Construction begins Wednesday on the dual roundabout interchange that is being installed along U.S. 62 at the U.S. 31W Bypass in Elizabethtown.
According to Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District Four, the ramp from the U.S. 31W Bypass southbound to U.S. 62 along with the southbound U.S. 62 ramp onto the bypass will be closed, with traffic on U.S. 62 moving to one lane in each direction in the vicinity of the interchange.
The interchange work was announced in 2024 as one piece of improvements aimed at making U.S. 62 safer and more efficient.
“Reworking those entrances and exits on U.S. 62 at the bypass is really a bigger piece of this entire corridor project that expands from the bypass area over to French Street on the other side of 31W near downtown,” said KYTC District Four Public Information Officer Chris Jessie. “This whole corridor gets resurfaced ultimately. There’s striping changes that we made a few months back, and we’ve monitored those. There’ll be some tweaking to those, and that’s why we did those early before we put pavement down, so we don’t put down pavement and then have to redo everything, so it was done in stages for reasons.”
Two detours are in place during construction. For U.S. 31W Bypass southbound to U.S. 62, traffic will continue south on the bypass to New Glendale Road and reverse direction onto the bypass northbound to U.S. 62. For U.S. 62 to U.S. 31W Bypass southbound, traffic will continue west to Ring Road, then turn right onto Ring Road to Patriot Parkway, then turn right onto Patriot Parkway and continue onto the southbound bypass ramp.
Work is scheduled to be completed on the interchange roundabouts by November 1. Several traffic pattern changes will occur during construction. Follow KYTC District Four on social media for updates.
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