Traffic Alert: KY 2491 Closure in Wolfe County Starting Jan. 16

A portion of KY 2491 that runs underneath the Mountain Parkway east of Campton Exit 46 will be closed for road and bridge construction beginning Jan. 16.  The closure is expected to last through Jan. 19.

Motorists traveling along this section of KY 2491, also known as Campton-Baptist Road or Baptist Fork Road, will be detoured to KY 1812, KY 191, and then KY 15 in Campton.

Signage and message boards will alert drivers to the closure and detour. 

Drivers should use caution when traveling through active work zones.

Construction schedules may be adjusted due to weather or other unforeseen events.

About the Mountain Parkway Expansion

The Mountain Parkway Expansion is a 45-mile transportation improvement project that will create a wider, safer connection between Eastern Kentucky and the rest of the Commonwealth. It is a key transportation project designed to close the only gap in a 400-mile, four-lane, high-speed corridor for commerce and mobility across Kentucky from Pikeville to Paducah.

The project will widen 32 miles of the existing parkway to four lanes and extend the parkway by 13 miles between Salyersville to Prestonsburg.