Now that Ohio is in a single board (along with the KY side of the Cincinnati metro area), and a push to make more specialized threads instead of putting everything in a general state thread, here's a thread for Cincinnati area projects. The Brent Spence Bridge will stay in its own thread.
I'm not sure what specifically to talk about to start off, but besides the Brent Spence Bridge, here's a list of major projects under construction or in planning I'm aware of
Under Construction:
- I-275 SmartLane between US 42 (exit 46) and Loveland-Maderia Rd (exit 52)
- OH 32 traffic signal removal and new interchanges between Eastgate and Batavia, at Glen Este-Withamsville Rd and Bach Buxton Rd.
- Direct SB Mason-Montgomery to SB I-71 ramp (exit 19)
- I-75 widening between Glendale-Milford Rd (exit 14) and I-275 (exit 16), including an expanded Sharon Rd (exit 15) interchange.
- I-75 widening between Hopple St (exit 3) and Mitchell St (exit 5)
- I-74/I-75 interchange reconstruction
In Planning:
- I-71 NB ramp to Kennedy Ave (exit 8C)
- I-75 between OH 126 (exit 10) and Shepherd Lane (exit 13). This part is currently undergoing a feasibility study (https://www.dot.state.oh.us/projects/files/Forms/pid.aspx?&FilterField1=PID&FilterValue1=113687) on realigning the I-75 NB lanes to the alignment of the SB lanes.
- I-75 widening between OH 562 and OH 126
- Western Hills Viaduct replacement
- I-75 reconstruction between Downtown and Western Hills Viaduct (exit 2), including the reconstruction of the WHV interchange, and northbound exit ramps at Ezzard Charles Dr (exit 1G)
Hey, this isn't my usual Midwest board fare. Who let you in here? (I'm joking, of course)
One project you forgot was the I-75 and OH-129 interchange project in Liberty Township. That's going to be seeing significant changes.
Quote from: JoePCool14 on September 15, 2022, 11:07:28 PM
Hey, this isn't my usual Midwest board fare. Who let you in here? (I'm joking, of course)
He's angling to host the next Cincy roadmeet.
Quote from: Hot Rod Hootenanny on September 16, 2022, 12:37:04 AM
Quote from: JoePCool14 on September 15, 2022, 11:07:28 PM
Hey, this isn't my usual Midwest board fare. Who let you in here? (I'm joking, of course)
He's angling to host the next Cincy roadmeet.
I need to attend a roadmeet first before hosting my own :-D :-D
Quote from: dvferyance on September 18, 2022, 09:42:09 PM
Cincinati belongs in the Ohio Valley board.
This aged well.
Quote from: dvferyance on September 18, 2022, 09:42:09 PM
Cincinati belongs in the Ohio Valley board.
Quote from: JoePCool14 on September 19, 2022, 08:01:06 AM
This aged well.
Not until I see a plate of Skyline Chili and a cold Hudepohl. (Not that either of these are on my diet anymore).
I-71 SB ramp from SB Mason-Montgomery Rd opened sometime in the past month. I was in the area yesterday and got some photos.
(https://i.imgur.com/9wD3KrQ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Iz5WQWs.jpg)
Quote from: SkyPesos on December 20, 2022, 01:19:43 AM
I-71 SB ramp from SB Mason-Montgomery Rd opened sometime in the past month. I was in the area yesterday and got some photos.
(https://i.imgur.com/9wD3KrQ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Iz5WQWs.jpg)
This was needed. With all the residences, restaurants, car dealerships, and office buildings in that area, it gives an extra opportunity to get on SB I-71 instead of all traffic using the ramp from Fields-Ertel onto SB I-71.
Quote from: amroad17 on December 20, 2022, 03:28:15 AM
This was needed. With all the residences, restaurants, car dealerships, and office buildings in that area, it gives an extra opportunity to get on SB I-71 instead of all traffic using the ramp from Fields-Ertel onto SB I-71.
