Closure necessary for truss repairs
MADISONVILLE, Ky. (Feb. 26, 2020) – The U.S. 60 Green River “Spottsville Bridge” between Henderson and Owensboro will be closed over the weekend of March 6 – 9, 2020.
The bridge will be closed on Friday, March 6 at 6:00 p.m. and will remain closed until 5:00 a.m. on Monday, March 9. A detour route will be set up and signed while this work is performed. The contractor will be making truss repairs.
This repair work on the existing bridge is part of ongoing prep work for the construction of a new bridge.
The Spottsville Bridge is located at U.S. 60 mile point 19.388 in Henderson County. Also known as the Spottsville Bridge and the Richard W. Owen Memorial Bridge, the 797 foot long structure was built as a toll bridge and opened to traffic in 1931. Tolls were removed in August 1945.
Approximately 3,000 vehicles cross the bridge in an average day. The U.S. 60 Green River Bridge at Spottsville is 9 miles east of the U.S. 41 Cloverleaf at Henderson and about 6 miles west of the Henderson-Daviess County Line.
The Spottsville Bridge is at Green River navigation mile point 8.6.