Cave-In-Rock Ferry

Cave-In-Rock Ferry
Locale IL 1 in Cave-In-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois, and KY 91 in Crittenden County, Kentucky
WaterwayOhio River
Transit typePassenger/automobile ferry
OperatorKentucky Transportation Cabinet[1]

Illinois Department of Transportation[2]

Lonnie Lewis (ferry boat owner)[3]
Began operation1803[1]
No. of lines1
No. of vessels1
No. of terminals2

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.

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