Southbound bridge work will resume Thursday, skip Friday and then return all weekend

Closure of a southbound lane of traffic on the U.S. 41 twin bridges at Henderson will resume on Thursday and also this weekend.

On Thursday, a contractor plans to restrict southbound traffic from 8:30 a.m. until about 2:30 p.m. to continue installing a solar navigation lighting system on the bridge. No lane restriction is planned during the day on Friday.

The contractor plans to return with a southbound lane restriction starting at 9 p.m. Friday night, and continuing around the clock through the weekend until sometime Sunday afternoon.

Southbound commuters should allow extra travel time.

TEM Group is the prime contractor on the $600,864 solar navigation light upgrade project. The target completion date is May 1.

Another contractor is planning to start upgrades on the Henderson end of the southbound bridge approaches in coming weeks. Much of this work to prepare for a coming deck overlay on the southbound bridge can be completed without lane restrictions.

These projects on the U.S. 41 twin bridges have to be completed before the start of a major rehab planned along the U.S. 41 corridor. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet and Indiana Department of Transportationare planning a three-year rehabilitation project along the U.S. 41 corridor between the U.S. 41 twin bridges and the I-69 Interchange at the south edge of Evansville starting in May 2017.