The traffic shift has been completed on the New U.S. 60 Tennessee River Bridge at Ledbetter. Two-way traffic is now running on the eastbound lanes to allow the contractor to continue painting and other finish work on the downstream side of the bridge. Please continue to use caution when you cross the bridge as this is still an active work zone.
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The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KyTC) is planning a traffic shift on the new U.S. 60 Tennessee River Bridge at Ledbetter on Monday or Tuesday.Two-way traffic is now running on the eastbound lanes of the bridge. Sometime Monday or Tuesday, traffic will be shifted to the westbound lanes to facilitate additional painting and other associated work required to complete the new structure.
A utility crew will have to install cables on the bridge. The contractor will have to complete some remaining work and then clear equipment off the bridge to prepare for the shift. A traffic crew will then change striping on the bridge and rework traffic control on the approaches.
Motorists should use particular caution as they cross the bridge on Monday and Tuesday as crews prepare for this shift. Motorists should be prepared to adapt to changes in traffic flow during the shift and once the lanes have been moved to the westbound side of the deck.
As a reminder, the U.S. 60 Tennessee River Bridge at Ledbetter continues to be an active work zone with a strictly enforced 35 mph speed limit. Caution is required where construction personnel and equipment are along the roadway in close proximity to traffic flow.
The contractor hopes to be able to complete painting of the downstream side of the bridge truss and substructure by mid-November before cool temperatures force painters to halt their work.
