Responding to a number of recent complaints about overweight trucks crossing the bridge, there will be an enhanced enforcement presence at the bridge.
According to Kentucky Transportation Cabinet regulations, trucks crossing the bridge have the following gross weight restrictions:
- Type I trucks: 23 Tons (2 axle)
- Type II trucks: 23 Tons (3 axle)
- Type III trucks: 26 Tons (4 axle)
- Type IV trucks: 35 Tons (5 axle-semi)
Load limit information is posted at the end of all Kentucky bridges. It is the responsibility of the commercial drivers license holder to obey bridge weight restrictions.
While farm trucks hauling crops and trucks hauling certain natural resources are given a margin of error on some highways, all bridge load limits still apply and cannot be exceeded.
While officers are on-site they will also be enforcing the 35 mph speed limit on the bridge.
The U.S. 60 Cumberland River bridge at Smithland, also known as the Lucy Jefferson Lewis Memorial Bridge and the Smithland Bridge is a 1,817-foot through truss structure that opened to traffic in 1931. About 5,500 vehicles cross the bridge in an average day.