I used the left turn ramp from Fields-Ertel onto SB I-71 that day too. To me, it seems like the new ramp didn't affect the amount of left-turning traffic that much (still a long line of left-turning cars), since most of SB Mason-Montgomery to SB I-71 traffic already used Escort Dr to get to I-71 prior to that. But this could change in the next couple of months.
Hi all. I hope that Northern Kentucky is OK for this thread since it is still Cincinnati Metro. I'm a KYTC scholarship student now and I'd like to put together a small list of projects in NKY currently under construction or in the 2022 Highway Plan for the next several years
Under construction
- KY 338 and I-75 / I-71 DDI + US 25 and KY 338 SPUI - Completion at end of summer
- KY 536 and I-75 / I-71 DDI - Completion sometime this year (it is almost done anyways)
- KY 536 from Dixie Highway (US 25) to Turkeyfoot Road (KY 1303) widening - Completion end of year
- Mineola Pike (KY 3076) widening - No idea but probably end of year
Very soon to be under construction
- KY 18 Superstreet project from Krogers to Houston Road (KY 842) approximately
- Donaldson Highway (KY 236) widening from Mineola Pike (KY 3076) to Houston Road (KY 842)
Planned
- KY 536 widening from Turkeyfoot Road (KY 1303) to Madison Pike (KY 17)
- Massive rebuild of I-75 / I-71 and I-275 interchange in NKY
- I-71 widening from I-75 to the current 6 lane section at the Sparta Speedway
- Replacement KY 8 bridge in Covington / Newport
- A bunch of smaller projects
Here are a couple shots from inside the KY 338 Richwood Road and I-75 DDI project.
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/941197807740678185/1074795847847518278/20230213_134943.jpg)
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/941197807740678185/1074795848313098340/20230213_135114.jpg)
I'll have to get some shots of the Dixie Highway US 25 overpass where the future SPUI will be. Can't get too close to it right now but the bridge is really coming along.
Quote from: iBallasticwolf2 on February 13, 2023, 08:02:02 PM
I'm a KYTC scholarship student now and I'd like to put together a small list of projects in NKY currently under construction or in the 2022 Highway Plan for the next several years
Which scholarship and which school? I presume you'll be doing your summers at D-6. My counterpart there retired last year.
Mods: This means that our young scholarship student now is deserving of the DOT Employee badge. KYTC scholarship students are KYTC employees; they work summers and are guaranteed permanent full-time jobs after they graduate.
Quote from: hbelkins on February 13, 2023, 11:41:23 PM
Quote from: iBallasticwolf2 on February 13, 2023, 08:02:02 PM
I'm a KYTC scholarship student now and I'd like to put together a small list of projects in NKY currently under construction or in the 2022 Highway Plan for the next several years
Which scholarship and which school? I presume you'll be doing your summers at D-6. My counterpart there retired last year.
Mods: This means that our young scholarship student now is deserving of the DOT Employee badge. KYTC scholarship students are KYTC employees; they work summers and are guaranteed permanent full-time jobs after they graduate.
Guaranteed? So, they could show up and be a bad intern and still be hired full-time?
Here in NY, we will certainly hire an intern full-time if they perform well, but we wouldn't guarantee the job just because they were hired as an intern.
Quote from: Rothman on February 14, 2023, 08:47:01 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on February 13, 2023, 11:41:23 PM
Quote from: iBallasticwolf2 on February 13, 2023, 08:02:02 PM
I'm a KYTC scholarship student now and I'd like to put together a small list of projects in NKY currently under construction or in the 2022 Highway Plan for the next several years
Which scholarship and which school? I presume you'll be doing your summers at D-6. My counterpart there retired last year.
Mods: This means that our young scholarship student now is deserving of the DOT Employee badge. KYTC scholarship students are KYTC employees; they work summers and are guaranteed permanent full-time jobs after they graduate.
Guaranteed? So, they could show up and be a bad intern and still be hired full-time?
