Cairo Road rebuilding project well under way

KYTC's McCracken County highway maintenance crew is now well into the demolition and replacement of old pavement in the Cairo Road and Olivet Church Road intersection just west of I-24 Exit 3.

Since Monday, the crew has been digging out the old asphalt pavement that had waffled due to the volume of semi traffic at the truck stop. 

A concrete crew has now moved into the site to start installing forms to place a 10-inch layer of concrete in the intersection.

KY 305 & KY 998 will remain closed for approximately 28 days. Access to businesses around Exit 3 are being maintained, but drivers otherwise have to use Exit 4. 
   
Once work at the intersection is completed, asphalt replacement will continue toward the I-24 westbound ramps, but two-way traffic will be restored during that phase of the $3 million project.