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Henderson County, Kentucky: KYTC seeks a firm to inspect I-69 Ohio River Crossing Section 2 construction, about $50 million, proposals due Nov. 4
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet wants a prequalified engineering firm to handle construction engineering and inspection on about 5.5 miles of the I-69 Ohio River Crossing, Section 2, from US 60 north toward Evansville. The approximate fee is $50 million, shared by Kentucky and Indiana.
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) is asking engineering firms for proposals to help oversee construction of Section 2 of the I-69 Ohio River Crossing in Henderson County. The request is part of KYTC Procurement Bulletin 2027-04, and the response window opened Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026.
What the job is. Section 2 runs about 5.5 miles, from US 60 north to Section 3 south of Evansville, Indiana. KYTC and the Indiana Department of Transportation are building it through design-build, and KYTC is the lead oversight agency. The firm picked will help with contract administration, construction oversight and inspection, materials sampling and testing, and quality assurance, and will assign a resident engineer as the single point of contact for both states.
Money. KYTC lists an approximate fee of $50 million for construction engineering and inspection, paid with state or federal funds, with costs shared by Kentucky and Indiana. KYTC item number 2-1088.50.
Why it matters. The crossing is part of the larger plan to connect I-69 in Indiana with I-69 in Kentucky. This contract is for oversight firms; it does not by itself change traffic.
Key dates for all four requests: proposals are due Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026, by 4:30 p.m. Eastern (Frankfort time). KYTC lists a first selection meeting on Nov. 9 and a final selection on Nov. 20, and says dates other than the response date are tentative.
Who can respond: consultant engineering firms prequalified by KYTC. Responses go in electronically through the KYTC Professional Services Consultant Portal (https://apps.transportation.ky.gov/professionalservices); KYTC will not take paper copies. Instructions: https://transportation.ky.gov/ProfessionalServices/Pages/Respond-to-an-Announcement.aspx. Firms must also disclose any use of artificial intelligence or machine learning on an awarded contract, under the Commonwealth Office of Technology policy.
Original source: Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC), Department of Highways, Professional Services Procurement Bulletin 2027-04 (October 2026), announced to the Notice Nearby publisher inbox on Oct. 13, 2026. Bulletin listings: https://transportation.ky.gov/ProfessionalServices/Pages/Search-Project-Listings.aspx?bulletinNumber=2027-04. Notice Nearby wrote this in its own words. Full bulletin paper: https://noticenearby.com/papers/kentucky-kytc-procurement-bulletin-2027-04-i-69-ohio-river-crossing-i-71-widening-bridge-inspection-oct-2026
What to read next: the Henderson County hub (https://noticenearby.com/ky/henderson), the full KYTC bulletin paper (https://noticenearby.com/papers/kentucky-kytc-procurement-bulletin-2027-04-i-69-ohio-river-crossing-i-71-widening-bridge-inspection-oct-2026), the Kentucky hub (https://noticenearby.com/ky) and all public papers (https://noticenearby.com/papers). Local businesses, parks and places nearby are on ZOST.app (https://zost.app).
Notice Nearby is a Public Register listing, not a newspaper, and this page is not Legal Publication. If KYTC and this note disagree, KYTC wins.
Source: the public notice on this register NN-GOVEMAIL-20261013-KYTC-HEN · Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.
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