Here in NY, we will certainly hire an intern full-time if they perform well, but we wouldn't guarantee the job just because they were hired as an intern.
https://transportation.ky.gov/Education/Pages/default.aspx
Quote from: SkyPesos on September 15, 2022, 06:06:55 PM
- I-75 between OH 126 (exit 10) and Shepherd Lane (exit 13). This part is currently undergoing a feasibility study (https://www.dot.state.oh.us/projects/files/Forms/pid.aspx?&FilterField1=PID&FilterValue1=113687) on realigning the I-75 NB lanes to the alignment of the SB lanes.
That's too bad. I rather liked the separation there.
How exactly would they do this with I-75 in Arlington Heights? It's six lanes (three in each direction) at that point so I'm thinking it'd be difficult to allign two directions there without the city in the median.
Quote from: Flint1979 on February 14, 2023, 12:41:16 PM
How exactly would they do this with I-75 in Arlington Heights? It's six lanes (three in each direction) at that point so I'm thinking it'd be difficult to allign two directions there without the city in the median.
Looks like they updated that feasibility study link I posted above. New document: https://www.dot.state.oh.us/projects/files/HAM-75-10.45%20AER%20%20Study%20December%202022.pdf
I'll read through it and summarize it later; I think they mention a solution in there.
Quote from: SkyPesos on February 14, 2023, 04:08:16 PM
Quote from: Flint1979 on February 14, 2023, 12:41:16 PM
How exactly would they do this with I-75 in Arlington Heights? It's six lanes (three in each direction) at that point so I'm thinking it'd be difficult to allign two directions there without the city in the median.
Looks like they updated that feasibility study link I posted above. New document: https://www.dot.state.oh.us/projects/files/HAM-75-10.45%20AER%20%20Study%20December%202022.pdf
I'll read through it and summarize it later; I think they mention a solution in there.
Widening the existing northbound lanes (much of it elevated) is prohibitively expensive due to some high-voltage power line supports that would have to be relocated. Also, most of the buildings that were to the east of the existing SB lanes have been torn down, so the ability to widen the right-of-way significantly is there. I believe there is a park that would have to be relocated.
Quote from: frankenroad on February 14, 2023, 04:36:03 PM
Quote from: SkyPesos on February 14, 2023, 04:08:16 PM
Quote from: Flint1979 on February 14, 2023, 12:41:16 PM
How exactly would they do this with I-75 in Arlington Heights? It's six lanes (three in each direction) at that point so I'm thinking it'd be difficult to allign two directions there without the city in the median.
Looks like they updated that feasibility study link I posted above. New document: https://www.dot.state.oh.us/projects/files/HAM-75-10.45%20AER%20%20Study%20December%202022.pdf
I'll read through it and summarize it later; I think they mention a solution in there.
Widening the existing northbound lanes (much of it elevated) is prohibitively expensive due to some high-voltage power line supports that would have to be relocated. Also, most of the buildings that were to the east of the existing SB lanes have been torn down, so the ability to widen the right-of-way significantly is there. I believe there is a park that would have to be relocated.
Thanks for posting that link; pity the Exhibits weren't part of the PDF. My take is not that the power lines would need to be relocated, but that they were worried about future issues when Duke Energy would eventually need to replace the towers. Long bridges a definite concern. I liked the alternative that would have new NB express lanes follow the SB route, and rehab the existing NB roadway for the local exits. But that also had issues. Construction not expected to start until 2028, so plenty of time to see this Interstate oddity.
Looks like the I-75 split's days are numbered; I always thought it was cool to surround an entire neighborhood by two high-speed roadways. It'll be a sad day when this Thru the Valley thing victimizes it eventually.
X-post from Ohio thread
Quote from: seicer on February 23, 2023, 01:31:48 PM
2022 TRAC applications are in for Ohio. This guides upcoming major projects in the state. List: https://www.transportation.ohio.gov/programs/trac/resources/2022tracapps
Looks like there are two Cincinnati related TRAC applications, both for the I-75 Thru the Valley project.
