A contractor for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet plans to restrict westbound traffic to one lane on the US 68/KY 80 Eggners Ferry Bridge starting Monday, Dec. 11.
Westbound traffic will be restricted to one lane on the US 68/KY 80 Eggners Ferry Bridge to allow the contractor to perform some corrective work along the bridge deck. The contractor will be replacing deck concrete at one of the joint connecting points.
Once this westbound work zone goes up on Monday it is likely to remain up through Thursday, Dec. 14, to allow new concrete to cure. The contractor is also repairing some erosion areas along the multi-use trail on the east bridge approach.
Approximately 3,500 vehicles cross the New US 68/KY 80 Eggners Ferry Bridge over Kentucky Lake at Aurora in an average day.
The new $133 million basket handle arch structure was first opened to two-lane traffic in December 2015 with the bridge four-lane traffic starting in December 2016. The new bridge serves a river crossing that started with a ferry as early as the 1830s. The first bridge constructed at the site opened to traffic in 1932.
The US 68/KY 80 Eggner’s Ferry Bridge is at US 68 Marshall County mile point 28.146 and Trigg County mile point 0.0 at the western entrance to Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area.
The bridge is at Tennessee River navigation mile point 41.7 near Aurora.