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UPDATE: #LEX18TrafficTracker — Bluegrass Parkway Reopens After Trailer Fire

Posted at 11:27 AM, Sep 18, 2018
and last updated 2018-09-18 11:34:03-04

WOODFORD COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — A portion of the Bluegrass Parkway has reopened to traffic after crews shut it down for hours while working to clear a commercial vehicle fire.

Emergency crews were called out around 10 p.m. Monday near mile marker 61, under the bridge in Woodford County.

Officials said the trailer contained chromium-oxide.

Both eastbound lanes are blocked were blocked for hours.