President Joe Biden will be in Covington, Kentucky, on Jan. 4 to tout the launch of an Ohio River bridge project that will receive a $1.64 billion federal funding boost from the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) adopted by Congress in November 2021.
Biden will be joined by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Kentucky’s Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear, and Ohio’s Republican Gov. Mike DeWine at a ceremony to commemorate the U.S. Department of Transportation’s approval of the IIJA allocation for the Brent Spence Bridge Corridor Project.
The 60-year-old Brent Spence Bridge is a double-decked, cantilevered bridge that carries traffic on Interstates 71 and 75 across the river between the Cincinnati metropolitan area and northern Kentucky.
The overall $3.6 billion project, jointly managed by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet and the Ohio Department of Transportation, will improve the existing span and build a new “companion bridge.” Construction is set to break ground by late 2023 and be completed by 2029.
