Groundbreaking for a key portion of the $2.6 billion Ohio River Bridges Project is scheduled for August 30th. Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels and Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear are expected to take part in the ceremony for the East End crossing at the Port of Indiana in Jeffersonville. The bridge connecting Utica, Indiana and Prospect, Kentucky is scheduled to be completed by 2017. The project also will include building a new downtown span between Jeffersonville and Louisville. That's due to finish a year later. Federal highway officials have signed off on a plan that allows Kentucky and Indiana to charge drivers who use the Kennedy Bridge and two new spans.
