I-265 Ohio River Bridge

[theline]

What a gorgeous bridge! Too bad about the pathetic-looking docks in the foreground.

[ShawnP]

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20121114/BUSINESS/311140100/ohio-river-bridges-project?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Home|s

[Henry]

What a gorgeous bridge! Too bad about the pathetic-looking docks in the foreground.

Yes, it is. Reminds me of the Sunshine Skyway in the Tampa Bay area, with some notable differences.

[ShawnP]

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20121116/BUSINESS/311160079/East-End-bridge-bid-200-million-less-than-estimated?odyssey=nav|head

Can we put the six lanes back in now with it 200 million under budget?

[ShawnP]

Major Construction starts with both projects next summer with a Oct. 2016 completion on the east end roads and bridges and December 2016 on the downtown bridge and Spaghetti Junction. They plan on controlling construction times during the Derby weekend and Thunder over Louisville (never been try Thunder.....very beautiful from the Indiana side with Louisville sky line in the background). Plans are 10 bucks for Tractor Trailers, 5 bucks for Panel Trucks and 2 bucks for all others except frequent users which will be a buck. I live West of town off I-64 so I might use 5-10 times a month to go shopping in Louisville (mainly use I-265 and backdoor into the Highlands and the Malls). Not a big fan of tolls but to get it done it has to be tolled.

[theline]

Not a big fan of tolls but to get it done it has to be tolled.

Tolls on bridges nover never bother me, though I've never lived in a place where I had to cross them on a regular basis. When you consider the high cost of many bridges, it seems reasonable to have the burden on the users. With transponders, it's relatively painless.

[hbelkins]

Major Construction starts with both projects next summer with a Oct. 2016 completion on the east end roads and bridges and December 2016 on the downtown bridge and Spaghetti Junction. They plan on controlling construction times during the Derby weekend and Thunder over Louisville (never been try Thunder.....very beautiful from the Indiana side with Louisville sky line in the background). Plans are 10 bucks for Tractor Trailers, 5 bucks for Panel Trucks and 2 bucks for all others except frequent users which will be a buck. I live West of town off I-64 so I might use 5-10 times a month to go shopping in Louisville (mainly use I-265 and backdoor into the Highlands and the Malls). Not a big fan of tolls but to get it done it has to be tolled.

If you want to host a Louisville meet sometime once both projects are underway, I'd be willing to help with logistics. Could also see the new SPUI at Westport Road and I-264, the new slip ramp to KY 22, and perhaps a few other things.

[thefro]

The toll will be well worth the money for people who want to get to the E side of Louisville from S. Indiana (or to Cincy or WVa).  Would have taken it to work every day back when I worked in Louisville.  Even after they get Spaghetti Junction fixed there's still going to be lots of traffic there and on the bridges at rush hour and I-64/I-264 is a bottleneck as well.

Glad to see the downtown bridge & Spaghetti Junction upgrades finally scheduled to start as well.

[NWI_Irish96]

OK, not pertinent to the Bridges project but didn't want to start a new thread:  Traffic guy on FOX 41 this morning when discussing Black Friday traffic mentioned heavy traffic on IN 131.  I don't know exactly when IN 131 was decommissioned, but it was before I moved here in 2006.

[mukade]

OK, not pertinent to the Bridges project but didn't want to start a new thread:  Traffic guy on FOX 41 this morning when discussing Black Friday traffic mentioned heavy traffic on IN 131.  I don't know exactly when IN 131 was decommissioned, but it was before I moved here in 2006.

At least he didn't call it SR 231 - which is what it was before it was SR 131.

[hbelkins]

Saw a blurb in yesterday's Lexington paper about a business group from a couple of the cities across the river from Louisville filing a suit, trying to keep tolls off the new bridges, saying it would hurt their businesses. One other city (I think Jeffersonville) was considering joining in.

[ShawnP]

Yes Rocky's in one of the main folks doing this. The tolls really hit Indiana residents with a double whammy.

[Alps]

If they don't want to pay tolls on the new bridges, let them use the ones they have now.

[hbelkins]

What did they ever decide on, anyway? I know no tolls on the I-64 and US 31 bridges. Definitely a toll on the new (northbound) I-65 bridge. Will there be a toll on the existing I-65 bridge?

[Alps]

What did they ever decide on, anyway? I know no tolls on the I-64 and US 31 bridges. Definitely a toll on the new (northbound) I-65 bridge. Will there be a toll on the existing I-65 bridge?

What about I-265, or is that too far away to define?

[hbelkins]

What did they ever decide on, anyway? I know no tolls on the I-64 and US 31 bridges. Definitely a toll on the new (northbound) I-65 bridge. Will there be a toll on the existing I-65 bridge?

What about I-265, or is that too far away to define?

Definitely a toll in the new East End Bridge. I don't know if that bridge is going to be a part of the lawsuit or not, but since the entire two-bridges plan is essentially one huge project, you never know.

[mukade]

Another public forum was held Saturday on the Ohio River Bridges Project, and tolls were again the big issue for people with concerns about the plan to build two new bridges connecting Kentucky and Indiana...

Full article: Tolls remain a sticking point at Ohio River Bridges Project meeting (News and Tribune)

[ShawnP]

It's a go Houston.

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20121228/BUSINESS/312280080/ohio-river-bridges-project

[vtk]

Are plans available for what Spaghetti Junction 2.0 will look like?

[seicer]

Pretty much the same. I don't think they will be moving it further out of Butchertown, unfortunately. And unfortunately, they will not be removing the I-64 riverfront freeway.

A FYI, demolition has begun on properties for the new downtown bridge.

[hbelkins]

And fortunately, they will not be removing the I-64 riverfront freeway.

FIFY. 

[NE2]

And fortunately, they will not be removing the I-64 riverfront freeway.

Fucked it up for you. 

[hbelkins]

Yep. Removing the I-64 freeway between I-65 and I-264 would really screw up Louisville traffic.

[ShawnP]

NO keep I-64.

That's my main way into downtown Louisville.

[NE2]

Traffic deserves to get fucked.