Construction on the Brent Spence Companion Bridge is finally set to begin this spring, officials announced Monday. The Ohio Department of Transportation and the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet said the Ohio Controlling Board approved authority to finalize construction plans and start work on the Brent Spence Bridge Corridor project in the spring. The project, now years in the […]
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UPDATE: Semi crash, fuel spill blocks I-75 northbound near Brent Spence
UPDATE: All northbound lanes of I-75 have been reopened just beyond the Brent Spence Bridge in Cincinnati after a crash involving “several semi trucks,” Cincinnati police said. The Ohio Department of Transportation said the crash happened near the 9th Street on-ramp. ODOT officials also said a large fuel spill occurred during the crash. Traffic was […]
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Rolling roadblocks on I-71/75 in two counties overnight Thursday
There will be rolling roadblocks on I-71/I-75 in Boone and Kenton Counties overnight Thursday to allow state crews to mend pot holes on the effected roadways. As a result, traffic will be slowed to allow the crews to complete their work, and drivers who frequent the area should plan accordingly. The roadblocks will begin at […]
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Start date for construction on Brent Spence Companion Bridge remains unknown
The design for the Brent Spence Companion Bridge is 60% done, Ohio Department of Transportation officials said at Tuesday’s Cincinnati City Council meeting. But the exact start date for the major construction project has not yet been announced. The project includes a new companion bridge to the west of the existing Brent Spence Bridge. Crews […]
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Kenton County car crash results in death of 4-year-old
A 4-year-old child, Micaela Lopez, died in a car accident on I-75 on Sunday after her father, Steven Lopez Rodriguez, struck a box truck while driving a Hyundai Sonata. Rodriguez is currently in stable condition at UC Medical Center.
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Fugitive Turfway Park race horse takes off down I-75
A race horse from Turfway Park escaped and fled northbound on I-75 on the night of Feb. 2, causing damage to a police cruiser. No humans were hurt in the chase, bu the horse seems to have suffered from minor injuries.
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35-year-old man struck, killed by tractor-trailer while walking on I-75 in Independence
A 35-year-old man is dead after he was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer early Sunday morning while walking along I-75 south, Kenton County police said. Police were dispatched to the 167.5 mile marker of I-75 around 5:30 a.m. for a report of a person struck by a tractor-trailer. They found that a 57-year-old man […]
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Boone County Garden Club unveils Blue Star highway marker
On the 22nd anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and the crash of United Airlines Flight 93, a group gathered in Florence to pay tribute to armed forces personnel. The Boone County Garden Club, a member of The Garden Club of Kentucky, Inc. and National Garden Clubs, Inc., […]
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Walton man dead in I-75 seven-vehicle crash; passenger in critical condition
Stanley D. Cox, 74, of Walton was killed in a Nov. 29 crash on I-75 South near the Mary Grubbs Highway exit, according to the Boone County Sheriff’s Office. Cox was sitting in a car in traffic on the exit ramp when he was rear-ended by another driver and pronounced dead on the scene. Following […]
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Work begins today on Texas Turnaround to reduce accidents on Brent Spence
Work begins today on a Texas Turnaround as part of a state-funded plan to reduce accidents by changing how traffic merges from Covington onto Northbound I-71 and I-75 on the Brent Spence Bridge. But don’t worry — the 4th Street ramp isn’t expected to close until the project nears completion. The project aims to improve […]