HIGHWAY DISTRICT 12 (April 23, 2020) – Construction started Monday on the first of 47 bridges in Highway District 12 that are included in a 106-bridge, $93.3 million joint venture contract awarded by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to Central Bridge Company and Bizzack, both of Lexington. Completion date for the entire 106-bridge contract is November 2023.

The design-build contract is part of KYTC’s Bridging Kentucky initiative to improve the safety and soundness of more than 1,000 bridges throughout Kentucky. Some bridges will be rehabilitated, others replaced with improvements that remove posting requirements and add at least 75 years to the life of the bridges.

The first bridge under construction is on KY 2034, Crafts Colley, in Letcher County. A diversion will be provided. The bridge will be closed for up to 60 days, and is expected to re-open for traffic on July 1.

The remaining 46 District 12 bridges include 12 more in Letcher County, five in Floyd, one each in Johnson and Lawrence, 14 in Knott, three in Martin, and 10 in Pike County. They are listed here with estimated start dates. It is not known at this time if or how concerns about Covid-19 might affect the start dates, which we set before the advent of Covid-19.

LAWRENCE COUNTY:

County Road 1317 (Little East Fork Road), one-tenth of a mile south of KY 1496 near Trinity School, 03/02/21 tentative start date.

JOHNSON COUNTY:

KY 825 over Little Paint Creek; one mile south of KY 40, the Charlotte Conley Bridge; 07/05/21 tentative start date.

MARTIN COUNTY:

County Road 1120 (Dans Branch Road/Willis Dials Road) over Pigeonroost Fork; 06/02/21 tentative start date.

County Road 1374 (Rockhouse Mill Road) over Rockhouse Fork, one-tenth of a mile west of KY 1224; 05/17/22.

County Road 1379 (Hunters Lane) over Rockhouse Fork, one-tenth of a mile west of KY 1224; 07/06/22.

FLOYD COUNTY:

KY 550 .05 of a mile southwest of KY 850 over Brush Creek; 03/02/21.

County Road 1253 (Bryant Branch), one-tenth of a mile south of KY 122 over Left Fork of Beaver Creek; 08/03/22.

KY 466 at Upper Weeksbury, 2.1 miles south of KY 122 over Left Fork of Beaver Creek; 03/09/23.

KY 194 (Twin Branch), two miles east of KY 1428 over Cow Creek; 03/11/21.

KY 1427 (Bonanza), .05 mile west of KY 1750 over Abbott Creek; 07/06/21.

PIKE COUNTY:

County Road 1789 (Elwood Road/Buckeye Drive), 100 feet east of KY 610 over Shelby Creek; 06/11/20.

County Road 1801 (Old Blackberry School/Big Blue Springs), at the junction of KY 1056 over Blackberry Creek; 08/06/20.

County Road 1597 (Ail Branch), .01 of a mile north of KY 1056 over Blackberry Creek; 03/02/21.

Old US 119 near Open Fork, two miles east of KY 194 over Bent Branch; 06/02/21.

KY 199 1.7 miles southwest of KY 1056 over Pond Creek; 07/12/21.

County Road 1935 (Dorton Street/Dorton School), .05 miles east of KY 610 over Shelby Creek; 08/11/21.

County Road 1906 (Beefhide Creek/Pilgrim Rest Church), 1.4 miles southwest of KY 610 over Beefhide Creek; 08/26/21.

County Road 1460 (Deskins Road), .05 miles east of US 119 (mile point 8.73) near Meta Mart over Johns Creek; 09/30/21.

County Road 1842 (Elm Branch near Phelps Fire Department), one-tenth of a mile southeast of KY 632 over Right Fork of Peter Creek; 02/09/22.

KY 3419, .542 miles south of KY 1056, the second bridge from the intersection with KY 1056 over Left Fork of Blackberry Creek; 03/09/22.

KNOTT COUNTY:

City Street 1018 (Frogtown Road), 400 feet south of KY 160 over Troublesome Creek; 04/22/21.

County Road 1408 (Sly Branch) at the intersection of KY 7 over Right Fork of Beaver Creek; 07/24/20.

County Road 1053 (Wiley Fork Road), one-tenth of a mile east of KY 1098 over Combs Branch;03/18/21.

County Road 1565 (Frankie Jane Drive), .01 miles off KY 899 over Caney Creek; 06/30/21.

County Road 1249 (Eagles Nest Road), a half-mile southeast of the intersection with KY 550/KY 1102 over Troublesome Creek; 07/06/21.

County Road 1020 (Dismal Branch), east of the junction of KY 550 over Jones Fork; 09/07/21.

County Road 1100 (Upper Mill Creek), southeast at the junction of KY 550 near Leburn over the Left Fork of Troublesome Creek; 10/06/21.

County Road 1230 (Elk Fork Road), one-tenth of a mile south of KY 1088 over Lotts Creek; 03/07/22.

County Road 1021 (Huff Town Road), fifty feet northeast of KY 550 over Jones Fork; 07/11/22.

County Road 1020 (Sarah Everage Branch) at KY 550 over Troublesome Creek; 11/18/22.

County Road 1006 (Dry Creek Road), 1.2 mile south of KY 7 over Dry Creek; 03/07/23.

County Road 1174 (Honeycutt Road), one-tenth of a miles south of KY 582 over Carr Fork Creek; 05/16/23.

KY 1098 (Elmrock), five miles northwest of KY 1087 over Laurel Fork of Quicksand Creek; 06/06/23.

County Road 1133 (Willard Branch Road), one-tenth of a mile south of KY 582 over Carr Fork; 06/06/23.

LETCHER COUNTY:

KY 160, 2.6 miles southeast of KY 588 (third bridge from KY 588) over Muddy Branch; 02/26/21.

County Road 1055, .05 of a mile south of KY 317 over Dick’s Branch; 05/21/21.

County Road 1714 (Gallup Drive), .01 of a mile off KY 588 over North Fork of the Kentucky River; 09/01/21.

City Street 3000 (East Potter Road), one-tenth of a mile east of KY 317 over Yonts Fork; 09/07/21.

Paradise Lane at the junction of County Road 1799 over Kingdom Come Creek; 09/07/21.

County Road 1231 (Henry Ison Hollow), one-tenth of a mile northwest of KY 931 over Cowan Creek; 03/08/22.

County Road 1386 (Campbell Town) at the junction of KY 1103 over Linefork; 04/12/22.

County Road 1331 (Sackett Loop), one-tenth of a mile east of KY 7 over Rockhouse Creek; 05/03/22.

County Road 1737 (Orchard Road), 200 feet east of KY 931 over North Fork of the Kentucky River; 07/19/22.

County Road 1442 (J. Adams Acres), two-tenths of a mile north of KY 805 at Seco over Boone Fork; 08/02/22.

County Road 1473 (Band Mill/Dusty Row Road), one-tenth of a mile southeast of KY 343 at McRoberts over Wright Fork; 08/22/22.

County Road 1252 (Cornetts Branch), 100 feet west of KY 1103 over Linefork; 08/01/23.

Additional information about Bridging Kentucky is available on the program’s website: http://www.BridgingKentucky.com, which provides an overview, a list of frequently asked questions, and the full list of bridges that will be addressed. Additional updates are shared on social media sites: facebook.com/BridgingKentucky, twitter.com/BridgingKY, and Instagram.com/BridgingKY.

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