Ohio River Bridges Project

The latest from the Louisville traffic experiment

(Editor's Note: Portland, Oregon–based City Observatory has been keeping tabs on Louisville's tolling system since it launched. This is the latest in a series by...

New aerials show Spaghetti Junction’s enormous footprint in Downtown Louisville

When you're zooming through Spaghetti Junction for most of the day when there's no traffic, it might seem like the tangle of highway ramps...
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Take a look at construction of the tunnel to the East...

Tunnels might be the most intriguing type of infrastructure out there. Urban explorers crave them, they're hidden and shrouded in mystery, and we all...

Reducing congestion: Katy didn’t: How 23 lanes of highway induce demand...

Here’s a highway success story, as told by the folks who build highways. Several years ago, the Katy Freeway in Houston was a major traffic...

This odd-looking warehouse survived the highway expansion—what will it become next?

In early January, we saw workers patching up a brick wall on the back of the Grocers' Ice & Cold Storage on the corner of...

#LouCityReads: Research indicates Kentucky hit peak vehicle miles traveled per capita...

There's been a lot of talk about peak automobile travel in the United States over the years. Has it happened yet? Is the downturn...

Big Four Bridge will close to pedestrians and cyclists during Winter...

Less than a month ago, Mayor Greg Fischer stood in front of Metro Louisville's 265-member snow team and declared the city ready for this year's...

Wayside Christian Mission’s five-story addition nearly complete

Construction is wrapping up on a new 5-story building for Wayside Christian Mission at 432 East Jefferson Street, although the building faces Jackson Street....

12-Lane Highway Gets Started With Ceremonial Wrecking of Downtown

The destruction of Downtown Louisville by twelve lanes of steel and concrete—about 280 feet wide when massive shoulders are added in—began yesterday with the ceremonial...