Tag: Ohio River Bridges East End Crossing

Roadbuilding

Nine projects from 5 states win Mid America regional America’s Transportation Awards

Nine projects from five states were named the top transportation projects as Mid America regional winners for the 2017 America’s Transportation Awards. The awards were presented during the Mid America Association of State Transportation Officials’ (MAASTO) annual meeting in Cleveland, Ohio. The northeast regional winners of the America’s Transportation Awards were announced earlier this month, and […]

July 27, 2017

Roadbuilding

Ohio River Bridges–East End Crossing wins Envision sustainable infrastructure award

The Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI) has awarded the Envision Platinum sustainable infrastructure honor to the joint Indiana-Kentucky Ohio River Bridges-East End Crossing (ORB-EEC) project. “The Envision framework and rating system recognizes sustainable infrastructure across the full range of environmental, social and economic impacts throughout the project’s life cycle,” ISI states. The program was created […]

November 18, 2016

Roadbuilding

Ohio River Bridges East End Crossing gets $162 million TIFIA Loan

The East End Crossing section of the Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges Project has received a $162 million loan from the U.S. Department of Transportation to assist with the protected $1.27 billion cost of the project. The load comes from USDOT’s Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) program and goes to the Indiana Finance […]

April 21, 2015