The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) reports that the traffic impacts listed below were originally scheduled to take place on Monday, June 8. They will now begin on or after Monday, June 15.
Here’s what to know:
- Bullock Avenue from Pike Street to the on-ramp for I-71/75 southbound at 12th Street will close. This closure will remain in place through October 2026.
- 12th Street between Simon Kenton Way and Bullock Avenue will close. This closure will remain in place through substantial project completion expected in 2033.
- Simon Kenton Way will be converted to two-way traffic from 12th Street to Pike Street.
- A new traffic signal will be installed at Pike Street and Hermes Avenue.
The I-71/75 southbound off-ramp to Fifth Street (KY 8) will remain open while W. Third Street in Covington is blocked to thru traffic. Once W. Third Street reopens, the southbound W. Fifth Street off-ramp, as well as Fifth Street from Crescent Avenue to the I-71/75 northbound exit off-ramp west of Philadelphia Street (6.5 – 6.67 mile markers) will close. An updated timeline for the reopening of Covington’s W. Third Street and closure of the I-71/75 southbound off-ramp to W. Fifth Street will be provided at a later date.
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