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Kennedy Memorial Bridge that currently carries the I-65 over the Ohio River to Jeffersonville , Indiana .

In an attempt to solve this traffic problem , Kentucky and Indiana launched the Ohio River Bridges Project to build new pathways across the river and refurbish existing bridges . Chicago-based Walsh Construction Co . was selected to take on the ambitious

$ 860 million Downtown Crossing project , which will add a new sixlane bridge to the I-65 crossing and streamline the Kennedy Interchange .

Construction began in July of 2013 with completion scheduled for December 2016 .

“ It ’ s really the mobility across the river — for a river town , Louisville has limited river crossings here ,” [ said Joel Halterman , Walsh Construction Project Manager for the Downtown Crossing project ]. “ This will improve cross-river mobility , and really it ’ s

10 December 2015