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Officials celebrate completion of original Mountain Parkway expansion
HELECHEWA, Ky. — A major milestone has been reached in the Mountain Parkway Expansion, with state and federal officials joining Gov. Andy Beshear Monday to celebrate the completion of the Wolfe County segment.
The 11-mile section completes 32 continuous miles of four-lane Mountain Parkway.
“Team Kentucky is proud to mark another milestone in this project that Kentuckians have been waiting half a century to see come to life,” Gov. Beshear said. “This took a tremendous amount of work, and the end result means we have taken another step forward in making it safer, easier and faster for families to live, learn, work and connect across Eastern Kentucky.”
The Wolfe County project stretches from near Campton to just west of Exit 57 near Helechawa and includes reconstructed interchanges at Kentucky 191 in Campton and Kentucky 1010 at Hazel Green.
The nearly $100 million project was partially funded through a $55 million federal Infrastructure for Rebuilding America grant.
It is the fifth of six segments of the Mountain Parkway Expansion to be completed.
ONE MORE SECTION UNDER CONSTRUCTION
The final segment is the 13-mile Magoffin-Floyd section, which will create a four-lane connection from Salyersville to Kentucky 114 near Prestonsburg.
Construction on that section began last year and includes roughly 30 million cubic yards of excavation. Officials say construction will continue for several more years.
“The Mountain Parkway Expansion is not only a 45-mile project through Magoffin, Floyd, Morgan and Wolfe counties; it is a grand opening to Kentucky’s Appalachian region, interlocking a 400-mile corridor across the commonwealth that will spur economic development and industrial opportunities for generations to come,” said U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers. “The expansion on Restaurant Row in Salyersville is also a reflection of the resilience of our region, proving once again, that we will continue to thrive through every storm and rebuild stronger than ever before. I was proud to work with our state and local leaders to secure federal funding for this project over the last decade to ensure construction moved forward through every segment. I celebrate with the people of Eastern Kentucky and applaud every construction worker, project manager and engineer who got the job done.”
The Mountain Parkway Expansion is a 45-mile project designed to close the remaining gap in a 400-mile, four-lane corridor connecting Eastern Kentucky with the rest of the state, stretching from Pikeville to Paducah.
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One killed in Floyd crash
EASTERN, Ky. — A Floyd County man was killed after he was involved in a single-vehicle crash on Saturday.
Police say Christopher Smith, 48, of McDowell, was traveling along Route 680 near Floyd Central High School just before 2 p.m. Saturday, when he vehicle left the roadway and overturned.
Smith was pronounced dead at the scene by the Floyd County Coroner’s Office.
The crash remains under investigation by Trooper Michael McKinney. Trooper McKinney was assisted at the scene by personnel from KSP Post 9 and local first responder agencies.
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