Median cable barriers planned for site of deadly crash

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Channel: LOCAL 12 · 2015 · News & Politics

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BOONE COUNTY, Ky. (WKRC) -- New safety barriers will soon go up in the same spot as a deadly interstate crash.

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet plans to install median cable barriers along I-71 in part of Boone County. The barriers will stretch for seven miles from mile marker 70-77.
    
They will be designed to keep vehicles from crossing the median into oncoming traffic. Thursday, Jan. 29's crash happened when a tractor trailer hit a disabled vehicle and crossed the median. 

Plans for the barriers have been in place for a while

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