For nearly three-and-a-half years, construction has been nonstop, but now the Downtown Crossing portion has made it to the finish line. Crews built a new six-lane Lincoln Bride, drastically updated the Kennedy Bridge and improved interstate connections in Kentucky and Indiana.
City and state leaders from both sides of the river made it a point to join the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet and Walsh Construction as they marked a milestone, a billion-dollar project that’s on budget and ahead of schedule, Friday.
At its peak, more than 800 people made the project possible.
They have built 60 ramps and overpasses and nearly 50 miles of new roadway.
It’s a project that was once set to cost more than $4 billion. City and state leaders worked with both state transportation departments to cut the price and timeline in half.
While tolls will be a reality by the end of the year, motorists can expect at least a couple weeks to soak up the free rides.
The other half of this massive project, the new East End Bridge is expected to open to traffic in a few weeks.
Source: WAVE
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