WLKY: NuLu street renovations leave customers injured, frustrated (April 6, 2026) 

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has released the official 2026-7 Kentucky Highway Map .

"The University of Louisville Health Sciences Center is at the center of the first stage of construction for the Chestnut Street Improvement Project, which aims to establish a safer, pedestrian-friendly 'spine; that connects the four anchor institutions of the Louisville Medical & Education District:" Lane Report: Construction begins for Chestnut Street transformation at UofL Health Sciences Center (April 6, 2026) 

Kentucky League of Cities (Apr. 3, 2026): Kentucky Approves Transportation Plan for Upcoming Biennium 

From the Owensboro Times (Apr. 4, 2026): KYTC: Maintenance resumes on Natcher Bridge April 13; lane shifts expected through summer 

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet held a public meeting on March 31 to discuss a new proposed route to connect KY 34 northeast of Danville's city center to US 150 Bypass southeast of the city. More information: City of Danville: KYTC to host public meeting on proposed East Danville Connector (March 11, 2026) , Danville Advocate-Messenger: Crowd questions proposed danville connector project (April 4, 2026) 

The Bowling Green Daily News reports that sections of Grinstead and Cambridge Ways are closed for at least 30 days in order to repair damage from a sinkhole that opened last week: Bowling Green Daily News: Sinkhole Closes Two Bowling Green Streets (March 30, 2026) 

The City of Bowling Green is seeking a grant to cover costs associated with a study to improve a section of Russellville Road between Morgantown Road and University Boulevard. This section includes an underpass under the CSX railroad: Bowling Green Daily News: City still seeking grant funding for major road project (Feb. 11, 2026_) 

This week, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) held a public meeting to discuss possibilities for building a new interchange on I-165, formerly the William H. Natcher Parkway, in southern Daviess county or northern Ohio. The KYTC presented five build and one non-build alternative. The build alternatives being studied are to construct a new interchange at one of the following routes that cross at I-165: at Masonville-Habit Rd, at KY 142, at Poplar Log Bridge Rd., at Crane Pond Rd., or at KY 764. Such an interchange, if constructed, is intended to provide better access to US 231 south of Owensboro. There is currently a 23 mile stretch with no exits at the north end of the Interstate.

More information: Kentucky Transportation Cabinet: I-165 New Interchange Planning Study 

Work to reduce the north end of Bowling Green's "Bypass" from two through lanes in each direction to one through lane in each direction with a continuous left turn lane will begin soon. This will match the arrangement already in place on the southern end of the route. The route was constructed as US 31W Bypass but is now US 31W Business.

More information: Bowling Green Daily News: State to start Bypass project (March 16, 2026) 

• Louisville Courier-Journal: What are road conditions like in Louisville area? See traffic updates (Jan. 27, 2026) 
• Murray Ledger & Times: Holland: Snow storm could be once-a-decade event (Jan. 23, 2026) 
• Lexington Herald-Leader: Can you legally pass a working snow plow in Kentucky? What state law says (Jan. 27, 2026) 

This week will see the delivery of beams to be used for approach bridges on the Evansville side of the new bridge being built across the Ohio River for the I-69 connection between Henderson and Evansville: I-69 Ohio River Crossing: Final beams being delivered for approach bridge in Evansville (Jan. 23, 2026) 

Update Jan. 28: the beam delivery was delayed: Evansville Courier & Press: Delivery of beams for I-69 ORX approach bridge in Evansville delayed (Jan. 27, 2026) 

Officials in both Kentucky and Indiana are planning for tolls on the the new I-69 Ohio River Crossing being built near Henderson: (Evansville) Courier & Press: Plan for tolling on new I-69 bridge is coming together (Jan. 16, 2026) 

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is proposing several traffic safety enhancements in Pikeville, including a roundabout on Lorraine Street to slow vehicles at a low-traffic intersection, a $250,000 grant for pedestrian improvements at the Baird Avenue and ByPass Road crossing near Pikeville Medical Center, and a major over $30 million expansion of Town Mountain Road to ease congestion at the high-volume Buckley's Creek and U.S. 23 intersection.

