INDIANA/KENTUCKY. (WFIE) – The Kentucky Public Transportation Infrastructure Authority is moving forward with the new I-69 bridge project that will connect Henderson and Evansville.
According to a press release, KPTIA authorized a financial plan for Section 2 of the I-69 Ohio River Crossing and approved a resolution to enter into a Bi-State Development Agreement between Kentucky and Indiana for future construction.
Officials say the Bi-State Development Agreement is between the Commonwealth of Kentucky, by and through the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet and KPTIA, and the state of Indiana, by and through the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) and the Indiana Finance Authority (IFA), to jointly undertake public infrastructure improvements to connect Henderson and Evansville, including the construction of a new four-lane bridge to carry I-69 traffic across the Ohio River…