US 60 ‘Continuous Green-T’ Intersection Nearing Completion at Ashland
New traffic pattern switch set for today
FLEMINGSBURG, Ky. (April 14, 2022) – Work to reconfigure the US 60 and Boy Scout Road (KY 1012) intersection at Ashland for “continuous green-T” traffic is nearing completion.
By this evening, contractors and highway crews will remove work zone barrels, activate new overhead signals, and switch US 60 and KY 1012 traffic into its new pattern:
- Traffic on westbound US 60 coming from Ashland will not have to stop at the Boy Scout Road signal. Instead, both westbound lanes will have a continuous green signal allowing traffic to flow freely.
- On eastbound US 60 going toward Ashland, the signal will stop traffic as usual – but in shorter cycles – to allow vehicles to cross to and from Boy Scout Road.
- On Boy Scout Road, traffic can turn right or left onto US 60 at each green signal as usual – but also in shorter cycles. The key difference is that traffic turning left onto westbound US 60 toward Summitt will cross into a new acceleration-merge lane and have several hundred feet to merge right into the free-flowing westbound US 60 traffic.
Some final striping or other work could continue into Friday. Motorists should continue to use caution when driving through the area.
A continuous green-T intersection – like the one now at US 23 and Diederich Boulevard (KY 693) in Greenup County – is a low-cost intersection improvement that reduces congestion and signal wait times by allowing some traffic on a high-volume highway to move freely with a continuous green light.
For more information about continuous green-T intersections, see the Transportation Cabinet’s website at https://transportation.ky.gov/Congestion-Toolbox/Pages/Continuous-Green-T.aspx.
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