More information: (Pikeville) News-Express: New roads, traffic patterns proposed to make travel safer in Pikeville (Dec. 30, 2025) 

Man o' War Boulevard, a 17-mile southern bypass road in Lexington, Kentucky, was completed on November 30, 1988, after over a decade of construction that began in 1973, connecting Versailles Road to US 60 and alleviating traffic around the city. Originally planned in the 1930s and named Tiverton Way, it was renamed in 1974 to honor the famous racehorse, with segments opening progressively: the first from Richmond Road to Palumbo Drive in 1975, expansions to Alumni Drive and Armstrong Mill Road by 1979, and further widenings to four lanes by 1986. The project, costing over $45 million, included a major $8 million section from Armstrong Mill Road to I-75 starting in 1986, and was overseen in part by former Mayor Scotty Baesler, who defended its design as an urban arterial without overpasses to prioritize efficiency amid growing subdivisions. Initially featuring a 50 mph speed limit and few traffic lights, the road now handles 30,000 to 48,000 vehicles daily, with the limit reduced to 45 mph in most areas due to suburban development and added intersections, though it has faced ongoing criticisms for high curbs, lack of pull-off areas, and traffic signals. This history is part of Lexington's 250th anniversary coverage in 2025.: (Lexington) Herald-Leader: How Man o' War Boulevard connected 17 miles of Lexington in 1988 (Dec. 30, 2025) 

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) is undertaking a comprehensive six-month rehabilitation of the Glover Cary Bridge, known locally as the Blue Bridge, in downtown Owensboro The bridge expected to reopen to traffic on January 16: (Owensboro) Messenger-Inquirer: KYTC: Blue Bridge on target for Jan. 16 reopeningKYTC: Blue Bridge on target for Jan. 16 reopening (Dec. 29, 2025) 

Adverse weather conditions have temporarily closed ferries across the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers in Western Kentucky: Kentucky Times: Weather closes ferries between Kentucky and Illinois, Missouri (Dec. 29, 2025) 

The old US 60 bridge over the Cumberland River at Smithland was demolished with explosives on November 30, 2023.

From the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet:

Clark County I-64 Rest Area Again Judged ‘Best Maintained’ in Kentucky

Staff praised for providing clean, safe haven to motorists

FRANKFORT, Ky. (May 15, 2023) – Kentucky’s “best maintained” rest area for 2023 can be found on the eastbound lanes of Interstate 64 in Clark County, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) announced today.

“The interstate highway system was planned with rest areas along the way as a convenience. Now, they’re a necessity,” said Transportation Cabinet Secretary Jim Gray, whose agency annually presents the Best Maintained Rest Area Award. “It sends a message about our state when we can offer visitors a clean, safe facility in which everything is in working order.”

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Warren Fiscal Court on May 11, 2023 approved the Rural Secondary Road Program allotment of $2,085,326 submitted by Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 3 officials for improving three of the county's secondary state routes deemed most in need: Bowling Green Daily News: Claypool-Boyce among rural roads to get upgrades (May 12, 2023) 

From the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet:

Governors Beshear and DeWine Submit Second Federal Funding Request for Brent Spence Bridge Corridor Project
Additional funding will support bridge and roadway improvements that will grow the economy and invest in local communities

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Aug.10, 2022) – Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear and Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced today that a second federal funding application was submitted jointly by the two states to support bridge and roadway improvements along the eight-mile Brent Spence Bridge Corridor from the Western Hills Viaduct in Ohio to Dixie Highway in Kentucky.

The current funding request is through the Bridge Investment Program, which follows the May funding request through the Multimodal Projects Discretionary Grant Program. Ohio and Kentucky articulated in both applications that a total of $1.66 billion in federal grant funding is needed regardless of which discretionary grant program awards funds to the project. The states are applying to multiple grant programs to give themselves the best chance of receiving maximum funding, in keeping with the pledges of Govs. DeWine and Beshear to pursue every available federal dollar.

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Warren County's fiscal court approved an agreement with the City of Bowling Green to cooperate on a project to rebuild a section of Cave Mill Road past the end of the current three lane segment. The road which is cooperatively maintained by the city and the county is an important cooridor connecting major arteries on Bowling Gren's south side. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet cabinet projects the work cost $28 million over 6 years.

