Brief closures on Mountain Parkway in Magoffin Wednesday, Thursday

SALYERSVILLE, Ky. (WTVQ) – Construction crews on the Mountain Parkway Expansion project will set beams this week for two bridges under construction in Magoffin County. The work, scheduled for Wednesday, August 25 and Thursday, August 26, will cause minor disruptions to traffic.

The new bridges are located at mile point 65.7 over Johnson Creek, and will ultimately carry a new four-lane alignment of the Mountain Parkway. This portion of the expansion project is in the Magoffin West segment.

There will be brief road closures in both directions from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday as trucks hauling the beams enter the work site. Motorists are encouraged to slow down and drive with caution in all construction zones.

The Mountain Parkway Expansion is a 46-mile transportation improvement project that will create a wider, safer connection between Eastern Kentucky and the rest of the Commonwealth.

It is a key transportation project designed to close the only gap in a 400-mile, four-lane, high-speed corridor for commerce and mobility across Kentucky from Pikeville to Paducah.

The project will widen 30 miles of the existing parkway to four lanes and extend the parkway by about 16 miles between Salyersville and Prestonsburg.

For additional information, go to www.mtnparkway.com.