Published: November 06, 2007 11:20 am      

Sherman Minton Bridge work squeezing traffic all week

A bridge-inspection contractor will be blocking various lanes of traffic on the Sherman Minton Bridge all week, Indiana Department of Transportation spokesman Marvin Jenkins said Monday afternoon.

The far right lane of Indiana-bound traffic was closed Monday morning while a cherry picker reached to the bridge’s highest peak. Jenkins expects closures to be scattered across all lanes of the bridge, one lane at a time.

The state hired URS Corp. to perform the annual inspection, Jenkins said.

The Clark Memorial Bridge and John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge were inspected in September, said Andrea Clifford, a Kentucky transportation spokeswoman.