More information: Bowling Green Daily News: Cave Mill Road project agreement moves ahead (Dec. 18, 2022) 

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet held a public meeting on Dec. 13 to discuss plans for widening a section of US 31W north of Franklin. This is another phase of an ongoing project to widen the existing narrow roadway between Bowling Green and Franklin to modern standards and add a continuous center left turn lane.

More information: Bowling Green Daily News: Simpson County U.S. 31W widening project takes first steps (Dec. 15, 2022) 

The historic motel Wig Wam Village No. 2 in Cave City is under new ownership and being restored to its 1937 appearance. The new owners celebrated the relighting of the motel's neon sign with an open house in April of this year.

More information: WNKY: Historic Wigwam Village No. 2 neon sign lighting and open house (April 22, 2021) , WBKO: Historic Wigwam Village No. 2 undergoing restoration, new ownership (April 23, 2021) , Historic Wig Wam Village No. 2 , Bowling Green Daily News: New owners restoring, upgrading Wigwam Village (May 9, 2021) , Bowling Green Daily News: Historic Wigwam Village celebrates restoration of iconic sign (May 3, 2021) 

Warren County Fiscal Court has approved the advertisement of bids to restore the Old Richardsville Road Bridge over the Barren River. The county received a $312,000 grant from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to aid in preservation of the bridge which is on the National Register of Historic Places. The bridge has been closed since 2018 due to concerns with its condition.

The county will also replace a low water ford on Little Beaver Creek Road with a bridge.

More information: Bowling Green Daily News: Plans for county bridges move forward (May 24, 2021) 

Drone footage shows the chaos which ensued when a new "mini-roundabout" opened at the intersection of US 60 and KY 801 near the community of Farmers at the Bath and Rowan County Line. Numerous vehicles are shown driving on the left approach and traversing the roundabout in a clockwise direction.

Additional information:

• Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 9: Construction Under Way on US 60 'Mini-Roundabout' at Farmers Near Bath-Rowan Line (April 5, 2021) 
• Kentucky Transportation Cabinet: Roundabouts (retrieved April 26, 2021) 
• The Drive: Chaos Erupts Immediately After Northeast Kentucky Gets Its First Roundabout (April 26, 2021) 

From Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 1:

Project continues to be ahead of schedule

PADUCAH, Ky. (April 16, 2021) — Construction of the New U.S. 60 bridge over the Cumberland River at Smithland, in Livingston County, reached another milepost ahead of schedule this week.

Jim Smith Contracting, prime contractor on the $63.6 million project, poured concrete on the two south approach spans this week and expects arrival and placement of additional beams for the north approach spans later this month.

KYTC District 1 Chief Engineer Kyle Poat says he and other engineers supervising the project are pleased with progress so far.

“Work continues to appear to be a month or two ahead of schedule,” Poat said. “That’s good, although on a project with a 40-month construction schedule, it's a bit early to do much celebrating.”

Jim Smith Contracting plans to begin construction on footers for the main piers nearest the river bank after the spring flood season in early May. The construction schedule calls for moving traffic to the new bridge in spring 2023.

Steel for the main truss has been ordered and should start arriving this summer. The 700-foot main span will be assembled off-site, beginning this fall, then floated to the construction site by barge and lifted into place in fall 2022.

The new bridge will have a 40-foot-wide, two-lane deck with 12-foot-wide driving lanes and 6-foot-wide shoulders, allowing motor vehicles to share the bridge with most farm equipment.

In addition to providing a significant link for U.S. 60 through western Kentucky, the new bridge will maintain a critical connection for Livingston County, which is divided by the Cumberland River.

The new bridge will replace a span built in 1931 and known as the Lucy Jefferson Lewis Memorial Bridge or Smithland Bridge.

