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elleng

(137,840 posts)
1. Excellent, IF the electorate there will open their eyes;
Sat Jul 17, 2021, 10:45 PM
Jul 2021

MAYBE President Biden can help.

Brent Spence Bridge
In 2008, the Cincinnati City Council supported a plan called Alternative #4, which involves building a new bridge to carry I-75 at the current location, and demolishing the Brent Spence Bridge.[12] Alternative #4 would build a parallel bridge just west of the Brent Spence Bridge.[13] It would again be a two deck bridge, except the top deck would carry all I-75 traffic and the bottom deck would carry south I-71 and local traffic.[13] The I-75 deck would have a total of 6 lanes, with 3 lanes each for north and south traffic.[13] The I-71 deck would be a total of 5 lanes, divided into 3 lanes for south local traffic, and 2 lanes of south 71 traffic.[13] Additionally, Cincinnati City Council has expressed interest in using the bridge for a light rail system that would connect downtown Cincinnati to the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.[12]

The Selected Alternative, as described in the Finding of No Significant Impact[14] is Alternative I, which would build a new double deck bridge just west of the existing Brent Spence Bridge to carry three lanes each way for I-75, two lanes for southbound I-71, and three lanes for southbound local traffic. The existing Brent Spence Bridge would be rehabilitated to carry two lanes for northbound I-71 and three lanes for northbound local traffic.[15]

In Spring 2021, a potential upgrade or replacement of the Brent Spence Bridge was prioritized in the American Jobs Act [16] but continues to be a subject of partisan debate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent_Spence_Bridge

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