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Contract Awarded for Land Between the Lakes to Cadiz 4-Lane Highway Construction

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Kentucky Transportation Cabinet

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has awarded contracts for the reconstruction of a section of US 68/KY 80 in western Trigg County.  

Gov. Matt Bevin says Rogers Group, LLC has been awarded a $54 million contract for approximately 8 miles of new 4-lane highway between Cadiz and Canton. 

The project supplies a missing link in the long-awaited US 68/KY 80 corridor through southern Kentucky.  The target completion date is November, 2019.  

“This reconstruction project in Trigg County brings us another step closer to the completion of the 4-lane east-west corridor across southern Kentucky,” Gov. Bevin said.  “Work is progressing on the new bridges over Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley and completion of this section will provide better accessibility for tourists visiting the scenic Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area.”

The project includes construction of a new 4-lane roughly paralleling the existing roadway from the intersection of U.S. 68-Business at Cadiz extending to the east end of the Lake Barkley Bridge at Canton—a distance of about 8 miles.

Engineers in KYTC District1 conducted a pre-construction meeting with the contractor in early February with the expectation that some earth work could start near the east end of the project later this month.  However, the contractor will be required to obtain a number of permits for work in environmentally sensitive areas near Lake Barkley before work can extend to the western end of the project corridor.

“Our goal is to have traffic running on this new section shortly after the new U.S. 68/KY 80 Lake Barkley Bridge is completed,” said KYTC District 1 Chief Engineer Mike McGregor.

The target completion date is November 30, 2019.

Rob Canning is a native of Murray, KY, a 2015 TV Production grad of Murray State. At MSU, he served as team captain of the Murray State Rowing Club. Rob's goal is to become a screenwriter, film director or producer and looks to the likes of Quentin Tarantino and Guy Ritchie for inspiration. He appreciates good music, mainly favoring British rock n' roll, and approves of anything with Jack White's name on it. When not studying, rowing or writing, Rob enjoys spending his free time with a book or guitar.
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