The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet says that at about 7:30 p.m. tonight the southbound Twin Bridge will close completely so that final repairs can be completed on the bridge.
The preparations for the southbound bridge closure, though, will begin at about 6 p.m.
Currently, one lane on the southbound bridge is open, and the northbound bridge has in place three lanes for traffic—two for northbound traffic and one for southbound traffic.
That will change at about 6 p.m. tonight, when the crossovers currently being used to divert southbound traffic onto the northbound bridge will close, KYTC said. At this time, all southbound traffic will be restricted to one lane on the southbound bridge, KYTC said.
Also at about this time, the northbound fast lane on the northbound bridge will close, and crews will being installing pavement markers along the centerline of the northbound bridge, KYTC said.
By about 7:30 p.m., all traffic will move in both north and south directions on the northbound bridge, which will have in place two 15-foot lanes to accommodate the traffic, KYTC said.
Final repairs to the southbound Twin Bridge will begin shortly after it is closed and are expected to be complete by Saturday morning. Once the repairs are finished, crews will close the crossovers and reopen both lanes of the southbound bridge, KYTC said.
Following the transition, northbound traffic will be restricted to two 10-foot lanes until crews can restripe the northbound bridge. That work is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, but will depend on temperatures reaching the minimum required for pavement marking operations, KYTC said.
