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It was opened to the public on October 31, 1929, as the Louisville Municipal Bridge and operated as a toll bridge. The toll was 35 cents until December 31, 1936, when it was lowered to 25 cents. The last of the bonds that financed the construction were redeemed in 1946, and the tolls were removed. [5]
The Kentucky & Indiana Bridge is one of the first multi modal bridges to cross the Ohio River. It is for both railway and common roadway purposes together. [1] Federal, state, and local law state that railway, streetcar, wagon-way, and pedestrian modes of travel were intended by the cities of New Albany and Louisville, the states of Kentucky and Indiana, the United States Congress, and the ...
Kentucky & Indiana Terminal Bridge: Norfolk Southern Railway: New Albany and Louisville 1912 McAlpine Locks and Dam (Only to Shippingport Island, not all the way across river) New Albany and Louisville (Falls of the Ohio) 1830
The Sherman Minton Bridge is a double-deck through arch bridge spanning the Ohio River, carrying I-64 and US 150 over the river between Kentucky and Indiana. The bridge connects the west side of Louisville, Kentucky to downtown New Albany, Indiana .
From July 25, 1954, until June 30, 1975, the portion of I-65 from I-264 in Louisville to the Western Kentucky Parkway in Elizabethtown was a toll road bearing the Kentucky Turnpike name. It was signed with a distinctive sign featuring a cardinal, the state bird of Kentucky. Unlike most states, Kentucky law requires that tolls be removed when ...
The Abraham Lincoln Bridge is a six-lane, single-deck cable-stayed bridge carrying northbound Interstate 65 across the Ohio River, connecting Louisville, Kentucky, and Jeffersonville, Indiana. [2] The main span is 700 feet (213 m) (two spans) and the bridge has a total length of 2,100 feet (640 m).
4 lanes of I-265 (full length) / KY 841 (KY side) Crosses: Ohio River: Locale: Prospect, Kentucky (Transylvania Beach) and Utica, Indiana - near Louisville, Kentucky: Maintained by: WVB East End Partners [1] ID number: BH 57876: Characteristics; Design: Cable-stayed bridge: Total length: 2,500 ft (762 m) Longest span: 1,200 ft (366 m) History ...
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).