Cave-In-Rock Ferry
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| Locale | Illinois Route 1 in Cave-In-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois and Kentucky Route 91 in Crittenden County, Kentucky |
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| Waterway | Ohio River |
| Transit type | Passenger/automobile ferry |
| Operator | Kentucky Transportation Cabinet[1] Illinois Department of Transportation[2] |
| Began operation | 1803[1] |
| No. of lines | 1 |
| No. of vessels | 1 |
| No. of terminals | 2 |
The Cave-In-Rock Ferry is one of four passenger ferry services that cross the Ohio River into the U.S. state of Kentucky. It connects Illinois Route 1 in Cave-In-Rock, Hardin County, 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.
History
See also
- Ford's Ferry, from Kentucky to Illinois
- Lusk's Ferry, from Illinois to Kentucky
- Lusk's Ferry Road
- List of crossings of the Ohio River
References
- ^ Mary Thomas Layton (December 1, 2014). "Cave-In-Rock Ferry". The Southern Illinoisan. Retrieved November 7, 2015.