It took 70 firefighters nearly an hour to put out the flames.

No timetable has been given on construction for the project.

Machinery is working in the middle of the lanes of Interstate 64 near the exit to the Shawnee Expressway, where the crossover lane will be.

The ramps from Interstate 64 west and and Interstate 64 east to the Shawnee Expressway (Interstate 264) near the Sherman-Minton bridge will close beginning Friday at midnight.

Accident closes Shawnee Expressway westbound, toward Sherman Minton Bridge, at Cane Run Road for several hours Thursday afternoon.