Widening to 4 lanes per direction, and relocating the NB alignment to where the SB alignment is (as discussed earlier in this thread):
https://www.dot.state.oh.us/trac/2022TRACApplications/D08_04_HAM%2075%2010.40_TRAC_APP.pdf
Replacement of the railroad bridge over SB I-75 just north of the Galbraith interchange, in preparation for the NB relocation:
https://www.dot.state.oh.us/trac/2022TRACApplications/D08_03_HAM%2075%2011.09_TRAC_APP.pdf
Quote from: Henry on February 24, 2023, 07:14:38 PM
Looks like the I-75 split's days are numbered; I always thought it was cool to surround an entire neighborhood by two high-speed roadways. It'll be a sad day when this Thru the Valley thing victimizes it eventually.
I doubt the residents in that neighborhood thought it was good to be completely cut off from the city by freeways at the time. (Most people aren't like the old man in
Little Pink Houses who thinks an interstate through his yard makes America great.) I think it's cool when this happens in rural areas where few are affected and good for industrial areas so traffic can easily access freeways without using city streets (shades of Cities Skylines). But I don't think this split in the middle of Cincinnati is good for the local residents and its removal should improve their quality of life.
Quote from: Henry on February 24, 2023, 07:14:38 PM
Looks like the I-75 split's days are numbered; I always thought it was cool to surround an entire neighborhood by two high-speed roadways. It'll be a sad day when this Thru the Valley thing victimizes it eventually.
Quote from: skluth on February 25, 2023, 11:42:46 AM
I doubt the residents in that neighborhood thought it was good to be completely cut off from the city by freeways at the time. (Most people aren't like the old man in Little Pink Houses who thinks an interstate through his yard makes America great.) I think it's cool when this happens in rural areas where few are affected and good for industrial areas so traffic can easily access freeways without using city streets (shades of Cities Skylines). But I don't think this split in the middle of Cincinnati is good for the local residents and its removal should improve their quality of life.
Break out Leroy Pullins! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM2DADxAYaA
Quote from: hbelkins on February 13, 2023, 11:41:23 PM
Quote from: iBallasticwolf2 on February 13, 2023, 08:02:02 PM
I'm a KYTC scholarship student now and I'd like to put together a small list of projects in NKY currently under construction or in the 2022 Highway Plan for the next several years
Which scholarship and which school? I presume you'll be doing your summers at D-6. My counterpart there retired last year.
Mods: This means that our young scholarship student now is deserving of the DOT Employee badge. KYTC scholarship students are KYTC employees; they work summers and are guaranteed permanent full-time jobs after they graduate.
Civil Engineering scholarship at UofL. Yup, I do my Co-Op semesters and will do my post-university employment at home in D6. I've been doing this co-op at the Traffic & Permitting department.
In other news, a new planned design for the replacement KY 8 4th Street Bridge between Covington and Newport have been proposed. It's quite ambitious on the front of pedestrian / bicycle accessibility.
https://www.fox19.com/2020/05/12/northern-kentucky-bridge-be-replaced-unprecedented-developments-take-shape-3/
It's nice to see the old IRS building site in Covington and the former Section 8 housing site in Newport finally being given some attention and development. Hopefully whatever the new 4th Street Bridge that is built is at least has a separated bike path (the current official KYTC proposals do) because there was an incident last year where two bicyclists were killed, one on the 4th Street Bridge and one on the 12th Street Bridge, in a single weekend.
Also some more NKY news
- Donaldson Highway (KY 236) widening is starting on Monday. Donaldson will be widened from 2 to 5 lane, including better turn lanes, from Houston Road (KY 842) to Mineola Pike (KY 3076), intersecting right with the Mineola widening project that widens to the exact same standard. There will be a 10 foot multi use path on one side, the same as seen on many recent KYTC projects here, and a regular sidewalk on the other side. Completion is September 2025.
