This is going to have major impacts on travel in the Cincinnati region for a while... https://www.fox19.com/2024/11/01/massive-fire-damages-daniel-carter-beard-bridge-i-471-closed/
Northbound is already reopened. Southbound will take about 6 weeks, according to later news reports. Could've been a whole lot worse, and thankfully it wasn't.
That's better than it being fully shut down, but will still be an annoyance to some people. I'm not in that area very much but I learned all the detours a long time ago because I worked at the Levee for over a decade.
What the hell is it with bridge fires lately? This is the second one involving the same river in Cincinnati too, with such an incident on the Brent Spence Bridge in 2020.
Just goes to show that Cincinnati is screwed to the wall, with just two interstate bridges leading into downtown (one from Covington, the other from Newport), and a long-ass detour around the loop in either direction. The Brent Spence Bridge and Mill Creek Expressway are going to get rehabilitated anyway, so with the Big Mac fire, this is now going to get even trickier for commuters.
ODOT released drone inspection photos of the I-471 bridge:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54110310999_6ea3392658_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2qrxuhx)
DJI_20241101093323_0018_V (https://flic.kr/p/2qrxuhx) by Ohio Department of Transportation (https://www.flickr.com/photos/ohiodot/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54109100057_e13b32b228_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2qrrhje)
DJI_20241101093431_0021_V (https://flic.kr/p/2qrrhje) by Ohio Department of Transportation (https://www.flickr.com/photos/ohiodot/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54109967321_e23a87e382_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2qrvJ84)
DJI_20241101093529_0031_V (https://flic.kr/p/2qrvJ84) by Ohio Department of Transportation (https://www.flickr.com/photos/ohiodot/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54109129762_615294b837_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2qrrr9o)
DJI_20241101094506_0023_V (https://flic.kr/p/2qrrr9o) by Ohio Department of Transportation (https://www.flickr.com/photos/ohiodot/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54109126197_02f4c9d3ec_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2qrrq5V)
DJI_20241101095057_0040_V (https://flic.kr/p/2qrrq5V) by Ohio Department of Transportation (https://www.flickr.com/photos/ohiodot/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54110452220_79b6b2a472_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2qrydgo)
DJI_20241101095240_0044_V (https://flic.kr/p/2qrydgo) by Ohio Department of Transportation (https://www.flickr.com/photos/ohiodot/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54109123697_2c50d7b1f9_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2qrrpkP)
DJI_20241101095743_0056_V (https://flic.kr/p/2qrrpkP) by Ohio Department of Transportation (https://www.flickr.com/photos/ohiodot/), on Flickr
*slaps girders*
Those babies will hold.
Quote from: Chris on November 02, 2024, 12:15:21 PMODOT released drone inspection photos of the I-471 bridge:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54109129762_615294b837_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2qrrr9o)
DJI_20241101094506_0023_V (https://flic.kr/p/2qrrr9o) by Ohio Department of Transportation (https://www.flickr.com/photos/ohiodot/), on Flickr
For the record, this is what the playground looked like beforehand.
(https://i.imgur.com/i8l6fi7.jpeg)
Yikes.
Obviously that playground will be eventually replaced by a nice, safe, fire-resistant, solid concrete skate park.
It's unfortunate that another bridge has suffered a tragedy. It might make one wary about driving across one.
Supposedly, repairs are going to start in January and be completed in March.
https://www.fox19.com/2024/11/27/i-471-bridge-repairs-expected-be-done-spring-2025-odot-says/
Quote from: Rothman on November 02, 2024, 12:31:28 PM*slaps girders*
Those babies will hold.
A little Bondo and that'll buff right out.
It will be open by the time most of you see this. Impressive work.
https://www.whio.com/news/local/southbound-lanes-i-471-daniel-carter-bridge-reopen-sunday/TWGGFDVBDVC7VKZ2HRL4XCZR5A/