$2.6-Billion Ohio River Bridges Project Ramps Up In Louisville
Virtual-reality tools and ramped-up deadline goals are propelling the $2.6-billion Ohio River Bridges project out of the starting gate. Workers are driving piles now to reconstruct the ramps for the John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge and the interchanges at which Interstate 65, I-64 and I-71 intersect in Louisville, Ky.
The interchange work is a $425-million portion of the project, which will entail building a second bridge that will carry northbound traffic, doubling the so-called Downtown Crossing's capacity to and from southern Indiana on I-65. The existing bridge will carry only southbound traffic when the project is complete. A new East End Bridge will be located 10 miles from downtown Louisville and connect the Gene Snyder Freeway to the Lee Hamilton Highway.