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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKentucky, Ohio get $1.6B to fix overloaded bridge, add span
AP NewsCINCINNATI (AP) Kentucky and Ohio will get more than $1.63 billion in federal grants to help build a new Ohio River bridge near Cincinnati and improve the existing overloaded span there, a heavily used freight route linking the Midwest and the South, officials announced Thursday.
Congestion at the Brent Spence Bridge on Interstates 75 and 71 has for years been a frustration for travelers, a bottleneck on a key shipping corridor and thus a symbol of the nations growing infrastructure needs. Officials say the bridge was built in the 1960s to carry around 80,000 vehicles a day but has seen double that traffic load on its narrow lanes, leading the Federal Highway Administration to declare it functionally obsolete.
The planned project covers about 8 miles (12 kilometers) and includes improvements to the bridge and some connecting roads and construction of a companion span nearby. The two states coordinated to request funding under the bipartisan infrastructure deal signed last year by President Joe Biden, a Democrat who had touted the project while the legislation was under consideration.
The companion bridge will be one of the bills crowning accomplishments," Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said in a statement Thursday.
Congestion at the Brent Spence Bridge on Interstates 75 and 71 has for years been a frustration for travelers, a bottleneck on a key shipping corridor and thus a symbol of the nations growing infrastructure needs. Officials say the bridge was built in the 1960s to carry around 80,000 vehicles a day but has seen double that traffic load on its narrow lanes, leading the Federal Highway Administration to declare it functionally obsolete.
The planned project covers about 8 miles (12 kilometers) and includes improvements to the bridge and some connecting roads and construction of a companion span nearby. The two states coordinated to request funding under the bipartisan infrastructure deal signed last year by President Joe Biden, a Democrat who had touted the project while the legislation was under consideration.
The companion bridge will be one of the bills crowning accomplishments," Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said in a statement Thursday.
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Kentucky, Ohio get $1.6B to fix overloaded bridge, add span (Original Post)
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Dec 2022
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KentuckyWoman
(6,679 posts)1. Mitch. LOL
He's such a putz.
That bridge is falling down. They keep putting bandaids on it. There might be bridges in worst shape but if so, I don't see how they can even handle any traffic.
doc03
(35,337 posts)2. Republicans will all show up for the ribbon cutting nt
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)4. Well sure; "vote no and take the dough" is the Republican credo
And they make darn sure their voters know that they were being all fiscally responsible and stuff, and isn't this a grand bridge?
Diamond_Dog
(31,999 posts)5. You can bet on it.
montanacowboy
(6,089 posts)3. Remember the Point Pleasant Bridge
Between Ohio and W.VA. fell down on not sure of the year, 1967? in the sixties. That bridge falling scared my sister so bad that she has a lifelong fear of bridges. She was just 12 years old. December 15th was the 55th anniversary of the collapse and the Mothman Prophecy movie was loosely framed around it. It sure scared the hell out of us as kids.