President Joe Biden visited northern Kentucky on Wednesday for the major investment announcement of more than $1.6 billion for the Brent Spence Bridge Project.
Officials have said the Brent Spence Bridge is in desperate need of upgrades.
The bridge is 60 years old and carries about double the amount of traffic it was originally designed to carry.
The biggest part of this project is to build a companion bridge for the Brent Spence Bridge to help ease traffic.
Biden said traffic on I-75 alone carries $2 billion worth of freight per day between Florida and Canada, and the bridge has long surpassed the amount of traffic it was built for.
The Brent Spence Corridor is also getting improvements in this deal.
The 8-mile stretch from the Western Hills Viaduct in Ohio to Dixie Highway in Kentucky will be fixed.
With so many cars and trucks crossing over the bridge every day, Governor Andy Beshear said this project will help the entire country and not just Kentucky and Ohio residents.
Biden said the amount of infrastructure improvements being made helps thousands of Americans, whether it be for travel or for the economy.
The governors of Kentucky and Ohio originally asked for 1.66 billion dollars in federal grant funding, but they final amount is looking like 1.635 billion, which is still a historic amount.
Source: WAVE
You must be logged in to post a comment.