LOUISVILLE, Ky. — It’s a project two decades in the making. Now, a once-vacant site at Brownsboro Road and the Watterson ...

It's been more than 15 years since the VA announced Louisville would receive a new hospital in June 2006, with U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell securing the first $75 million needed for the facility in 2008.

The plan is to replace the aging Robley Rex VA Medical Center on Zorn Avenue. The new facility will have more than 100 beds, which is equal to the current hospital, but will be twice the size.

Progress on the construction of Louisville's new VA Medical Center as of Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (WDRB photo) When it is all said and done, the $840 million dollar project will have more than ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville's new Veterans Affairs hospital is starting to take shape. "It's a great feeling. Almost every week, it's something different," area engineer Terry Durham said.

The VA purchased the Brownsboro Road site in 2012 for $12.9 million from local developer Jonathan Blue and settled on the property as the home of the new hospital in 2017.

Louisville, Ky. – Construction on the new Louisville VA Medical Center being built in Louisville, Kentucky has only been ongoing for five months, but the site already looks quite different from ...

The new VA medical center's towering presence draws glances from drivers passing through northeast Louisville and is bound to grow even more as construction work on the 34-acre site along ...

Louisville, Ky. – It was a little over a year ago, Veterans Day 2021, that the first shovels kicked off work on the Louisville VA Medical Center during a groundbreaking ceremony.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Army Corps of Engineers gave an update Wednesday on the construction of the new Robley Rex VA Medical Center. Engineer Terry Durham says construction is still on track for ...