Twin Bridges Lane Restriction Mon. Feb. 13

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet plans to place lane restrictions on the US 41 Twin Bridges at Henderson on Monday, February 13, 2012.

The lane restrictions are to allow maintenance on the bridge navigational lights.

Northbound motorists can expect to encounter a lane restriction starting at 9:00 a.m., Monday.  All northbound traffic will move to the left-hand or passing lane on the bridge approach to allow electricians to have access to the bridge structure.  Work on the northbound side is expected to take about 2 hours.

Once work is completed on the northbound bridge, the work zone will move to the southbound structure.  During this phase of work all southbound traffic will move to the left-hand or passing lane to allow electricians to access the bridge structure.  Work on the southbound bridge is expected to take about two hours to complete.

This work zone is scheduled on a weather permitting basis.

The US 41 Twin Bridges, also known as the Bi-State Viet Nam Gold Star Memorial Bridges, are located at US 41 mile point 19.649 about a mile south of the Kentucky-Indiana State Line.  They carry approximately 37,000 vehicles per day across the Ohio River between Henderson, KY, and Evansville, IN.

The bridges are located about a mile downstream from the confluence of the Green River and the Ohio River at Ohio River navigation mile point 786.8.

The northbound bridge was opened to traffic on July 4, 1932.  The southbound bridge was opened to traffic in December 1966.

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