A repair project that could last up to six months will affect traffic along a five-mile section of Interstate 24 in southern Christian County, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet announced. Motorists can expect reduced speed limits and delays during the work.
Traffic will be reduced to one lane in each direction of I-24 between the 88 mile-marker and the Tennessee line beginning Sunday, March 1.
Both the eastbound and westbound lanes will be shifted to the eastbound side of the interstate. Temporary barrier walls will separate the two lines of traffic.
“Due to the lane configuration, the maximum allowable load width will be 14 feet. Over-dimensional vehicles exceeding this width restriction must use an alternate route,” state officials said in a press release.
Vehicles that exceed the limit should “detour via I-65 to I-165 to the Western Kentucky Parkway to I-69 to I-24, provided no restrictions are in place on those routes.”
The repair work is planned on a section of the interstate where numerous potholes formed following the winter storm in late January that packed roads with layers of snow and ice.
Weather permitting, the work is expected to be completed by mid-August.
