LOUISVILLE, Ky. — There will be more overnight closures of the East End Tunnel this week for required inspections, according to Kentucky Transportation Cabinet officials.
Closures began Monday night and the tunnel's northbound lanes reopened early Tuesday morning, but another round of lane closures will begin again tonight at 8 p.m. until Wednesday at 5 a.m.
Road closures will begin on the Gene Snyder Freeway, just after the U.S. 42 interchange, or exit 37 for Prospect, the last off-ramp before the bridge on the Kentucky side of the river.
Wednesday night the southbound lanes will close starting at 8 p.m. until Thursday at 5 a.m. It will close again Thursday night at 8 p.m. until Friday at 5 a.m.
This set of closures will be on Indiana State Road 265 East, just after the Old Salem Road, KYTC officials said in a press release. That’s exit 11 for Utica and River Road, the last off ramp before the bridge.
Officials advise drivers impacted by the closures later this week to detour using Interstate 65 South to cross the Ohio River into Kentucky.
The tunnel was opened to traffic in 2016.
It carries traffic from the Gene Snyder Freeway between Louisville and southern Indiana via the Lewis and Clark Bridge over the Ohio River.
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