Traffic alert: Rolling road closures start Monday at busy Lexington interchange
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- Nightly closures start Monday at Leestown/New Circle to place a new bridge beam.
- Leestown Road closed 10 p.m.–5 a.m.; detour to Georgetown/Old Frankfort Pike.
- New Circle lane reductions and exit reroutes repeat Tuesday; project finishes in 2027.
Temporary road closures will begin March 23, at the intersection of Leestown and New Circle roads. Those road closures will repeat on Tuesday night.
The road closures are necessary to place a new bridge beam that is part of a major reconstruction of the interchange and widening of New Circle Road.
Beginning Monday at 10 p.m., contractors will close Leestown Road in both directions under the New Circle Road overpass. The closure will be between the two sets of ramps to New Circle Roads. All roads will reopen by 5 a.m. Tuesday morning. Drivers can detour using New Circle Road to get to Georgetown Road or Old Frankfort Pike.
The closure will repeat again on Tuesday at 10 p.m. and will reopen by 5 a.m. Wednesday morning, according to Kentucky Transportation Cabinet officials.
There will also be major traffic changes on New Circle Road, transportation officials caution.
Additionally, beginning March 23 at 7 p.m., a single lane in the inner loop of New Circle will close, then at 10 p.m. a double lane closure will occur.
When the double lane closure goes into effect, traffic will be redirected off the Leestown Road exit and continue straight across Leestown Road to the on ramp to re-enter New Circle. Leestown Road will be fully closed in both directions at 10 p.m.
On March 24, the closures will repeat, and all roads will reopen Wednesday morning.
The interchange is part of a much larger New Circle Road widening project to help ease traffic congestion at one of Lexington’s busiest interchanges. The project includes a new double-diamond interchange similar to one at the intersection of New Circle and Harrodsburg roads.
The project will be complete in 2027.
