Overview
- KYTC has closed the Muhammad Ali Boulevard underpass and a nearby Brook Street section and intends the closures to remain through mid-October so crews can remove and replace the bridge superstructures.
- Traffic operations teams repositioned signage, deployed traffic control personnel, and adjusted signal timing after initial rollouts produced long backups and left some drivers stuck in nearby hospital garages.
- Officials delayed the planned Broadway underpass shutdown while they monitor traffic and make adjustments, but once it closes it is expected to remain shut through the same mid-October work window.
- The University of Louisville converted Muhammad Ali Boulevard between South Brook and Floyd to two-way traffic to preserve garage access, and JCTC has been sending regular alerts asking students and staff to allow extra travel time.
- The work is part of the larger I-65 Central Corridor project that includes multiple ramp and surface-street closures through 2027, and officials urge through-traffic and truck drivers without downtown destinations to follow posted detours to reduce congestion.