Campus Road Construction Update: Eastern Pkwy Closed Dec. 16; Bridge to Remain Closed Thru Spring

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Posted December 15th, 2009 by Virginia M. Smith

Kentucky's Transportation Cabinet will embark upon a three-phase construction project to some of the main thoroughfares on the eastern and southern borders of Belknap Campus. Construction will begin in late August and is expected to be completed by the end of December. Enhancements to the area will include bike lanes, structurally enhanced bridges, increased safety, better signage, and a landscaped median. 

The law school will be most impacted by Phase II that involves a major redesign of the portion of Eastern Parkway nearest Third Street. During that period, access along Eastern Parkway will be restricted. Visitors are encouraged to approach from either Third Street (west) or Cardinal Boulevard (north). Some of the spaces in the red, green, and blue parking lots will be temporarily relocated. TARC bus #29 will be rerouted at Crittenden Drive. The Black Loop will not be impacted.

Update, 12/14: Eastern Parkway will be closed for paving and striping between the Speed School entrance and Third Street on Dec. 16, weather permitting. If weather does not permit, paving will take place on the next workday that it does, and the road will be closed then. During paving, access to the Speed parking lot will be through Brook Street via Warnock Street. Completion of paving and striping will mark the end of significant construction on the west end of Eastern Parkway, with only landscaping and some minor work remaining. It will be open for two-way traffic once the one-day shutdown is completed.The Eastern Parkway bridge will be closed much longer than originally scheduled. Crews tearing out the old bridge structure found significant damage over the CSX railroad tracks that previously was undetectable. That additional damage, plus the winter temperatures that prevent the pouring of concrete, mean that Eastern Parkway from the Speed School entrance east to Hahn Street will remain closed. The project completion date now is June 2010.


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