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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).
Between Jan. 1 of 2016 and Sept. 30 of this year there have been 853 fatalities and 4,033 serious injuries on public roadways, data show.
The Kennedy Interchange, unofficially, though universally, referred to as Spaghetti Junction, is the intersection of Interstate 64 (I-64), I-65 and I-71 at the northeastern edge of downtown Louisville, Kentucky, United States. It is named for the John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge, which carries I-65, located immediately to the north of the ...
On January 17, 1949, the bridge was renamed in honor of George Rogers Clark, recognized as the founder of Louisville and neighboring Clark County, Indiana. [6] The bridge was rehabilitated in 1958. There was a movement in the 1950s to restore tolls, as traffic on the bridge had reached capacity and funding was needed for an additional bridge ...
The four-vehicle crash, which the Louisville Metro Police Department said happened at about noon on the Clark Memorial Bridge, shut down a major artery connecting Louisville to the Indiana side of ...
A woman was rescued from a tractor trailer after being involved in a four-vehicle accident that left the truck dangling precariously from the Clark Memorial Bridge Friday. Louisville Fire Chief ...
The road was thus the first of the state's extensive system of toll roads to be made free. [7] Unlike the other roads, which maintain their separate names when becoming toll-free, the Kentucky Turnpike signs were removed with the tollbooths. The section of road to the John F Kennedy Bridge was opened from 1957 to 1963.
The semi-truck driver, a Louisville woman, was in the vehicle for about 40 minutes as it hung precariously over the Ohio River. "She cannot get out of the truck," one witness told a 911 operator ...