According to spokesman Keith Todd, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 1 crews ramped down snow-fighting efforts around 4 PM Saturday — having battled 35 mile-per-hour winds, low temperatures and a minus-30 wind chill for most of the afternoon.
All District 1 crews made a final pass, spreading salt where needed on “C” snow routes before halting work before sundown.
The extreme cold has limited the impact of salt and other ice-fighting chemicals, but temperatures in and around 20 degrees — coupled with abundant sunshine — did help activate salt and generate some melting.
That melting, however, will refreeze.
Interstates, parkways, U.S. highways and other four-lanes (“A” routes) are considered 95% cleared. Most side routes are roughly 70-to-90% cleared, and the smallest routes are between 45-and-75% cleared.
Motorists are advised to continue to slow down and use appropriate caution — particularly on those “C” routes where slick spots and black ice remain.
Tonight’s low will be less than 10 degrees.
One can navigate traffic concerns at goky.ky.gov, at waze.com, or with the WAZE App.
KYTC District 1 is responsible for 2,838 miles of highway in Fulton, Hickman, Carlisle, Ballard, McCracken, Graves, Calloway, Marshall, Livingston, Crittenden, Lyon and Trigg counties.
