LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — In early 2015, then-Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear announced a $22 million investment in the Kennedy Bridge as a “more complete and long-lasting overhaul” of the aging span between Louisville and Jeffersonville, Indiana.
The work was a bonus to construction underway on the Interstate 65 crossing as part of the Ohio River Bridges Project, which resulted in the RiverLink system. It added a new roadway, including four expansion joints that let the Kennedy’s surface contract and expand as the weather changes.
But the makeover has been anything but long-lasting. A series of concerns has plagued the Kennedy’s driving surface in the decade since, resulting in sporadic lane closures, reported flat tires, booming noises and millions of additional dollars needed to shore up the bridge…