Widening of I65 through all of Kentucky is a giant step closer to reality.
Construction along a section totaling 17 miles from Bonnieville to just north of Sonora was completed earlier this week. Awarded at a cost of $138,485,749 in September of 2014 to Scotty’s Contracting and Stone, the project was originally scheduled for a May 2017 completion date. Right of way clearing restrictions due to the discovery of Northern Long-Eared Bat habitation delayed the project early in the construction schedule. These bats are federally listed as a threatened species.
This project is the longest section of I65 to be under construction since the goal of widening the interstate to six lanes through all of Kentucky began two decades ago. Six lanes of interstate have been constructed from the Kentucky-Tennessee line to Sonora which totals approximately 82 miles.
To complete the goal, nine miles of construction remain from where the newly finished section ends, extending north to Exit 91 at Elizabethtown. The remaining widening project has a completion date in November of 2018.
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