One-third of project will be started or shovel-ready in 2016, bringing opportunity to Eastern Kentucky Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear was joined by Congressman Hal Rogers during a visit to a Mountain Parkway Expansion construction site. SALYERSVILLE, Ky. (October 5, 2015) – Less than a year after Governor Steve Beshear unveiled the […]
September 22, 2015 This periodic report includes information on work underway on the Mountain Parkway Expansion. Inclement weather or unforeseen circumstances could affect planned activities. Magoffin CountyConstruction and clearing activities are progressing along a nearly six-mile stretch of the Mountain Parkway to the west of Salyersville. The project, described as […]
Consultant selected to complete final design before land acquisition, construction Campton, Ky. (August 19, 2015) – The Mountain Parkway Expansion team has completed preliminary design work on an 11-mile section of the parkway in Wolfe County and selected a preferred path for planned widening and improvements to the parkway. The Kentucky […]
Another milestone completed on first phase of expansion project Workers on the Mountain Parkway Expansion placed 90 tons of concrete beams on a bridge in Magoffin County. SALYERSVILLE, Ky. (August 6, 2015) – Construction crews working on the Mountain Parkway Expansion placed more than 90 tons of concrete beams this week […]
Collaboration with community has project on track for summer 2016 SALYERSVILLE, Ky. (July 28, 2015) – The first extension of Mountain Parkway in a half-century is set to begin next year with the reconstruction of a wider, safer Restaurant Row in Salyersville. While visible road work is underway to the west, […]
This periodic report includes information on work underway on the Mountain Parkway Expansion. Inclement weather or unforeseen circumstances could affect planned activities. Magoffin County Gifford Road Crews continue to work on the Mountain Parkway Expansion near Gifford Road, where they recently removed an overpass that spanned the parkway. Construction of […]
Nearly six miles of parkway being widened and improved SALYERSVILLE, Ky. (June 15, 2015) – About one-fifth of the widening and improvements of the Mountain Parkway between Campton and Salyersville will be under construction this summer, marking significant progress for the Mountain Parkway Expansion. A third construction project starting soon just […]
Demolition work in Magoffin County will impact traffic SALYERSVILLE, Ky. (June 15, 2015) – Drivers traveling on the Mountain Parkway might experience short delays this week as contractors take down an existing overpass in Magoffin County. Work on the Gifford Road overpass – about 5 miles west of Salyersville – is […]
Contractors pouring first concrete on 46-mile expansion project SALYERSVILLE, Ky. (May 26, 2015) – The first concrete was poured on the Mountain Parkway Expansion last week, marking a significant milestone for the project. Contractors working for Lexington’s Bizzack Construction are starting steel and construction work on a new interchange at Gifford […]
More detailed information will help transportation officials choose:Build new road or widen existing corridor between Salyersville, Prestonsburg PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (May 18, 2015) – Based on positive feedback from a recent public meeting, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet will carry forward its preliminary evaluation of a cross-country corridor for extending the Mountain Parkway […]
