The Ohio River Bridges Project of Kentucky and Indiana

Executive Bridge Type Selection Committee Calls for Public Vote

Officials work toward final bridge type alternatives

November 2006 - The selection of the bridge types for the Ohio River Bridges project is now entering its final phase. The Executive Bridge Type Selection Committee, the body assembled to choose the final Downtown and East End Bridge types, met for the first time Nov. 1 at the Kentucky Center for the Arts.

Governor Ernie Fletcher, committee co-chairman, said "this is an important process that should include input from the public." Other committee members agreed. The 14 member committee is made up of elected officials and community leaders from across Kentucky and Indiana.

The committee is asking for the public to vote on their favorite bridge type alternatives at each location. Votes may be cast at the Bridges Project Web site (click here to view bridge type alternatives for the downtown bridge, or here for the east end bridge). Four public meetings will be held from Nov. 13 - 17 to further solicit public feedback (click here for more information).

The public can also vote by calling Community Transportation Solutions (CTS), the Bridges Project's general engineering consultant, at 1-800-513-6691, or by writing to CTS at 305 N. Hurstbourne Parkway, Suite 100, Louisville, KY 40222.

Voting forms also will be available from 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. at the following Kentucky Transportation Cabinet and Indiana Department of Transportation offices:

Kentucky Transportation Cabinet - District 5 Office
977 Phillips Lane
Louisville, Ky 40209

Indiana Department of Transportation - Falls City Subdistrict Office
5701 U.S. Highway 131
Clarksville, IN47129

Kentucky Transportation Cabinet - Central Office
200 Mero Street
Frankfort, KY 40622

Public voting will help the committee narrow the list to two alternatives for each location by the end of this month.

A series of stakeholder meetings and public open houses helped bridge design engineers and architects narrow an extensive list of alternatives to a total of six, three alternatives for each location, by July 2006. The members of the Executive Bridge Type Selection Committee were then invited to lead the final stage of the selection process.

The committee includes Gov. Ernie Fletcher, Gov. Mitch Daniels, Rep. Anne Northup, Rep. Mike Sodrel, Mayor Jerry Abramson, Commissioner Ed Meyer, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Secretary Bill Nighbert and Indiana Department of Transportation Thomas Sharp. Those elected officials also appointed citizen representatives including Fred Mudge, Ned Pfau, Jr., Ed Glasscock, Dale Orem, David Karem and Sam Smith.

East End Executive Bridge Type Selection Committee Report

• Table of Contents (378KB PDF)
• Chapter 1 - Executive Summary (1.4MB PDF)
• Chapter 2 - Project Overview (575KB PDF)
• Chapter 3 - Recommended Bridge Alternatives (2.3MB PDF)
• Chapter 4 - Public Involvement Process (441KB PDF)
• Chapter 5 - Historic Context (2.8MB PDF)
• Chapter 6 - Development of Bridge Alternatives (3.4MB PDF)
• Chapter 7 - Enviromental Commitments (269KB PDF)
  • Appendix 7-A Design Parameters & Guidelines (33KB PDF)
  • Appendix 7-B Environmental Commitments Tracking Table (61KB PDF)
  • Appendix 7-C Permitting Agency Coordination Materials (5.0MB PDF)
  • Appendix 7-D Coast Guard Coordination Materials (1.7MB PDF)
  • Appendix 7-E Noise Reduction and Mitigation Strategy Report (495KB PDF)
  • Appendix 7-F Deck Drainage Report (786KB PDF)
  • Appendix 7-G Bridge Hydraulic Analysis for Bridge Type Selection (4.1MB PDF)
  • Appendix 7-H Navigational Modeling and Simulation Report (142KB PDF)
    • Appendix A (151KB PDF)
    • Appendix B (854KB PDF)
    • Appendix C (13.2MB PDF)
    • Appendix D (9.0MB PDF)
    • Appendix E (7.1MB PDF)
    • Appendix F (30KB PDF)
    • Appendix G (71KB PDF)
• Chapter 8 - Kentucky DBE Program (234KB PDF)