Louisville KY is going to be a NIGHTMARE.....

[dyna]

Anyone planning to travel thru Louisville KY to go anywhere is going to have a traveling nightmare. The bridge on I64 is closed for at least 6 months that leaves the I65 bridge to handle all of the interstate traffic thru Louisville.

This is creating huge back ups in both Indiana an kentucky...avoid rush hour travel times at all costs!!! I know ppl who it normally takes them 20 mins to get to work that it now takes them 3 hours.

 

[LadyBeBop]

Six months? That's going to be a nightmare, especially for those in the upper midwest (Chicago/Milwaukee etc).

I would think the I-57/24 route (hope I got it right) would be the best way to go from Chicago now. Or would the I-65/74/275/75 route be the best way?

If anyone wants to do the 65-74-275-75 route, I can help. That's normally not much farther than the 65-24-75 route anyway.

 

[1tufgt]

Anyone planning to travel thru Louisville KY to go anywhere is going to have a traveling nightmare. The bridge on I64 is closed for at least 6 months that leaves the I65 bridge to handle all of the interstate traffic thru Louisville.

This is creating huge back ups in both Indiana an kentucky...avoid rush hour travel times at all costs!!! I know ppl who it normally takes them 20 mins to get to work that it now takes them 3 hours.

Yes the morning / afternoon rush hours have been very hectic due to the Shermen Mitton bridge closure. Right now it's going to take 3 weeks to inspect the bridge and possibly another year or so to fix it once the problems are found.

Six months? That's going to be a nightmare, especially for those in the upper midwest (Chicago/Milwaukee etc).

I would think the I-57/24 route (hope I got it right) would be the best way to go from Chicago now. Or would the I-65/74/275/75 route be the best way?

If anyone wants to do the 65-74-275-75 route, I can help. That's normally not much farther than the 65-24-75 route anyway.

Yeah all 64E traffic is now detoured to I-265, which you then take I-65 south.

 

[kydisneyfans]

Louisville travel is a pain before the closure, the Kennedy bridge can't handle everyday traffic let alone all traffic from another interstate.

We have advised our hauler to take the 74/75 route from Indy and go through Lexington to avoid Louisville altogether.

 

[grimley1968]

I work in a town in southeast Kentucky 150 miles away from there. I haven't been through Louisville since the bridge closure, but there is a warning sign even here (at an exit just off I-75) warning anyone hauling heavy loads to avoid it. I have never seen anything like that so far away.

 

[1tufgt]

Yeah it's a little crazy when you take a bridge that carries 80k vehicles a day out and have to reroute it, it makes things crazy.

I work downtown but good thing I'm on the KY side and don't have to cross it but I feel for the people trying to cross 65S in the mornings.

 

[kydisneyfans]

The same warning signs are on I64 at exit 96 near Winchester, KY also.
I think that is give plenty of time to find an alternate route, especially trying to filter NW bound traffic through Cincy instead of Louisville.

 

[smitch425]

Everyday on my FB home page at least one of my "friends" has something to say about the traffic. I grew up in So. IN (10 minutes north of that bridge) and visit there often. Our entire family is there and the majority of them work in Louisville. It is a real mess. We have to make a quick trip into town the weekend before our Disney trip and we are already planning on taking an alternate route to avoid Louisville completely. Not looking forward to it at all. I really feel bad for my FIL...he retired from GE a couple years ago and two months ago they asked him to come back to work for a 6-8 month period. It is taking him at LEAST twice as long to get to work. DH wants him to quit, but so far he's trudging along. They were doing construction on that bridge anyway which was also causing major traffic issues. I don't know what will happen when it starts dumping snow... my mom said she may just quit her job when winter hits.

 

[dyna]

I'm thankful I no longer live in the area...I too have lots of family in the area. My brother is in 1 of the Louisville Hospitals not had no company since the bridge closed

 

[DJT]

I live in New Albany and work in New Albany. The traffic on our streets here is horrible because of the bridge closure. My DS lives in Georgetown and works in Louisville, out near Blankenbaker. His employer adjusted his hours to 5:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. at his request so he avoids much of the rush-hour traffic. Winter is going to be an even worse nightmare for everyone.

