LIST: Road closures, alternate routes for NCAA Tournament

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) – With the NCAA taking over the KFC Yum! Center, Louisville Metro police are asking spectators to use alternative routes.

Lt. Joe Seelye, with the LMPD Traffic Unit, said, "We're going to have spectators visiting, those with the NCAA visiting, players bands and all those things are going to overwhelm Third Street and we're asking people to use alternatives."

While the Third and Second Street ramps will be open, drivers cannot get off on River Road which will present a challenge.

Seelye provided the following alternatives:

• “If you're coming from I-64 to downtown, try using the Story exit. Story will take you to Main and you can work your way across there.”
• “Those who are parking in the Third Street garage and the Fourth Street Galt House garage, Third Street's a good resource for you to do that.”
• “If you're trying to get elsewhere, the Ninth Street off ramp which will be big for us. We will have resources there working the light buttons, helping people get on and off the ramp quickly.”

In addition, the following closures and lane restrictions are in place in connection with construction on the Downtown Crossing:

Downtown Louisville

• Floyd Street, northbound from Muhammad Ali Blvd. to Liberty St.
• Frankfort Avenue, from Story Ave. to River Rd.
• Hancock Street, from Main St. to Clay St.
• Jackson Street, from Jefferson St. to Market St.
• Jefferson Street, from Jackson St. to Floyd St. (one lane open)
• Liberty Street, from Floyd St. to Preston St. (one lane open)
• Main Street, from Hancock St. to Jackson St. (two lanes open)
• Market Street, westbound from Hancock St. to Jackson St.
• Preston Street, from Jefferson St. to Liberty St.
• River Road, from Preston St. to Witherspoon St. (two lanes open)
• Witherspoon Street, from Slugger Field to Clay St. and from Adams St. to River Rd.

Interstate Closures (Overnight 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.)

• Ramp from I-64 East to I-65 North
• One lane of I-64 East from 3rd Street to Story Avenue
• Ramp from Story Avenue to I-64 West (Wednesday night only)

Long-term Interstate Closures

Kentucky:

• Ramp from I-64 East to I-65 South
• Ramp from I-65 North to I-64 West
• Ramp from Liberty Street to I-65 North
• I-65 North from Muhammad Ali Boulevard to Witherspoon Street reduced to two through lanes of traffic, with the right lane a mandatory exit to Ali

Indiana:

• I-65 South and I-65 North reduced to two through lanes of traffic from the Kennedy Bridge to Brown's Station Way
• No direct access to I-65 North from the Clark Memorial Bridge. US 31-North traffic must exit onto Court Avenue and are directed to 10th Street to access I-65 North.

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