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The bridge, which carries 24,000 vehicles a day between Louisville and Jeffersonville, Ind., was to reopen Saturday evening. Semi dangling from bridge over Ohio River leads to dramatic rescue in ...
A woman was rescued from a tractor-trailer Friday after four-vehicle crash left it hanging off a bridge across the Ohio River in Louisville, Kentucky.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky firefighter who rappelled off a bridge to rescue the driver of a tractor-trailer as it dangled precariously over the Ohio River says he played just a small ...
On March 1, 2024, a Sysco semi-truck headed towards Indiana was hit by an oncoming pickup truck, causing the semi driver to immediately lose control just north of the middle pier. The semi hurtled through the west railing of the bridge, leaving the cab hanging perilously over the Ohio River. The semi driver, who suffered minor injuries in the ...
The design for what was then known as the East End Bridge is the result of the $22.1 million, four-year Ohio River Bridges Study, which found that solving the region's traffic congestion would require the construction of two new bridges across the Ohio River and reconstruction of the Kennedy Interchange in downtown Louisville.
The John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge is a six-lane, single-deck cantilever bridge that carries southbound Interstate 65 across the Ohio River, connecting Louisville, Kentucky and Jeffersonville, Indiana. The main span is 700 feet (213 m) (two spans) and the bridge has a total length of 2,498 feet (761 m).
Truck hanging off Second Street Bridge in Louisville on Friday, March 1, 2024. Reporter Matthew Glowicki can be reached at mglowicki@courier-journal.com, 502-582-4000 or on Twitter @mattglo.
Chunks of concrete fell from the bridge and the fire warped a few of its steel beams, fire crews reported. The heaviest damage was on the bridge's southbound lanes leading to Kentucky and will take weeks to repair, said Matt Bruning, a spokesperson with the Ohio Department of Transportation.