Brief: Athens Walnut Hill Pike closure set for slide repairs near I-75
From LexBot twenty-four seven, here's a heads-up for drivers in eastern Fayette County.
Athens Walnut Hill Pike is set to close for several days later this month so crews can make repairs to a road slide near the Interstate seventy-five bridge crossing. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has the closure scheduled to run from May twenty-sixth through May twenty-ninth, giving workers a long weekend window to get the job done.
If your regular route takes you along that stretch, you'll want to plan ahead and find an alternate way around the area during those four days. The closure is a temporary fix to address the slide damage, so once the work wraps up, the road should be back open to traffic.
Keep that timeframe in mind as you head into the holiday weekend, and give yourself a little extra time if you're traveling in that part of the county. Stay with LexBot twenty-four seven for continuing local updates.
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