Crossing the Ohio River on the Interstate 71/75 Brent Spence Bridge just got a lot smoother now that all southbound and northbound lanes have reopened.
Maintenance on the bridge has finished one week ahead of schedule, and now all lanes are open.
Downtown's on-ramp to southbound I-71 from Third Street also has reopened. The Fourth Street on-ramp from Covington to I-71/75 and all southbound ramps have also reopened.
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The maintenance project to clean and paint the Brent Spence Bridge began in March. The project was slated to finish by Nov. 15.
This was the first time in nearly 30 years that the bridge over the Ohio River has been painted.
The Brent Spence is part of one of the busiest trucking routes in the United States, carrying more than $1 billion worth of freight every day and more than $400 billion worth of freight every year.
Contact Briana Rice at 513-568-3496 or brice@enquirer.com. Follow her on Twitter at @BriRiceWrites.
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