West 5th Street Road Bridge to Reopen Today
One lane traffic planned for this weekend; Restricted two-lane traffic to resume next week
MADISONVILLE, Ky. (June 6, 2025) – Kentucky Transportation Cabinet officials plan to reopen the West Fifth Street Road Bridge in Owensboro this morning with limitations to keep traffic safe. The bridge was closed on April 28 when it was struck by a vehicle passing underneath on U.S. 60.
Crews are installing temporary traffic signals on each end of the bridge, which will allow traffic to cross the structure in one lane, one direction at a time. Next week, KYTC will widen the approaches to the bridge and restripe it to allow two-way traffic. Both of those lanes will be narrower than normal due to damage to the substructure.
After reevaluating the condition of the bridge, KYTC determined that these steps would make it possible to keep traffic safely moving by shifting it away from the damaged area of the structure until full repairs can be made. Motorists are advised to stay within the marked driving lanes for their own safety and that of others on West 5th Street Road and U.S. 60.
Engineers will continue to develop the repair plan to fully reopen the structure as soon as possible, but no timeline is currently available. Two support beams were damaged in the strike. While the bridge is structurally safe, these beams will need to be replaced and must be special ordered from a supplier, which could lengthen the amount of time needed to complete repairs.
More info on the repair timeline will be released when it becomes available.
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