News Item #1591

KYTC District 3's weekly summaries show a busy construction season across the 10-county region. The U.S. 31-W Bypass in northern Bowling Green (KY 234 to Park Street) is being widened to five lanes, with traffic narrowed to one lane each way until 2027. The I-165 Green River bridges in Butler County are being fully restored, with southbound traffic crossed over and a 55 mph limit through fall 2026. U.S. 68 is being realigned for 1.2 miles between KY 729 (Green County) and KY 745 (Metcalfe County) with a new bridge over Caney Fork Creek, and the U.S. 68/KY 70 intersection has been rebuilt slightly east of its old location. U.S. 79 is being widened from the Tennessee line to mile marker 3 and was closed overnight in Russellville for resurfacing. U.S. 231 (Main Street) in Butler County closed overnight for resurfacing, and lane closures began on I-165 near the I-65 interchange.

In Barren County, a nine-mile KY 90 safety corridor between Cave City and Glasgow is adding alternating passing lanes and turn lanes, and a U.S. 31-E Highway Safety Improvement Project (mile points 8–12) adds a four-foot centerline buffer to reduce head-on crashes, plus a turn lane at Windy Hills Road. Smaller items: a new 1.8-mile KY 185 alignment opened in northern Warren County (the old road became KY 3557), and lane assignments changed at KY 242 and U.S. 31-W to improve flow.

Sources:

• WBKO: Road work ahead: KYTC District 3 traffic impacts for Aug. 16–21 
• WBKO: TRAFFIC UPDATE: Week of Aug. 21-28 
• WBKO: Nighttime closure scheduled for section of U.S. 79 in Russellville in Logan County 
• WBKO: TRAFFIC ALERT: Overnight closure planned in Butler County 
• WBKO: New highway safety improvement project to begin on U.S. 31-E in Barren County 
• WBKO: Roadway improvements cause traffic delays in Barren County 
• WBKO: New alignment on KY 185 in Warren County completed 
• WBKO: Traffic pattern change coming to KY 242 at U.S. 31-W intersection in Warren County