• Utility facility installations.
• Permitting of entrances and other correlated roadway modifications.
• Altering or replacing existing drainage facilities.
• Plantings upon the right-of-way.
• Replacement of right-of-way fence.
• Tree trimming and cutting.
• Use of roadside chemicals.
• Highway Advisory Radio.
• Airspace Usage.
• Geophysical Surveys or investigations.
• Treated Sewage Effluent.
• Locating Facilities on right-of-way.
• Fairs, Parades, Festivals, Banners, and Welcome Signs.

For more information or to obtain a permit contact:
Tom Napier

Bridge Maintenance Branch is responsible for the following areas:

• Coordination of bridge inspection activities
• Preparation of bridge repair contracts
• Determination of Bridge weight Restrictions
• Advising on bridge maintenance problems
• Keeping current on bridge maintenance and inspection technology
• Overseeing the Maintenance Management System

Pavement and Operations Branch is responsible for the following areas:

• Perform detailed visual condition evaluations, roughness and rut-depth measurements of pavements for the Interstates, Parkways and Annual Resurfacing Program.
• Roughness Test 24,700 miles of other state maintained roads.
• Perform ride ability tests on various projects to check for conformity to requirements.
• Issue reports on the findings of these tests.

Roadway Preservation Branch manages roadway maintenance programs and prepares roadway maintenance related contracts. The Branch also provides technology transfer and technical assistance to the Districts and other Divisions.
The Contracting Section is responsible for management of the following programs.

• Statewide Resurfacing Program
• Interstate Pavement Rehabilitation Program
• Primary & Parkway Pavement Rehabilitation Program
• Extended Weight Coal Haul Program
• New Guardrail Program
• Contract maintenance activities such as upgrading existing roadside guardrail, drainage structure maintenance and replacement, concrete pavement rehabilitation, slide repair, asphalt patching and other miscellaneous maintenance contracts as required.
• State Park Road Improvements

The Basic Maintenance Section provides direct liaison between the Division of Maintenance, Districts, and other Divisions.
The section performs the following specialized activities.

• Slip & Slide Repair Statewide Coordination
• Roadway Dam Inspections
• New Products Evaluations
• Technology Transfer
• Interstate Maintenance Inspections
• Specialized Studies & Research Activities
• Permit and Excess Property Reviews

The Roadside Environmental Team coordinates:

• Roadside Vegetation Management Programs.
• The Rest Area Management Program.
• Snow and Ice activities.
• The Environmental Waste Management Program.

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Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
Division of Maintenance
200 Mero Street
Frankfort, KY 40622
Telephone 502-564-4556
Fax 502-564-3532