All lanes of U.S. Route 60 (13th Street) near the Douglas Street intersection in Ashland will be closed for approximately 20 minutes on Tuesday, June 19. The closure is needed to allow electrical crews to upgrade existing conductors crossing U.S. Route 60.
There will be four approximately five-minute closures of all lanes beginning at 9 a.m. on Tuesday. Lanes will be opened to allow traffic to flow between each closure. Travelers are advised to consider alternate routes during this period.
Davis H. Elliot will perform the electrical work, and Area Wide Protective (AWP) will provide required traffic control for the temporary closures.
A rain date is scheduled for Wednesday, June 20.
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Kentucky Power is an operating unit of American Electric Power and provides electricity to approximately 173,000 customers in all or parts of 20 Eastern Kentucky counties. American Electric Power is one of the largest electric utilities in the United States, delivering electricity to more than 5 million customers in 11 states. AEP ranks among the nation’s largest generators of electricity, owning nearly 38,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the U.S. AEP also owns the nation’s largest electricity transmission system, a nearly 39,000-mile network that includes more 765 kilovolt extra-high voltage transmission lines than all other U.S. transmission systems combined.