Thursday, January 28, 1999

Temporary bridge over Fort Washington Way

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BY TANYA ALBERT
The Cincinnati Enquirer

A temporary bridge over Fort Washington Way will connect the Roebling Suspension Bridge with Third Street. (Glenn Hartong photo) | ZOOM |

        By March, drivers coming across the Roebling Suspension Bridge from Northern Kentucky will be able to get directly to Third Street after they cross into Cincinnati.

        Work started this week on a $1.2 million project to extend the bridge, which now dumps vehicles off on Levee Way.

        Vehicles being driven across the suspension bridge will still be able to turn on to Levee Way and get to Pete Rose Way. The new temporary bridge will replace bridge access that will be lost during Fort Washington Way construction, said Joseph Vogel, supervising structural engineer for Cincinnati.

        “Right now, the Race Street bridge is the only bridge connection from Levee Way,” he said. “But that has to come out for the future (Fort Washington Way) westbound lanes.”

        The extension will be a two-way bridge giving pedestrians and vehicles a direct link between the two sides of the Ohio River. About 23,000 vehicles use the Suspension Bridge daily.

        Construction crews placed six 114-foot concrete box beams over Fort Washington Way on Tuesday night.

        The final seven beams were expected to be put in place overnight Wednesday, Mr. Vogel said.

        The temporary extension is part of the city's $146.9 million Fort Washington Way project, designed to narrow and improve safety on the highway stretching from the Brent Spence Bridge to the Lytle Tunnel.

        The new Fort Washington Way is scheduled to open in August 2000.

       

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