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Cave-In-Rock Ferry

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Cave-In-Rock Ferry
LocaleIllinois Route 1 in Cave-In-Rock, Illinois and Kentucky Route 91 in Crittenden County, Kentucky
WaterwayOhio River
Transit typePassenger/automobile ferry
Began operation1807[1]
No. of lines1
No. of vessels1
No. of terminals2

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

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