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.

When the ferry is closed, the 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.