Cave-In-Rock Ferry

Cave-In-Rock Ferry
Locale Illinois Route 1 in Cave-In-Rock, Illinois and Kentucky Route 91 in Crittenden County, Kentucky
Waterway Ohio River
Transit type Passenger/automobile ferry
Began operation 1807[1]
No. of lines 1
No. of vessels 1
No. of terminals 2

The Cave-In-Rock Ferry is one of three passenger ferry services that cross the Ohio River into the U.S. state of Kentucky. It connects Illinois Route 1 in Cave-In-Rock, Illinois to Kentucky Route 91, 10.6 miles north of Marion, Kentucky. It is the only public river crossing available between the Brookport Bridge at Paducah, Kentucky and the Shawneetown Bridge at Old Shawneetown, Illinois.

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References

  1. Mary Thomas Layton (December 1, 2014). "Cave-In-Rock Ferry". The Southern Illinoisan. Retrieved November 7, 2015.

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