- KY 536 widening between Turkeyfoot Road (KY 1303) and Calvary Road / Williamswoods Drive starts sometime this year and will be widened to 4 lanes with a multi use path. Of note is the fact that the entire planned stretch of KY 536 from Toebben Drive to KY 17 will be entirely roundabout intersections, and it may also have a median in the middle effectively turning all driveway entrances into RIROs
I did a little trip to check on the progress of the Mt. Zion Road widening and the construction around Richwood. Observations...
1. Mt. Zion is being rebuilt to four lanes from Sigmon Lane to near the old Erpenbeck property west of Bristow Rd (KY 1303) mainly south of where the current two-lane road is. The new road is going have a median, as mentioned above. Mt. Zion is on a temporary road for about 1/2 mile from 1/4 mile west of Bristow to where the houses currently are. It appears that the house just northwest of the Bristow/Mt. Zion intersection is gone, it is cleared through the trees, and that the four-lanes will be built on top of the current road and just north as one approaches Bristow from the west. This will assist in tying in to the planned four-lane that will be built for Bristow toward Independence.
2. US 25 (Dixie Highway) has been totally relocated through the Richwood area to accommodate the overpass and future SPUI interchange with KY 338. Going south, US 25 curves west just past Old Richwood Road, swinging around the Mr. Fuel (formerly Pilot) Truck Center, and approaching a stoplight at the future relocated Richwood Road (KY 338), which is slightly south of where the original road was. US 25 continues straight where the easternmost parking was for the TA Travel Center, then curves back to its original path 1/4 south of where the SPUI will be constructed. This surprised me as I drove through, partly because of the many times I stopped either at the old Pilot or the TA to fuel up when I drove for a Cincinnati trucking company, and remembering how the area used to look like. The SPUI area is still in its early- to mid-construction stage. As an aside, the TA is being rebuilt and will probably be in the same footprint as before when this road work is completed.
3. The DDI at I-71/75 and KY 338 is coming along. Not much change from the photos posted above, though.
Quote from: amroad17 on December 20, 2022, 03:28:15 AM
Quote from: SkyPesos on December 20, 2022, 01:19:43 AM
I-71 SB ramp from SB Mason-Montgomery Rd opened sometime in the past month. I was in the area yesterday and got some photos.
(https://i.imgur.com/9wD3KrQ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Iz5WQWs.jpg)
This was needed. With all the residences, restaurants, car dealerships, and office buildings in that area, it gives an extra opportunity to get on SB I-71 instead of all traffic using the ramp from Fields-Ertel onto SB I-71.
I used to work over there (Pre-Covid) and had no idea they had built this ramp, though I vaguely remember them tearing down the BP at that intersection. It's beats the heck out of having to take Escort Dr. to get to Southbound I-71. My old office building is just north of there, but last time I was over there (to pick up a new computer) I used Irwin Simpson, so I did not get that far South.
all the projects around CVG are needed bad now that the Amazon Hub is getting closer to its final form.
Quote from: Dirt Roads on February 25, 2023, 01:38:59 PM
Quote from: Henry on February 24, 2023, 07:14:38 PM
Looks like the I-75 split's days are numbered; I always thought it was cool to surround an entire neighborhood by two high-speed roadways. It'll be a sad day when this Thru the Valley thing victimizes it eventually.
Quote from: skluth on February 25, 2023, 11:42:46 AM
I doubt the residents in that neighborhood thought it was good to be completely cut off from the city by freeways at the time. (Most people aren't like the old man in Little Pink Houses who thinks an interstate through his yard makes America great.) I think it's cool when this happens in rural areas where few are affected and good for industrial areas so traffic can easily access freeways without using city streets (shades of Cities Skylines). But I don't think this split in the middle of Cincinnati is good for the local residents and its removal should improve their quality of life.
