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\nPresident Joe Biden visited northern Kentucky on Wednesday for the major investment announcement of more than $1.6 billion for the Brent Spence Bridge Project.<\/p>\n
\nPresident Joe Biden visited northern Kentucky on Wednesday for the major investment announcement of more than $1.6 billion for the Brent Spence Bridge Project.<\/p>\n
Officials have said the Brent Spence Bridge is in desperate need of upgrades.<\/p>\n
The bridge is 60 years old and carries about double the amount of traffic it was originally designed to carry.<\/p>\n
The biggest part of this project is to build a companion bridge for the Brent Spence Bridge to help ease traffic.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
The Brent Spence Corridor is also getting improvements in this deal.<\/p>\n
The 8-mile stretch from the Western Hills Viaduct in Ohio to Dixie Highway in Kentucky will be fixed.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Biden said the amount of infrastructure improvements being made helps thousands of Americans, whether it be for travel or for the economy.<\/p>\n
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.
\nSource: WAVE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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