LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Jeffersonville Mayor Mike Moore offered three suggestions Friday for Kentucky’s plan to permanently reduce lanes on the 2nd Street Bridge over the Ohio River, admitting state officials have a “difficult task” to keep the bridge viable long-term.
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet plans to reduce the bridge from four lanes to three later this year. Plans call for two northbound lanes into southern Indiana and just one lane into Louisville. The lanes would also get widened by 2.5 feet.
Tolls began on the nearby I-65 bridges and the upriver Lewis and Clark Bridge in late 2016. Before tolls were in place, reports show more than 120,000 cars crossed the Kennedy Bridge a day. After the tolls, the number dropped to 80,000. A lot of those cars have rerouted to the 2nd Street Bridge…