Overnight closure of the Kennedy Bridge Friday

Overnight closure of the Kennedy Bridge Friday The closure will start on Friday night into early Saturday. Updated: 10:58 AM EST Nov 5, 2025 Editorial Standards ⓘ Contractors will temporarily close Interstate 65 South on the John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge in Louisville overnight Friday, Nov. 7. as work continues on a bridge expansion joint […]

‘Errors in construction’ found at failed Kennedy Bridge joint, records show | In-depth

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – After getting complaints about noise on the Kennedy Bridge, a Kentucky Transportation Cabinet inspector visited the span in May and noticed an “audible rattle” and part of the roadway bouncing with traffic. A week later, other inspectors discovered five missing bolts where drivers pass over a strip resembling interlocking fingers near […]

Drivers were promised a ‘long-lasting’ makeover of the Kennedy Bridge. It didn’t happen. | In-depth

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — In early 2015, then-Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear announced a $22 million investment in the Kennedy Bridge as a “more complete and long-lasting overhaul” of the aging span between Louisville and Jeffersonville, Indiana. The work was a bonus to construction underway on the Interstate 65 crossing as part of the Ohio River […]