The Louisville and Southern Indiana Bridges Authority

The Louisville and Southern Indiana Bridges Authority is an independent, bi-state governmental agency organized by the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the State of Indiana for the purpose of financing and constructing the Ohio River Bridges Project.  The authority’s primary task at present is to develop a financial plan for the project.  The authority operates in consultation with, but separately from, the project’s bi-state management team. The authority is not charged with changing the project’s scope, which has already been established in a Federal Highways Record of Decision.  The 2003 Record of Decision calls for building two bridges in the Louisville-Southern Indiana metro area and reconstructing the Kennedy Interchange (a.k.a. Spaghetti Junction) where interstates 64, 65 and 71 merge near downtown Louisville.  The authority consists of 14 members from Indiana and Kentucky, as well as an executive director.