Break out Leroy Pullins! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM2DADxAYaA
John Cougar Mellencamp, who lives one state west, can explain it better. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB4FD5VkHak
I checked on some construction this weekend. Nothing much new but the US 25 bridge over the KY 338 Richwood Road SPUI is making a lot of progress. I can't wait to drive over and under it when it opens in a few months. There's a smaller project on US 42 for expanding the southbound overpass over I-75 at the Mall to extend the left turn lane and add a sidewalk. The turn lane is completely done and the sidewalk is actively being worked on. Both parts are very needed for that area - good to see it being addressed. I also checked the I-275 Smartlane construction in Loveland. All of the pavement is done and there is no sign of construction at all. Not sure when ODOT intends on adding the markings, signage, and reversible lane lights to actually run the Smartlanes. OH 32 construction near Eastgate is slowly progressing. The interchange at Bach Buxton road is really taking shape.
Today I went through the construction for the new I-75 southbound to I-74 westbound flyover ramp. The ramp is sorely needed because the current ramp merges in with I-74 under the old railroad overpass, and does so at a 20 mph advisory speed, directly onto the other I-74 ramp that is at highway speed. There is definitely progress being made on the ramp. There is also a new pedestrian bridge over I-74 to replace the old one that was destroyed for construction. The approaches are close to done but the middle, over top of I-74, has not been built yet.
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/585287239265812503/1087085247713267752/JDnxAJjb-501506977.jpg)
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/585287239265812503/1087085247247683727/auZBezQU-501989980.jpg)
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/585287239265812503/1087085247457402910/19aCwXLF-501510249.jpg)
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/585287239265812503/1087085247012819084/P7s2gIsF-501500493.jpg)
Back in NKY, there is work being started on a minor highway safety improvement project on KY 18 between Greenview Road and the TA truckstop. Right now there is a new concrete median being built between I-75 northbound and the car entrance to TA to remove a left turn into Commerce Drive and enforce RIRO out of Tanners Lane. The truckstops here are an absolute mess right now because the old TA on KY 338 was destroyed and is being rebuilt during the KY 338 construction. The TA on KY 18 plus the Pilot on KY 338 / Frogtown Road are absolutely hammered right now and sometimes back up for a whole mile queuing to get into the truck stop. Hopefully the new TA on KY 338 will open sometime in the summer and balance back out the truck traffic.
Speaking of KY 338, the US 25 overpass for the SPUI with KY 338 is making a lot of progress. I checked it yesterday and all the scaffolding temporary supports are gone. It looks like the overpass is freestanding now. I don't know how far the actual road deck over top of future KY 338 is, and future KY 338 itself is still just dirt and gravel, but it will definitely be welcome when the SPUI opens!
View from future KY 338 at Richwood, passing under the railroad and the future grade separated US 25. Progress coming along quite nicely. You can't see it in the picture but the ramps from US 25 down to KY 338 and also new US 25 itself is also making a lot of progress.
(https://i.imgur.com/3Hvopxe.jpeg)
I don't have pictures today but KY 536 between Toebben Drive and Turkeyfoot Road is going to get moved to the new alignment on June 1 (at least according to the VMS on 536). The new sidewalk + turn lanes on westbound US 42 at I-75 in Florence seems to be done now too.
New FYA at the I-275 onramp on US 22/OH 3. Interesting that it's a 3-section model with a center bimodal static and flashing yellow, instead of the more common 4-section. Looks like this is the ODOT standard for FYAs, as 3-section FYAs were also installed on OH 747 a couple of years ago.
(https://i.imgur.com/d8LibYs.gif)
Some more updates this week
- US 25 & KY 338 SPUI making more progress. Hopefully open before the end of the summer! Also a lot of new pavement for the multi use paths on US 25 and KY 338 throughout the project area. (https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/685950397399171090/1114608641333530726/20230603_105756.jpg)
- KY 536 between Toebben Drive and Turkeyfoot Road was moved to the brand new alignment this week, with traffic moving two way on the southern carriageway so that the northern carriageway can be built (the old alignment and temporary pavement was blocking some of the northern carriageway). A large portion of the multi use path that goes with the southern carriageway has already been paved. The new alignment is wonderfully smooth compared to how terrible the old alignment had been getting.
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/585287239265812503/1114636841866498150/20230603_110638.jpg)
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/585287239265812503/1114636842193657856/20230603_110655.jpg)
Traffic is moving on temporary pavement that goes straight through the two future roundabouts on the project.
