LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Kentucky transportation officials plan to reduce the Clark Memorial Bridge from four lanes to three later this year, a change that will surely lead to backups on the 96-year-old bridge and funnel traffic onto existing toll bridges over the Ohio River.
Plans call for two northbound lanes into southern Indiana and just one lane into Louisville, though the project is still in the planning and design phase right now, according to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.
KYTC spokesperson Morgan Woodrum said the change is being made with safety in mind and a goal of restoring the bridge to its “normal weight carrying capacity.”…