Several downtown rail crossings will be blocked to vehicle traffic Thursday, Aug. 6, while CSX trains drop off rail supplies and do maintenance work, city officials said in a press release.
The closures will affect the following numbered streets on the east side of downtown: Second, Third, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th.
At various times, drivers will need to detour these streets by taking crossings at First, Fourth and Ninth streets, which will remain open all day.
(Jennifer P. Brown is the editor and founder of Hoptown Chronicle. Reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org.)
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.
