‘Traffic disaster:’ Tractor trailer accident on Clays Ferry Bridge causes delays – Richmond Register
Editor’s note: This story has actually been upgraded to represent dealt with information.
A tractor-trailer event which occurred late last evening on Clays Ferry Bridge is triggering major hold-ups on I-75 in the northbound lane since 10 a.m. Thursday morning.
Law enforcement are assisting at the case in addition to interstate exits which are likewise supported to redirect web traffic. Web traffic is presently backed up to Departures 90 and 97.
According to a Facebook live video from Dustin Heiser, the director of Madison County Emergency Situation Administration, this mishap has closed the bridge to one lane.
He claimed to anticipate hold-ups and the two-lane closure until early into Friday early morning.
“We all are most likely very conscious that the Clays Ferryboat Bridge is having actually upkeep done on it and down to 2 lanes,” he shared in the video. “As a result of this event, presently we are to one lane.”
Every person is being moved into the much right hand lane as they go across the bridge going northbound.
“This is mosting likely to hold true up until midnight Thursday evening or early Friday early morning up until they can obtain 2 lanes opened up back up,” Heiser claimed in the video clip.
He stated if you can, take a detour. Among those is taking Departure 95 to Boonesborough Road over to Winchester and combining to I-64 back to Lexington.
For those on the other side of the county, he stated, they might take US 52 West approximately Lancaster as well as via US 27 into the southside of Lexington.
Furthermore, the Departure 97 northbound on ramp is closed, as well as will certainly stay closed until very early Friday early morning as well.
According to Chief of Police Rodney Richardson of the Richmond Police Division, he has actually not heard of any kind of injuries since 10:30 a.m.
Madison County EMS Director Carlos Coyle also commented and said while teams did respond late last night, there were no injuries.
“There were no injuries, which is great. But it is a website traffic calamity,” he stated.
