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Group Requests Halt on Ohio River Bridges

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CEG - LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) A group that opposes two new planned Ohio River bridges is asking a judge to force Indiana and Kentucky to halt spending on the projects. The Coalition for the Advancement of Regional Transportation made the request in a motion seeking an injunction filed Sept. 19 in L...

First Span of New Ohio River Bridge Expected This Week

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Peggy Vlerebome - THE MADISON COURIER - MADISON, Ind. (AP) The team building a new Ohio River bridge connecting Madison and Milton, Ky., wants spectators to stay on dry land while the first new span is placed on temporary pilings the week of June 18. The exact dates have not been set, but the complex series of steps to get the s...

Ohio River Bridge Plan Calls for Tolls on Three State Spans

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CEG - LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) The governors of Indiana and Kentucky on March 5 agreed to use tolls to pay for two new Ohio River bridges and a revamped Interstate 65 bridge over the river, all in the Louisville metropolitan area. Tolls ranging from about $1 per crossing for passenger vehicles with ...

Heavily Deteriorated Ohio River Bridge is Demolished

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Tracy Carbasho - A bridge that served Ohio and West Virginia for more than eight decades was demolished in February after being closed to traffic for three years.The Ohio Department of Transportation announced in early 2009 that the Fort Steuben Bridge would be demolished as a result of what engineers call...

Condition of Ohio River Bridges Causes Repair,?Budget Snags

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Bruce Schreiner - ASSOCIATED PRESS - NEW ALBANY, Ind. (AP) An ailing Ohio River bridge linking Kentucky and Indiana will stay shut for repairs lasting about six months and costing some $20 million as workers fasten more steel to reinforce the heavily traveled span, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels said Sept. 30. New steel plating w...

Group Aims to Speed Up Construction of New Ohio River Bridge

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CEG - CINCINNATI (AP) Officials say a planning group could help speed up the start date for construction of a new bridge spanning the Ohio River from Kentucky to Ohio.Mark Policinski, executive director of the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments, said the group is hoping to sh...

FHA Approves $4.1B Plan for Work on Ohio River Bridges

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CEG - LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) The federal government has approved a plan to pay for a $4.1 billion project to build two Ohio River bridges and reconstruct a downtown interchange.The move by the Federal Highway Administration to free federal funds for the project clears the way for Kentucky and Ind...

Ohio River Bridges to Receive Millions From Highway Bill

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CEG - WASHINGTON (AP) Funding for three Ohio River bridges –– including $46 million for the Brent Spence Bridge connecting northern Kentucky and Cincinnati along Interstates 75 and 71 –– is part of the massive $286.4 billion highway and mass transit bill. The 41-year-old ...

Wheeling, W. Va.'s I-70 Bridges Project Should Be Finished by Year's End

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Wheeling Intelligencer & News-Register - Construction crews are replacing the concrete barrier walls on Interstate 70 and the Fort Henry Bridge over the Ohio River in Wheeling, W. Va., work that is expected to be complete before the end of the year. Tony Clark, an engineer of the West Virginia Division of Highways (WVDOH), told ...

Sherman Minton Bridge Undergoing $137M Makeover

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Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Fifty-nine years after opening, the iconic Sherman Minton Bridge carrying I-64 and U.S. 150 traffic over the Ohio River between Louisville, Ky., and New Albany, Ind., is in need of structural repairs. But the challenges of rehabbing a double decked bridge over a major body of wat...