Drivers impacted by the Big Mac Bridge closure could soon have some relief. It’s been six weeks since a fire destroyed part of the bridge and caused a traffic nightmare for many. The good news: Drivers can expect all northbound lanes to be open Friday morning. ODOT said crews have completed repairs to a concrete […]
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Big Mac Bridge: Northbound lane could open before end of year; on track for full reopening in March
The Ohio Department of Transportation is working to reopen all northbound lanes of the Big Mac Bridge by Christmas, while the southbound lanes are still on schedule to be repaired by March.
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What caused the Big Mac Bridge fire? ODOT records shed new light
We still don’t know what caused a playground fire hot enough to melt metal on the Big Mac bridge last month, but we have learned that Hamilton County had more than a dozen bridge fires in recent years and bridge netting might have made this one worse. A state bridge inspector flagged a problem with […]
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Why was a flammable playground allowed under the Daniel Carter Beard Bridge?
Most of Cincinnati was surprised last week by a video showing a raging fire beneath the Daniel Carter Beard Bridge, also known as the Big Mac Bridge. But it turns out the Federal Highway Administration saw it coming. One year ago, in response to a fire that closed a bridge on the Santa Monica Freeway, […]
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Brent Spence open house: ‘An opportunity to come and ask questions’
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet and the Ohio Department of Transportation held an open house event at the Cincinnati Riverfront Radisson Hotel in Covington on Wednesday. “We really wanted to give the public an opportunity to come and ask questions if they had specific questions,” said Bob Yeager, chief engineer for District 6 of the Kentucky […]