Grow Now
The Bridges Project helps lay a foundation for healthy and strong economic growth and a regional multi-model transportation system. The project makes more transportation options available and provides additional capacity to make it possible to create public transit program such as a rapid bus system.
The project also provides safe cross-river lanes for biking and walking which could become part of a regional bicycle and walking trail linking Louisville and Southern Indiana.
The project improves the connections between historic Butchertown and the Ohio River. Piers for the downtown interstate interchange will be smaller, farther apart and uniform, opening up vistas to the river. The new interchange will replace old industrial sites between the neighborhood and the river. Land where the existing interchange is located – about 45 acres – will become available adjacent to Louisville’s Waterfront Park.
With the new east end bridge, traffic in the fastest growing part of the region for decades will no longer be forced downtown to cross the river, improving mobility and access.