The Indiana Department of Transportation announced November 21 that it has awarded the contract for the new Interstate 69 approach to a new Ohio River bridge. ORX Constructors, a joint… Read More
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Kentucky and Indiana have signed an agreement for engineering services and financial planning for a new Ohio River bridge carrying Interstate 69. The bridge will connect Henderson, Ky., with Evansville,… Read More
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear prioritized two new bridges over the Ohio River January 14 as part of his recommended budget. Released on the same date as his recommended six-year highway… Read More
Humid temperatures in the 90s didn’t stop a crowd of about 100 people from attending a long-delayed double towboat christening June 12 in Evansville, a small town on the Kaskaskia… Read More
After years of a relative respite from severe winters, it appears that icy times have returned. Unlike the Upper Mississippi River where, owing to ice harbors, coves and other safe… Read More
Capt. Bob Jornlin, 81, didn’t let a little thing like a six-hour drive keep him from seeing the World War II amphibious ship he once captained dock for the first… Read More
Evansville Marine Service Inc. has bought and renamed two vessels from Hines Furlong Line Inc. The mv. Bobby Johnson is now the mv. Brooks Andrew, and the mv. Carolyn Lampley… Read More
Yager Marine has launched the second of two deck barges that will become a docking facility for the World War II amphibious vehicle LST 325. LST 325 is part of… Read More
Grain companies Cargill Inc. and Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) have agreed to effectively exchange several grain elevators on the Illinois and Ohio rivers, Reuters reported last week. Under the… Read More
The USS LST 325, a restored World War II landing ship docked in Evansville, Ind., will make its way to Iowa and Illinois for public tours this summer. The war… Read More
