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CAT Tracks for May 15, 2011
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CAT Tracks Editor's Note:
UPDATE:
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WICKLIFFE, KY (KFVS) - Kentucky Transportation Cabinet officials say they have completed repairs on the US 51/US 60/62 Bridge between Wickliffe Kentucky and Cairo, Illinois, opening in time for your Monday morning commute.
KTC officials say it was reopened at 10:30 a.m. Sunday.
Original posting follows...
If Cairo Mayor Tyrone Coleman lifts the ban on alcohol sales on May 17th as previously announced, motorists should expect heavy congestion and possible delays...
From the KFVS TV Channel 12 Website
Wickliffe to Cairo bridge expected to re-open Monday
Posted: May 15, 2011 7:00 AM CDT
Updated: May 15, 2011 7:36 AM CDT
By Carly O'Keefe
WICKLIFFE, KY (KFVS) - Kentucky Transportation Cabinet officials say they hope to have the US 51/US 60/62 Bridge between Wickliffe Kentucky and Cairo, Illinois open in time for your Monday morning commute.
According to the KTC, as many as 5,500 drivers cross the Cairo Bridge every day and have been re-routed in recent weeks due to flooding.
KTC officials say many commuters who regularly cross the bridge have been forced to take drastic measures during the flood. What is normally a six mile trip from Wickliffe to Cairo, ill, turned into a 90-mile detour.
According to KTC officials, at the height of the flood more than two miles of the bridge approach on the Kentucky side was under up to 10 feet of rushing water.
Not only was the water dangerous, those strong currents passing over the road eroded the edge of the roadway.
Now that the Ohio River is expected to drop to 54.6 feet at Cairo Sunday and to 53.8 feet on Monday, highway crews should be able to finish work on eroded area.
Saturday Kentucky highway crews worked to scrub away about an inch of mud that had settled onto the pavement in some areas as well as drift and debris to clear the roadway for traffic.
