U.S. 60 is closed at the Union-Henderson County Line as of 4:15 p.m., today. A highway crew had attempted to allow one-lane traffic through a flooded area between the 25 and 26 mile marker in Union County near Highland Creek. However, motorists have been driving past flaggers at the site creating a number of near-miss incidents in the last hour. Due to the hazards of driving along an extended area of flooded highway after dark, U.S. 60 has been closed to all traffic at this site.
Floodwaters are expected to continue to rise in this area, so it is not likely U.S. 60 can be reopened to traffic in the morning. Motorists who normally travel this section of U.S. 60 between Morganfield and Henderson should detour via Ky. 141 and Ky. 359 and Ky. 136 through Smith Mills. Motorists should slow down and use appropriate caution along this extended detour route.
