Overview
- Federal, state and local leaders held a groundbreaking Friday, marking the start of main construction on the Brent Spence Bridge Corridor project.
- Crews will build a cable-stayed, double-deck companion bridge beside the existing Brent Spence to carry interstate traffic, while the current bridge will serve local trips.
- Long-term traffic changes begin May 20 with multiple ramp closures in Covington and a half-mile Riverwalk shutdown through about 2031 to stage construction materials.
- The schedule targets a 2031 opening for the new span, with most approach work across the corridor expected to finish by 2033 after more than one million hours of early work.
- Funding includes $1.63 billion in U.S. Department of Transportation grants toward a roughly $4.05 billion program that relieves a crossing now handling about 160,000 vehicles and over $1 billion in freight each day.