Executive Bridge Type Selection Committee
The Executive Bridge Type Selection Committee made the final decision on which bridge
types were selected for the Downtown and East End Bridges. The committee selected
the Three-Tower Cable-Stayed bridge type for the Downtown Bridge and the Median-Tower
Cable-Stayed Center Cable bridge type for the East End Bridge. The 14-member committee
consisted of both elected officials and citizen representatives from Kentucky and
Indiana.
The committee met for the first time on November 1, 2006 and decided to solicit
additional public comment and votes on the three final bridge type alternatives
for both the Downtown and East End Bridges. Voting included both an on-line ballot
and written methods facilitated at a series of Open Houses held the week of November
13.
The committee met again on December 12, 2006 and, after discussion of the public
input, impacts to historic resources and various cost and engineering elements of
the three bridge type alternatives for each bridge, voted unanimously for the final
bridge types for each location.
Each section team then moved into the design phase. This phase included additional
public involvement. Discussions with the community will focus on aesthetic features
such as lighting, colors and textures.
Executive Bridge Type Selection Committee
- Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher - Co-Chair
- Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels - Co-Chair
- U.S. Representative Anne Northup
- U.S. Representative Mike Sodrel
- Louisville, Ky. Mayor Jerry Abramson
- Clark County, Ind. Commissioner Ed Meyer
- Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Secretary Bill Nighbert
- Indiana Department of Transportation Commissioners Karl Browning and Thomas Sharp
- Fred Mudge
- Ned Pfau Jr.
- Ed Glasscock
- Dale Orem
- David Karem
- Sam Smith