tennessee River Bridge at the 30 mile marker.
Caution is required in this work zone which includes a 16 ft. maximum load width restriction due to a barrier wall in the Tennessee River Bridge work zone.
