LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Interstate 71 North will be reduced to one lane overnight next week to facilitate bridge construction.
A two-year, $50 million project to widen and improve I-71 in Louisville began in November 2025. The work will add two lanes — one in each direction — along a 2-mile stretch of the interstate between the Interstate 65/I-71 interchange near Frankfort Avenue and the I-71/Zorn Avenue interchange. That will expand the interstate from four lanes to six.
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet said the additional lanes will ease traffic congestion, increase safety and improve efficiency…