Midwest Trucks Get Expanded Route Options with New Bridge Opening
A new Ohio River bridge connecting Louisville and Southern Indiana has just opened to traffic providing a new routing option for truckers in the Midwest.
The East End Bridge connects Utica, Ind. and Prospect, Ky. (SR 265 and I-265) and is the final major piece of the $2.3 billion Louisville – Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges Project to open to traffic. The project also includes the new 6-lane, I-65 North Abraham Lincoln Bridge and the improved 6-lane, I-65 South Kennedy Bridge in Downtown Louisville. The combination of the two bridges has nearly doubled cross-river capacity downtown. Both bridges fully opened to traffic in Nov. 2016.
All three bridges will be tolled. Tolling is scheduled to begin at 4 a.m. on Friday, December 30. RiverLink is all-electronic tolling, with no stopping, no slowing, no lines and no coin machines.
With all three bridges fully open to traffic, truck drivers will receive a “free trial” of the new and improved system prior to the start of tolls.
More than 30,000 trucks a day will use the toll bridges as a business route to save time, money and fuel.
Category: Driver Stuff, General Update
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