FORT THOMAS, Ky. — Mudslides are beginning to impact roads in Northern Kentucky after continual rain washes out the area.
A portion of Mary Ingles Highway or Old Route 8 is closed in both directions after a mudslide early Friday morning, according to officials with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 6.
The mudslide covers the portion of the road just past the Aquaramp Marina between Tower Hill and River Road.
Crews have been working to clear trees and soil from the roadway since around 3-4 a.m. According to KYTC, it's about a 50- to 60-foot section of the roadway.
KYTC said the hope is to clear the slide Friday, but the road will be closed from Tower Hill to River Road over the weekend.
"With the amount of rain we’re going to be seeing overnight, for us to re-open the road, to potentially have to close it again if we were to have a similar issue … takes away our manpower where we could be using it elsewhere," Jake Ryle with KYTC District 6 said.
Watch as crews work to clear the mudslide below:
The same stretch of Mary Ingles Highway reopened in July 2024, five years after a landslide significantly damaged the highway, including large cracks in the roadway.
In addition to the Mary Ingles Highway road closure, U.S. Route 42 between Hance and Riddle Run in Gallatin County was closed due to a mudslide.
