Biden visits Kentucky to tout $1.6B Brent Spence Bridge project

President Biden highlights Brent Spence Bridge project during visit to Kentucky

The existing bridge, which connects Kentucky and Ohio, will undergo repairs, and a new companion bridge will be built to improve traffic flow.

US President Biden touts infrastructure deal in Kentucky visit

The Democratic president visited the deep-red state in a push for bipartisanship, alongside Republican Mitch McConnell.

Biden visits Ohio, Kentucky, and Brent Spence Bridge after promising to 'fix that damn bridge'

President Joe Biden, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, and other bipartisan leaders gathered Wednesday in Cincinnati to tout recently passed infrastructure that will allocate $1.6 billion to help pay to replace the aging Brent Spence Bridge. The move comes after Biden vowed to “fix that damn bridge” during a town hall in July 2021. Biden is now delivering on that promise. Built in 1963, the Brent Spence Bridge which connects Cincinnati t…

Biden praises McConnell, touts infrastructure law in Kentucky

President Biden on Wednesday made an appeal to the value of bipartisanship during a trip to Kentucky, providing a stark split-screen moment with the chaos unfolding in the House back in Washington, D.C. Biden delivered remarks in the shadow of the Brent Spence Bridge, which connects Kentucky and Ohio over the Ohio River, to tout…

Biden's visit to Kentucky bridge highlights infrastructure push

President Joe Biden used his Wednesday visit to the Brent Spence Bridge connecting Ohio and Kentucky as an opportunity to push for further federal infrastructure investment.

Biden and McConnell appear together in Kentucky as House Republicans are in disarray

The simultaneous public events underscore the difference between the House and Senate approach to politics.