BARBOURSVILLE, WV (LOOTPRESS) – The night of Thursday, November 16, 2023, marked the last major phase of a project to widen Interstate 64 to eight lanes between East Mall Road in Barboursville and the Merritt’s Creek interchange, as contractors begin shifting traffic for final construction.
The $72 million project is paid for with funding from Gov. Jim Justice’s $2.8 billion Roads to Prosperity program, and is designed to ease congestion and remove a bottleneck for drivers traveling between Barboursville and Huntington.
Contractors shifted westbound traffic on I-64 onto freshly built pavement between 7 p.m. Thursday, November 16, 2023, and 6 a.m. Friday, November 17, 2023.
Eastbound traffic will be shifted onto new pavement after the Thanksgiving holiday.
A concurrent, $91 million project funded by Roads to Prosperity is widening I-64 to six lanes from Merritt’s Creek to the 29th Street exit. Both projects are expected to be complete by late 2024.
