About a year ago, officials with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet began a study of the state’s 91-mile stretch of I-24 to make a list of short- and long-term improvements and solutions for the interstate’s increasing congestion issues.
On Monday, KYTC released an online “story map” of their findings.
Current traffic levels for I-24 range from 22,000 to nearly 49,000 vehicles per day, depending on the stretch. Heavy truck and semi traffic accounts for 5,000 to 11,500 vehicles daily. By the year 2050, those vehicle volumes are expected to nearly double to 43,400 and 80,200 vehicles along the route…