The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has awarded a contract for rehabilitation of the Kentucky 111 bridge over a branch of Hillsboro Creek in Fleming County, which will require the bridge to close for 45 days beginning this month, officials said Monday.
The project includes new concrete beams, a new driving surface and other improvements to the Kentucky 111 bridge at mile marker 7.6 just north of the Kentucky 1515 (Orchard Road) intersection between Poplar Plains and Hillsboro.
The project is part of the Transportation Cabinet’s new Bridging Kentucky initiative to restore aging and deficient bridges across the Commonwealth.
Because the project requires extensive rehab work, the Kentucky 111 bridge will be closed for up to 45 days – from March 25 through May 8. During that time, the bridge’s driving surface and supporting beams will be replaced and all traffic will be detoured:
– Via Kentucky 158 and Kentucky 32 from Hillsboro through Rowan and Fleming counties for all thru traffic and commercial vehicles. This will be the official detour marked by signs, and will reroute traffic along roads of similar type and weight capacities as Kentucky 111.
– Local traffic may reroute using other routes such as Kentucky 1515 and Kentucky 1013. However, those roads will not be marked as detours and are not recommended for commercial or large vehicle traffic.
The project is being done under a $249,674.06 low-bid Transportation Cabinet contract awarded to Frederick and May Construction Company under the Bridging Kentucky Program.
The program is a commitment to improve safety and soundness of the Commonwealth’s bridges by rehabilitating, repairing, or replacing more than 1,000 critical structures in all 120 Kentucky counties over the next six years.
The program will open previously closed structures, improve bridge lifespans and ensure appropriate weight capacities are met, and improve access and mobility for all Kentuckians. For more about Bridging Kentucky please visit BridgingKentucky.com.
Road work schedules are subject to change depending on weather conditions. Motorists are asked to heed all warning signs, slow down in work zones and remain aware of workers and construction equipment when traveling.
