ALERT: Northbound I-169 Blocked by Crash in Hopkins County

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Kentucky Transportation Cabinet • District 2

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Media Contact: Matt Hughes
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ALERT: Northbound I-169 Blocked by Crash in Hopkins County

Expected duration 6-7 hours

MADISONVILLE, Ky. (May 20, 2025) Both lanes of northbound Interstate 169 are blocked by a crash in Hopkins County.

Traffic is being diverted at the Nortonville exit (32.8 mm), Northbound traffic should turn left onto U.S. 62 and then take a right onto U.S. 41. They can then take a right onto KY 813 at Mortons Gap to reach Interstate 69. From there motorists can head north on I-69 towards Madisonville or go south on I-69 to head towards Paducah (via I-69) or Elizabethtown (via the Western Kentucky Parkway).

Anticipated duration is 6-7 hours.

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I-169 blocked by crash