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Locale | IL 1 in Cave-In-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois, and KY 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] 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.