Dive summary:
- A consortium formed to design, build, operate and maintain an Ohio River bridge connecting Indiana State Road 265 with Kentucky's Gene Snyder Freeway is set to begin construction next week, officials said.
- A ceremony that included Indiana Gov. Mike Pence marked the shift from site work to bridge construction by WVB East End Partners for the easternmost and final $763 million piece of a multi-site program known as the Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges project.
- The project is supposed to improve traffic flow in and around the metropolitan area, including the interchange of Interstates 64, 65 and 71 in downtown Louisville.
From the article:
Through the end of June, traffic pattern changes and excavation will ramp up along Kentucky 841 and U.S. 42. ...