Travel Advisory: Valley View Ferry closed due to high water

NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. (WTVQ) – The Valley View Ferry is closed until further notice due to high water conditions.

Operating status can be checked by calling the Madison County hotline at 859-624-4748.

Suggested alternate route between Nicholasville and Richmond is US 27S to Lancaster in Garrard County, then KY 52E to Richmond.

The suggested alternate route between Lexington and Richmond is I-75.

The paddlewheel ferry shuttles vehicles across the Kentucky River between Madison and Jessamine counties.

The ferry began operations in 1785.