News Item #1150

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has hired a ferry that will carry farm equipment across the Ohio River near the Shawneetown Bridge. Traffic on the bridge is currently restricted due to a repainting project, and an analysis found that it would cost less to temporarily operate a ferry than to periodically clear equipment from the bridge to allow oversized farm equipment to pass.

More information: Evansville (Ind.) Courier-Press: Shawneetown Bridge ferry planned (April 6, 2005) , The Henderson Gleaner: State to ferry farmers at Shawneetown (April 6, 2005) , The Henderson Gleaner: Shawneetown ferry getting into place (April 12, 2005) , The Henderson Gleaner: Shawneetown Ferry starts up (April 13, 2005) , Union County Advocate: Ferry will be used to bypass Shawneetown Bridge painting (April 13, 2005) , Evansville (Ind.) Courier & Press: Farmers take ferry to get to fields (April 13, 2005) , Union County Advocate: Temporary Shawneetown Ferry Floating On a Rich Regional History (April 27, 2005)