News Item #1600

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear led a groundbreaking in early May beneath the Brent Spence Bridge for the new companion bridge to be built to its west, in a ceremony focused on the politics that made the project possible. Work on the Ohio side had already disrupted I-71/75 traffic in April. Starting in May, Covington began seeing longer-lasting closures, some of them permanent, including exit closures that will end the "Texas turnaround" that northern Kentucky drivers have long used.

Sources:

• Cincinnati Enquirer: DeWine, Beshear break ground for Brent Spence Bridge project 
• Cincinnati Enquirer: Giant new bridge means closed exits, no more 'Texas turnaround'