The last of three Kentucky riverport freight summits designed to improve communication between the state’s riverport officials and economic developers and to better understand the 11 public ports’ resources, needs… Read More
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
The American Public Works Association (AWPA) has named the emergency repair of Cincinnati’s Brent Spence Bridge over the Ohio River as one of its projects of the year. Kentucky Gov. Read More
Construction began last month on the footers for the main piers of the new bridge over the Cumberland River in Smithland, Ky. The bridge, at Cumberland River Mile 2.7, continues… Read More
A Mississippi River ferry business closed for three days because of sand blocking one of its landings. The Dorena-Hickman Ferry at Mile 922.0 connects Ky. 1354 near Hickman, Ky., with… Read More
With coal shipments expected to decrease, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is studying how the state’s public riverports can capture new markets and boost the state’s economic development. Those efforts were… Read More
Kentucky has allocated $500,000 toward its public riverports as part of this year’s Kentucky Riverport Improvement grant program and issued a call for applicants. Public riverports located in Kentucky that… Read More
The closure of the Dorena-Hickman Ferry at Mississippi River Mile 922.0 has been extended to about March 30 because of continued high water. The ferry, which connects Hickman, Ky., with… Read More
The Kentucky Summit on Economic Development Strategies to Leverage Kentucky Riverports and Freight Network, hosted online by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet March 24-26, is the second of three conferences planned… Read More
The Eddyville (Ky.) Riverport & Industrial Development Authority is receiving more than $48,000 in state grant money for critical safety improvements. Gov. Andy Beshear announced the award February 25. It… Read More
The Kentucky Water Transportation Advisory Board has approved funding a guardrail project at the Eddyville Riverport and Industrial Development Authority following additional funding being made available by the state. In… Read More
