A contractor for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet plans to make the first
concrete pour on the deck of the New 68/KY 80 Lake Barkley Bridge at Canton on
Tuesday, June 6, 2017.
Starting at 6 a.m. Tuesday, the concrete pour will create increased truck
traffic along US 68/KY 80 near the bridge in Trigg County as concrete is delivered
to the worksite.
This first concrete pour on a 150-foot section of the east approach span will amount
to 375 cubic yards of concrete.
Motorists should be alert for flaggers stationed along US 68/KY 80 near the
construction zone to facilitate movement of trucks in and out of the site.
Motorists should use appropriate caution.
The bridge is located at US 68 mile point 8.596 in Trigg County at the eastern
entrance to Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area. The new bridge is at
Cumberland River navigational mile point 63.1, is just downstream from the existing
US 68/KY 80 Lake Barkley Bridge at Canton.
PCL Civil Construction of Denver is the prime contractor on the $128.3 million
project to construct a new Lake Barkley Bridge. The new bridge is expected to be
ready for two-lane traffic sometime in the spring of 2018 with finish work on the new
bridge continuing through 2018.
For timely traffic updates on the existing bridge and progress reports on
construction of the new bridge go to
www.facebook.com/kytcdistrict1<http://www.facebook.com/kytcdistrict1>. You do not
have to be a Facebook member to access this page.
Navigate traffic with KYTC at goky.ky.gov or with WAZE at waze.com or with the WAZE
App.