The Walnut Street bridge that crossed over the CSX rail line in Hopkinsville has been removed with state transportation officials hoping to have the replacement bridge completed by the fall.
Walnut Street was closed on May 11 so the 122-foot bridge could be removed. The steel multi-beam bridge was built in 1935 and reconstructed in 1961. Only three bridges in Hopkinsville were older than the Walnut Street structure.
The new bridge will have two lanes and a pedestrian sidewalk on the east side of the bridge.
Detours have been utilizing Skyline Drive and 9th Street for large trucks and commercial traffic.
About 8,000 vehicles a day travel Walnut Street to access Fort Campbell Boulevard.