Motorists need to be aware a traffic shift and a traffic diversion will be in place near the U.S. 60 Cumberland River Bridge at Smithland in Livingston County starting Friday morning.
A contractor with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet plans to shift and divert traffic at the east end of the bridge construction zone around 10:00 a.m. to allow another round of work on roadway connections to the new bridge.
District 1 spokesman Keith Todd says motorists should be aware of personnel moving traffic barricades and placing signage to facilitate the new traffic pattern. Motorists should also be alert for changes in traffic flow the diversion will create in the bridge work zone.
According to Todd, this additional work on roadway connecting points is expected to take about a month to complete with more traffic shifts possible as the roadway connection work continues.
Meanwhile, Todd indicates the contractor is starting prep work that will allow concrete decking to be poured on the new bridge with the placement of concrete decking on the main span of the new structure, which should take about six to eight weeks to complete.
Jim Smith Contracting of Grand Rivers is the prime contractor on the $63.6 million project to erect the new 1,912-foot structure immediately downstream from the existing bridge.
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