A contractor for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet plans a seven-day closure of East 18th Street at the South Virginia Street in Hopkinsville starting Tuesday.
East 18th Street will be closed at South Virginia to allow realignment of the intersection to improve safety, according to a news release. The one block section of East 18th serves as the one-way connector between the in-bound and out-bound one-way sections of South Virginia Street and South Main Street.
This work is part of a Highway Safety Improvement Program project that includes safety-related work at a number of intersections.
Message boards will direct traffic around this closure via side streets. Motorists should be prepared for changes in traffic flow this project may bring to this intersection when the roadway reopens.
This section of roadway should be closed for about a week, contingent upon the weather.