Since a fire shut down the southbound lanes of the I-471 on the Daniel Carter Beard Bridge two weeks ago, traffic around the river has been congested, to say the least.
A recently released report from the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments (OKI), has revealed that the Taylor-Southgate Bridge on U.S. route 27 and the Brent Spence Bridges have seen the greatest increases in traffic since the fire.
“Looking at the Wednesday before the fire, Oct. 30, and the Wednesday after the fire, Nov. 6, traffic increased southbound by more than 18,500 vehicles on U.S. 27 and by more than 14,800 vehicles on the Brent Spence Bridge,” said OKI Traffic Engineering Technician Jersson Pachar, who shared his findings at a recent OKI executive board meeting.
Overall, bridge crossings have declined 10% since the fire.
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Check out the charts below to see data representations of bridge traffic since the fire. Click the charts to enlarge them.
