The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KyTC) plans to place a lane and load width restriction on the U.S. 60 Cumberland River Bridge at Smithland in Livingston County on Thursday and Friday.
The lane and width restriction is to allow a detailed inspection of the bridge structure. Motorists can expect to encounter one lane traffic with alternating flow controlled by flaggers between about 8 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. each day.
Due to the use of a Snooper unit to facilitate the inspection, the work zone will be limited to vehicles that are no more than 8 feet wide. This will essentially limit the bridge to passenger vehicles only while the inspection team is on the bridge deck. Inspectors will also be climbing the bridge superstructure as they go about their work.
Motorists should use appropriate caution where equipment, flaggers, and inspection personnel are on the bridge deck in close proximity to traffic flow.
All Kentucky bridges get a detailed inspection every two years, with all long-span bridges getting an additional walk-through inspection on an annual basis.
The U.S. 60 Cumberland River Bridge, also known as the Smithland Bridge and the Lucy Jefferson Lewis Memorial Bridge, is at U.S. 60 Livingston County mile point 12.38.
The 1,817-foot through-truss structure was opened to traffic in 1931. About 5,500 vehicles cross the Smithland Bridge in an average day.