Donna

 

[dyna]

I'm sure the whole area up there is a HUGE MESS. I lived in Corydon an DH worked in new Albany off Grantline...we are so glad he is no longer working. Had he not already retired I think this would have been the final straw.

Even Corydon is effected by this bridge closed because it's faster for many to go out to the Corydon exit take hwy 135 south over to Brandenburg Ky I can't remember number of hwys but then to cut over to Hwy 31W back up north on it to the Gene Snyder then to where ever they need to go. It's a long drive for sure but very well might be faster. Corydon Exit to the bridge is 20 miles....all but right off the exit is a 2 lane road that has many accidents.

We spent a lot of time in New Albany an Louisville on the weekends, which we know how to get to New Albany without using the interstate it would just be a matter of the traffic once in New Albany.

 

[seashoreCM]

What if department stores opened every night and just a few mornings (Saturday being at least one) instead of every morning and just a few nights?

What if schools opened regularly two hours later as is often done when it snows? Since visiting teams would get mired down in traffic just the same, all schools in the league should be willing to adjust game times.

Many businesses that start at 8 AM should start earlier.

Businesses that operate all three shifts should have the shift changes reset to avoid peak traffic.

Traffic lights at office parks and shopping malls should give more time to the main road and the owners of those businesses should manage things to make the best use of the green time they end up with.

Special bus routes (added later) and company run vans to selected suburban points should be set up (sometimes existing bus routes will work out) and an executive order suspending no-parking regulations issued for locations where key bus stops are desginated (intended to be primarily suburban residential areas).

 

[1tufgt]

What if department stores opened every night and just a few mornings (Saturday being at least one) instead of every morning and just a few nights?

What if schools opened regularly two hours later as is often done when it snows? Since visiting teams would get mired down in traffic just the same, all schools in the league should be willing to adjust game times.

Many businesses that start at 8 AM should start earlier.

Businesses that operate all three shifts should have the shift changes reset to avoid peak traffic.

Traffic lights at office parks and shopping malls should give more time to the main road and the owners of those businesses should manage things to make the best use of the green time they end up with.

Special bus routes should be set up (sometimes existing bus routes will work out) and an executive order suspending no-parking regulations issued for locations where key bus stops are desginated (intended to be primarily suburban residential areas).

The city officials in both states have been working and revising the plans as they monitor the traffic each day. It's. One of those isssues where another bridge in the area would of helped.

There is no quick solution.

 

[seashoreCM]

they asked him to come back to work for a 6-8 month period. It is taking him at LEAST twice as long to get to work. DH wants him to quit, but so far he's trudging along. :

Very unique situation.
Suggest flex time or nonexempt status to make possible beating the traffic there and making use of the earlier arrival or missing the traffic home and makind use of the later departure.

Is the river too wide for a temporary bridge? Perhaps a few miles upriver or downriver where the river is narrower?

Have trained crews on standby to be able to immediately clear accident scenes; helicopters would be used to remove vehicles when/where safe.

 

[kydisneyfans]

Louisville has needed an east end bridge to extend 265 forever, but the residents keep blocking it. It would take forever to build, it's too wide for a temporary one, and then use tolls to pay for it.

 

[hearts8701]

driving down in janurary from chicago guess this answers my debate on whether to take 57 or 65 down

 

[1tufgt]

Louisville has needed an east end bridge to extend 265 forever, but the residents keep blocking it. It would take forever to build, it's too wide for a temporary one, and then use tolls to pay for it.

I agree that River Fields needs to give it up and let s east end bridge go up. That one would be completed a lot quicker than adding one downtown.

 

[xxliz28xx]

Wait until winter & snow

 

[seashoreCM]

Could a ferry be run? People would drive to the location (preferably not in a business district), park for free on existing streets and/or a lot provided, then after getting off the ferry they would take buses (may be new custom routes) to downtown Louisville.

 

[xxliz28xx]

The Spirit of Jefferson steamboat is running one now but only temporarily (like for 2 weeks) to see if there is a need for it. I don't think many people are ultilizing it.