A contractor for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet plans to reduce traffic to one lane on the US 60 Cumberland River Bridge at Smithland on Tuesday.
The lane restriction is to allow follow-up work on the deck rehab project that was completed during the summer.
The Smithland Bridge will be restricted to one lane with alternating traffic flow controlled by flaggers from approximately 8 a.m., to 3 p.m. Work may extend into Wednesday, if required.
Motorists should be alert for slowing and stopped traffic on the bridge approach. Construction personnel will be working along the center line of the bridge deck in close proximity to traffic flow. Appropriate caution is required in this work zone.
This work is scheduled on a weather permitting basis.
The US 60 Cumberland River bridge at Smithland, also known as the Lucy Jefferson Lewis Memorial Bridge and the Smithland Bridge, is at Livingston County mile point 12.348. About 5,500 vehicles cross the bridge in an average day.
The Smithland Bridge opened to traffic in 1931.