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/585287239265812503/1114636842826993714/20230603_110719.jpg)
- KY 536 between US 25 and the I-75 diverging diamond has been seemingly abandoned for a while but this weekend it actually finally has some progress. More lanes opened up and the multi use path being paved finally. Hopefully this one can get wrapped up soon
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/585287239265812503/1114637666017886310/20230603_111953.jpg%5Bimg%5D%3Cbr%20/%3E%3Cbr%20/%3E-%20The%20new%20flyover%20for%20I-75%20Southbound%20to%20I-74%20Westbound%20is%20still%20in%20progress.%3Cbr%20/%3E%5Bimg%5Dhttps://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/585287239265812503/1114637666332450986/20230603_1204091.jpg)
Some big updates as of late:
- KYTC has officially released opening dates (subject to adjustment for weather) for opening of the Richwood US 25 & KY 338 SPUI, as well as I-75 & KY 338 DDI. The SPUI is planned to open on July 8, although the Shoreland Drive temporary light will run for 4 more weeks so that crews can rebuild the very ending piece of Richwood Road at Shoreland itself. The current I-75 & KY 338 diamond interchange will have numerous closures between July 11 and 17 so that crews can get the DDI into operation by the end of the period.
View of US 25 & KY 338 SPUI from the hill just to the east of Best Pal Drive: View of the SPUI from the KY 338 & Best Pal Drive intersection:
(https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/KYTC/2023/06/7822955/4821893/img-0285_crop.jpeg) (https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/KYTC/2023/06/7822883/4821894/img-0290_crop.jpeg)
I went through the project area and saw signage actively going up, as well as pavement for the multi use paths being finalized.
- The I-75 Southbound to I-74 Westbound flyover ramp is making good progress. The I-Beams have been extended to get over the railroad track and are almost connected up with where it will meet back up at I-75. Not sure of a completion date but I could see it opening by the end of the year
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/585287239265812503/1125911611924811786/IMG_2495.jpg) (https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/585287239265812503/1125911612163903549/IMG_2497.jpg)
The US 25 & KY 338 SPUI opened a week ago, and the plans changed so that the Shoreland Drive temporary light is already gone. The I-75 & KY 338 diamond is being converted to a DDI right now and the entirety of the interior of the interchange is closed, although right turns are still allowed. It's definitely quite a mess right now but a lot of progress is being made quickly. I also noticed that almost all of the lanes on the west side of Richwood are open now.
US 25 overpass over KY 338 US 25 at former Shoreland Drive temporary light
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/777723184803086346/1130172278299177010/20230708_101402.jpg) (https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/777723184803086346/1130172278999629844/20230708_101424.jpg)
Ramp coming off US 25 south to KY 338
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/777723184803086346/1130172279364538428/20230708_101646.jpg) (https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/777723184803086346/1130172280060792873/20230708_101702.jpg)
KY 338 westbound heading through the SPUI
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/777723184803086346/1130172280429883443/20230708_102057.jpg)
Ramp coming off I-75 north to at the moment only KY 338 eastbound Ramp coming off I-75 south to at the moment only KY 338 westbound
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KY 338 eastbound heading into what will soon be the DDI
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A bonus - The new KYTC District 6 office under construction
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Quote from: iBallasticwolf2 on March 19, 2023, 03:00:48 PM
Today I went through the construction for the new I-75 southbound to I-74 westbound flyover ramp. The ramp is sorely needed because the current ramp merges in with I-74 under the old railroad overpass, and does so at a 20 mph advisory speed, directly onto the other I-74 ramp that is at highway speed. There is definitely progress being made on the ramp. There is also a new pedestrian bridge over I-74 to replace the old one that was destroyed for construction. The approaches are close to done but the middle, over top of I-74, has not been built yet.
The new flyover ramp from 75 S to 74 W opened Monday 2/26. Other parts of the rebuild are still in progress. No visible progress on the pedestrian bridge.