June 2007 - If attendance at the June 5 open house is any indication, public interest in the impending exploratory tunnel and access ramp work at U.S. 42 and KY 841 has reached a high point. More than 200 area residents came to Springdale Community Church to view exhibits, watch a brief power point presentation and question project engineers and officials on issues ranging from work schedules to traffic flow.
Engineers from Community Transportation Solutions, the general engineering consultant coordinating work on the Bridges Project, and H.W. Lochner, Inc., which manages design of the Kentucky East End Approach, joined with Bridges Project officials to explain the work involved and discuss timelines for the exploratory bore below U.S. 42. The excavation will provide engineers with geotechnical information necessary for design of the twin-tunnel bores that will eventually carry six lanes of traffic to and from the East End Bridge in Kentucky.
The exploratory work will be let to construction on June 22, 2007, and take approximately 20 months to complete. Work should begin in late July or early August. The bore will begin along the old KY 841 exit ramp and extend below U.S. 42 and the historic Drumanard Estate. The access ramp will descend approximately 65 feet below ground to the tunnel portal. A 12-foot-by-12-foot tunnel approximately 1,800 feet in length will be excavated below ground but will not daylight on the north side of U.S. 42. Engineers expect that work crews will advance about 10 feet a day, with smaller lateral geotechnical borings taken at intervals to gather additional geotechnical information as possible. Read More »
March 2007 - Interest in design plans for the Kentucky East End Approach section appeared to be at a high pitch Feb. 22, 2007, when approximately 200 area residents turned out for an open house at Springdale Community Church. The public came to review, and comment on, preliminary line and grade plans and aesthetic design guidelines. Read More »
January 2007 - The projected completion date for the U.S. 42/KY 841 ramp relocation has been rescheduled from Dec. 30, 2006, to Spring 2007. An unusually high amount of rain throughout the fall, which caused work delays, and a scheduled winter shut-down has made it necessary to adjust the project’s completion date. Read More »
November 2006 - Selection of the final two bridge types may be grabbing the headlines these days but members of the Regional Advisory Committee (RAC) learned recently that significant progress has been made in the two Kentucky approach design sections. The RAC is charged with advising the project on matters impacting the Louisville-Southern Indiana region. Read More »