Preventive maintenance work to begin on KY 248 in Spencer County
Louisville, KY (July 10, 2019) - The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) recently awarded a contract for a preventive maintenance project on KY 248 (Briar Ridge Road) in Spencer County. This project involves the application of a cost-effective treatment, known as a cape seal, to extend the life of the pavement. The construction limits are from KY 44 to the Little Beech Creek bridge near the Taylorsville Marina (mile markers 0.0 to 2.58).
The cape seal is an application of a chip seal followed by a thin asphalt overlay. The chip seal begins with an asphalt emulsion sprayed on the roadway followed by a layer of coarse stone spread evenly over the emulsion. This portion of the application is left in place for several days (up to two weeks) to allow the stone to set and for open traffic to further seat the aggregate materials into the emulsion. The roadway will contain some loose aggregate, and there may be a slight increase in driving noise – both of these issues improve with time and traffic volume. After this curing period, a thin asphalt overlay is paved onto the roadway.
Contract crews will be doing preparation work on Thursday, July 11 and Friday, July 12. They plan to begin the chip seal phase the week of July 15. Paving of the asphalt overlay will take place in the weeks to follow.
Mago Construction Company was awarded this contract in the amount of $650,000. Construction is scheduled for completion by September 2019.
The date and duration of this work may be adjusted if inclement weather or other unforeseen delays occur. Visit goky.ky.gov for the latest in traffic and travel information in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. You can also get traffic information for the District 5 counties at facebook.com/KYTCDistrict5 and twitter.com/KYTCDistrict5 .
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