CINCINNATI (WXIX) – Drivers will need to find an alternate route around the Daniel Carter Beard Bridge.
Detour from Bellevue and Newport
Roebling Bridge, Clay Wade Bailey Bridge and Brent Spence Bridge Detour
Interstate 275
Interstate 471 was closed before the bridge in Newport all morning but just before 7:30 a.m., police extended that all the way up to I-275, according to Campbell County dispatchers.
Ohio Traffic Impacts and Detour
The Ohio Department of Transportation is diverting southbound I-471 traffic from Ohio by way of I-71 and I-75 South. In addition, the following restrictions are in place in downtown Cincinnati:
- Liberty Street access to I-471 is closed.
- 5th Street access to I-471 is closed.
- S. 50 East and West access to I-471 is closed. (U.S. 50 remains open to thru traffic.)
- Pete Rose Way/Riverside Drive is closed under the approach.
- Eastbound Pete Rose Way motorists may use Eggleston Street.
- Westbound Riverside Drive (U.S. 52) should divert to Columbia Parkway (U.S. 50).
Kentucky Traffic Impacts and Detour
According to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, all I-471 northbound lanes will be blocked at the I-275 interchange, and motorists are advised to use I-275 eastbound or westbound to detour…