KY Avenue Closure Starts Thursday Evening

As part of ongoing reconstruction along US 45/Kentucky Avenue in Paducah, the entire length of Kentucky Avenue will be closed, and 21st Street will be closed at the Kentucky Avenue intersection starting Thursday night.

The one westbound lane of Kentucky Avenue and the 21st Street intersection with Kentucky Avenue will be closed starting at 5:00 pm Thursday to allow concrete paving.  The one westbound lane of Kentucky Avenue along the work zone is expected to reopen to traffic at 6:00 am Friday. 21st Street is expected to reopen sometime Friday night once the concrete placed in the intersection has had time to properly cure. 

When traffic resumes along the one westbound lane of Kentucky Avenue Thursday morning, there will be no right turns from Kentucky Avenue to northbound 21st Street at the intersection until Friday night.

This is part of concrete paving along the westbound lanes of Kentucky Avenue.  The paving crew will start at Otis Denning drive and work eastward along the project over several weeks.  During the concrete paving the volume of trucks delivering concrete mix to the paver will require the one lane of Kentucky Avenue along the work zone to be closed overnight Thursday.

The 16th Street intersection across Kentucky Avenue will remain open during this first round of paving.

This is part of continuing reconstruction along US 45-Business/Kentucky Avenue from Otis Dinning Drive at mile point 0.447 extending to Walter Jetton Boulevard at mile point 1.554, a distance of just over a mile.

The Kentucky Avenue Corridor carries a significant part of the Paducah's water, sewer, and drainage lines, some nearly 100 years old.  This project includes extensive reworking and modernizing of those utilities, followed by reconstruction of the roadway, with sidewalks, curbs and gutters.

As a reminder, businesses all along this work zone have access from the rear or via side streets and alleyways.  While accessing some businesses along Kentucky Avenue requires some extra navigation, business owners in this area would appreciate your continued patronage.  Signs are up indicating access points for many businesses along the US 45/Kentucky Avenue work zone via Broadway and side streets.