Cave-In-Rock Ferry

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Cave-In-Rock Ferry

Locale	Illinois Route 1 in Cave-In-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois and Kentucky Route 91 in Crittenden County, Kentucky
Waterway	Ohio River
Transit type	Passenger/automobile ferry
Operator	Kentucky Transportation Cabinet[1] Illinois Department of Transportation[2] Lonnie Lewis (ferry boat owner)[3]
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[]

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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[]

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.