Project Newsroom
While navigating the Project Newsroom pages, readers can find and review current information relevant to the Ohio River Bridges Project's six design sections. News stories covering topics like public meetings, project developments, upcoming events and traffic updates will be periodically updated. Below is a listing of the most recent project news.
June, 2008 - The newly redesigned Web site for the Louisville-Southern Indiana
Ohio River Bridges Project offers users many useful features, including an improved
mapping function, more visual appeal and easy-to-use navigation.
“We believe the new mapping function is a landmark way of communicating with the
public,” said Matt Bullock, Interim Project Manager for the Kentucky Transportation
Cabinet (KYTC). “No other transportation project in the country is able to show
the level of detail we’re providing with the revised Web site.”
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April, 2008 - After months of community input, design team members for the
Ohio River Bridges Project unveiled the recommended aesthetic design elements for
the new Downtown Bridge. The recommendations were presented to the public at April
open houses in Jeffersonville and Louisville.
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April 2008 - Recommen- dations on the shape, color and other aesthetic features
elements of the East End Bridge for the Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges
Project are now set for final consideration. The proposed features are the result
of feedback from the public and several community groups. The public involvement
process was instrumental in determining the bridge's overall theme, color, texture
and lighting.
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April 2008 - A drilling rig capable of retrieving soil samples from
as deep as 90-feet below ground will be at work in Southern Indiana this week performing
preparatory work for the Ohio River Bridges Project. "We're searching for bedrock
along the corridor where we will build the new-terrain highway," says Paul
Boone, the Bridges' project manager for the Indiana Department of Transportation.
"This is step one in determining the foundation for the highway that will connect
IN-265 to the new East End Bridge on the Indiana side."
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