Smithland bridge traffic restored, river cleared of demolition debris

The Kentucky Tramsportation Cabinet said Monday that traffic is back to normal on the new US 60 Cumberland River bridge at Smithland.

A demolition contractor has completed efforts to cut up and remove sections of the steel truss that was dropped into the river by explosive demolition on Thursday.

Two additional blasts are planned to take down remnants of the old concrete piers and concrete abutments.  

Weather permitting, the next blast would be around December 15th.