Cave-In-Rock Ferry
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| Locale | Illinois Route 1 in Cave-In-Rock, Illinois and Kentucky Route 91 in Crittenden County, Kentucky |
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| 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.
See also
References
- ↑ Mary Thomas Layton (December 1, 2014). "Cave-In-Rock Ferry". The Southern Illinoisan. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
External links
- Ferry Services – Illinois Department of Transportation
- Ferries – Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
- Ferry shuttles commuters, and a few Asian carp, from Illinois to Kentucky by Joe Gisondi, Herald & Review. October 19, 2013.
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