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The Big Four Bridge is a six-span truss bridge that crosses the Ohio River, connecting Louisville, Kentucky, and Jeffersonville, Indiana. It was completed in 1895, updated in 1929, taken out of rail service in 1968, and converted to bicycle and pedestrian use in 2013.
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The structure is an additional bridge in downtown Louisville joining the John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge erected between spring 1961 and late 1963 at a cost of $10 million ($77.5 million in 2015 dollars); the four-lane George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge, constructed from June 1928 to October 31, 1929, and the Big Four Bridge, which operated as ...
In February 2011, Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear and Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels announced that the two states, along with the City of Jeffersonville, will allocate $22 million in funding to complete the Big Four Bridge project, creating a pedestrian and bicycle path to link Louisville and Jeffersonville. Indiana spent $8 million and the City ...
Built in 2016, the Lincoln Bridge carries Interstate 65 northbound traffic from Louisville into southern Indiana. Over 60,000 vehicles cross the bridge daily, according to the latest bridge ...
"It's real emotional just talking about it now," said officer Ali Thomas, adding, "I just didn't want nobody to jump"
A large yard facility known as the Big Four Yards is located in Avon, Indiana, along the line's tracks, now owned and operated by CSX. In 1895, the railroad acquired what became known as the Big Four Bridge across the Ohio River at Louisville, Kentucky, thereby giving it access to that city. Use of the bridge for railroad purposes ceased by ...
Rescuers work to get a driver out of the cab of a tractor trailer on the Clark Memorial (Second Street) Bridge in Louisville, Ky., March 1. Branham was charged with four counts of first-degree ...