Kentucky 115 closure at Pembroke planned July 16-18

The closure will give a contractor time to link Kentucky 115 with a new industrial connector road under construction in southern Christian County.

A section of the heavily traveled Kentucky 115 in southern Christian County will be closed to traffic from July 16 to 18 while a contractor “constructs a direct tie-in for the new alignment” of an industrial connector road, state highway officials said in a press release. 

The closure will be from Rosedale Cemetery to Pembroke Elementary School. 

An industrial connector road, seen here on July 9 adjacent to Kentucky 115 at Pembroke near Rosedale Cemetery, will link Interstate 24 to Commerce Park and Commerce Park II along Pembroke Road. (Hoptown Chronicle photo by Jennifer P. Brown)

Originally known as the Interstate 24 Industrial Connector, the connector will begin at Exit 89 on I-24 near Oak Grove and run along a widened Kentucky 115 toward Pembroke. From there, the connector road currently under construction will run from Kentucky 115 to the industrial parks. 

The project is designed, in part, to provide better access to the industrial parks and to reduce the number of tractor-trailer rigs traveling through the town of Pembroke. 

During the closure, motorists are urged to be cautious and watch for construction workers.

“Only residents who live within the limits of the closure will be allowed through the work zone with assistance from the contractor,” the release states. 

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