Calloway US-641 Traffic Shift Begins Wednesday

A contractor plans a work zone traffic shift along the U.S. 641 reconstruction corridor at the south edge of Murray in Calloway County late Wednesday.

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet says This work zone runs from the intersection with U.S. 641-Business/Glendale Road at the south edge of Murray, extending southward to the Clarks River Bridge, a distance of a little more than a mile. This is the first phase of work aimed at reconstructing U.S. 641 from Murray to the Kentucky-Tennessee State Line near Hazel.

In recent weeks the contractor has placed base courses of asphalt along the newly constructed northbound lanes. Sometime between about 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. the contractor plans to establish 2-way traffic along a significant section of the new lanes. This will remove traffic from the existing section of roadway so it can reconstructed in coming months.

Drivers should use appropriate caution as flaggers and other personnel as they go about changing signage and moving barricades to facilitate this traffic shift, and should be aware of changes in traffic flow that may be created by the new traffic configuration, such as a change in access points for side streets along the work zone.

The contractor anticipates maintaining two travel lanes throughout the 2-year construction process. Some intermittent periods of one lane traffic with alternating flow controlled by flaggers may be required from time to time.