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On March 16, 2021, representatives from consulting group Michael Baker international, the Bowling Green-Warren County Metropolitan Planning Organization, and the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet conducted a virtual public meeting to discuss early planning for construction of a new interchange on I-65 in Southern Warren County. Such an interchange would fill a fourteen mile gap between the interchange at Exit 6 in Simpson County and the I-165 interchange at Exit 20 in Bowling Green. Three potential alternatives under consideration are at KY 240 (Woodburn Allen Springs Road), KY 242 (Richpond Road), or at Carter Sims Road. Improving connections with US 31W (Nashville Road) and KY 622 (Plano Road) are also being considered. Construction of any such interchange is believed to be eight to twelve years away.

More information:

• Bowling Green Daily News: Woodburn area grades best on I-65 interchange study (March 17, 2021) 
• I-65 Interchange Feasibility Study 

The new Louisville East End Ohio River bridge opened to traffic on Dec. 18. It will be officially known as the Lewis and Clark Bridge: East End Partners: Lewis and Clark Bridge, East End Crossing Open to Traffic (Dec. 18, 2016) 

840 WHAS posted this video of a drive across the bridge  on their Facebook page.

Courier-Journal coverage of the bridge opening: Courier-Journal: After decades-long wait, East End bridge opens (Dec. 19, 2016) 

From the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet:

TOLLING TO BEGIN IN LOUISVILLE AND SOUTHERN INDIANA

I-65 and East End bridges will be tolled

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Dec. 13, 2016) –  Drivers traveling in Louisville and Southern Indiana need to prepare for the start of tolling on three Ohio River bridges. Tolling on the Louisville – Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges Project is scheduled to begin Friday, December 30. 

Tolled bridges include the two I-65 bridges connecting Downtown Louisville and Southern Indiana, the new Abraham Lincoln Bridge and the improved John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge. The new East End bridge connecting the Gene Snyder Freeway in Prospect, Ky. with State Road 265 in Utica, Ind. will also be tolled. 

RiverLink is the name of the new, all-electronic tolling system that makes the project possible. There’s no stopping, no slowing, no lines and no coin machines. Toll rates range from $2-$12, depending on the size of vehicle and whether the driver has a RiverLink account and transponder.

Drivers with transponders will pay the lowest toll rates. Drivers can set up a prepaid RiverLink account to get a transponder. All E-ZPass transponders, including the I-PASS from Illinois and the Indiana Toll Road E-ZPass, will work with the RiverLink system. No further action is necessary.

Drivers without transponders will get bills in the mail, and pay higher toll rates. Drivers who do not pay their tolls will be charged a penalty and may face restrictions on vehicle registration until tolls and penalties are paid.

Opening a RiverLink Account

Drivers can open a personal account online at www.RiverLink.com, by phone at 855-RIV-LINK or in person at one of two RiverLink customer service centers. A personal account can include up to four vehicles, with a minimum balance of $20 to open the account. The account balance rolls over month to month.

The fastest way to open a RiverLink personal account is online. The website is available 24 hours a day/7 days a week with no wait. Transponders will be mailed to account holders, free of charge.

For businesses with more than four vehicles, the fastest and easiest way to open an account is by calling a specialized customer service representative at 855-RIV-LINK.

Choice of Transponders

A RiverLink local transponder is free, one per registered vehicle. The small sticker adheres to the inside of windshield, is non-transferable and will work only on tolled bridges between Louisville and Southern Indiana.

A RiverLink E-ZPass transponder is $15 per transponder. It’s mounted on the inside of the windshield, is portable from vehicle to vehicle registered to a single account and works in all 16 E-ZPass states (https://e-zpassiag.com/about-e-zpass/where-can-i-use-it).

The I-64 (Sherman Minton) and the US 31/Second Street (Clark Memorial) bridges across the Ohio River will not be tolled in connection with the project. Find more information at www.RiverLink.com.

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The Louisville – Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges Project includes two new bridges and their approaches, an improved Kennedy Bridge and reconstruction of the Kennedy Interchange, where I-65, I-64 and I-71 come together in downtown Louisville. The new Abraham Lincoln Bridge carries six lanes of I-65 northbound traffic. The improved Kennedy Bridge carries six lanes of southbound traffic. The new East End bridge will connect the Gene Snyder Freeway in Prospect, Ky. with State Road 265 (Lee Hamilton Highway) in Utica, Ind.

Find more details on the Ohio River Bridges Project at www.kyinbridges.com.