![]() The current funding request is through the Bridge Investment Program, which follows the May funding request through the Multimodal Projects Discretionary Grant Program. (Aug.10, 2022) – Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear and Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced today that a second federal funding application was submitted jointly by the two states to support bridge and roadway improvements along the eight-mile Brent Spence Bridge Corridor from the Western Hills Viaduct in Ohio to Dixie Highway in Kentucky. Topics: įrom the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet: Governors Beshear and DeWine Submit Second Federal Funding Request for Brent Spence Bridge Corridor ProjectĪdditional funding will support bridge and roadway improvements that will grow the economy and invest in local communities FRANKFORT, Ky. ![]() I-71 and I-75's Brent Spence Bridge over the Ohio River is in need of replacement. Long terms plans are to widen the rest of the I-75 in Kentucky to at least six lanes. Several stretches of I-75 have been widened to six lanes in recent years. A five-mile stretch descending into the Ohio River valley in Northern Kentucky developed notoriety for its high accident rate the so called S-curve was rebuilt through much of the 1990s. Since then major construction projects have been undertaken on a number of sections of the route. I-75 is the state’s longest interstate: at 191.777 miles it is a mere 0.27 miles longer than Interstate 64.Ĭonstruction began on I-75 in May of 1960 and was finished in June of 1970. In Kentucky, I-75 runs from the state's southern border near Williamsburg to the northernmost tip of the state at Covington. Trailing behind Interstate 95 by only 132 miles, it is the second longest north-south interstate. Nationwide, Interstate 75 is one of the major north-south interstate highways.
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