PADUCAH, Ky. (April 30, 2020) — A contractor for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet plans an extended closure along a section of KY 280/Speaker Trail in Eastern Calloway County starting Thursday, May 7, 2020.
KY 280/Speaker Trail will be closed for up to 60 days to allow construction of a new bridge over Panther Creek near the 11 mile marker. This is along KY 280 between Dalton Drive and the Deerberry Lane/Cherry Corner Road intersection.
The closure is along KY 280/Speaker Trail northwest of the New Concord community about 1.5 miles north of the KY 121 intersection.
The roadway at this site is expected to close at approximately 7 a.m., CDT, Thursday.
Approximately 200 vehicles travel this section of KY 280/Speaker Trail in an average day.
Jim Smith Contracting of Grand Rivers is the prime contractor on this $508,231 bridge construction project. The target completion date is July 8, 2020.
This project is part of the Bridging Kentucky Program. For more information on this statewide bridge construction and rehabilitation initiative go to www.bridgingkentucky.com.
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