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Cairo Bridge Closed Due to Flooding

Cairo Bridge Closed Due to Flooding
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By West Kentucky Star Staff
Feb. 21, 2019 | WICKLIFFE
By West Kentucky Star Staff Feb. 21, 2019 | 04:29 PM | WICKLIFFE
The heavily used bridge between Cairo and Wickliffe is closed due to flooding.

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet says rising floodwaters forced the bridge to close at 4 pm.

The bridge will likely remain closed until about February 28th, but may be closed even longer if additional rainfall keeps floodwaters elevated. Two to three inches of rain is forecast for the area over the weekend.

Since travelers will face a detour of about 80 miles from Wickliffe to Cairo using the I-24 bridge, transportation engineers have placed message boards, barricades, and other traffic control equipment at key locations to notify drivers of the closure.

Timely traffic advisories for the 12 counties of KYTC Highway District 1 are available by going to www.facebook.com/kytcdistrict1. You do not have to be a Facebook member to access this page.

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