Thursday, December 16, 1999
Pete Rose Way closing till spring
BY TANYA ALBERT
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Starting Monday, some commuters who travel Cincinnati's riverfront will have to make yet another detour: Pete Rose Way closes between Stadium Drive and Central Avenue for three months, and Mehring Way reopens.
This time, work on Paul Brown Stadium is to blame for traffic disruptions.
A portion of Pete Rose Way needs to close so the new stadium plaza level can be built and so Elm Street can be connected to the new Second Street and the stadium.
About 4,500 people park on the riverfront and thousands of others use Pete Rose Way daily. Several say the change, which adds a few blocks, shouldn't be too bad. But the change has at least one person ready to pay a little more money for parking closer to his office building.
“I've been on the phone to find a place to park up there,” Bob Knollman, 30, of Fort Mitchell, said as he walked to his car at the riverfront lot between Paul Brown Stadium and the Suspension Bridge. “I'm going to shop around and see what I can get.”
The closure will affect commuters coming from the west side who park on the riverfront and drivers from both sides of town who use Pete Rose Way to cross the city.
The detour will take them south of Paul Brown Stadium on Mehring Way.
Commuters can use Mehring Way to get to Pete Rose Way on the east, near Firstar Center. It also connects to Gest Street and Freeman Avenue on the west so drivers can get to northbound Interstate 75.
West-side commuters who park on the riverfront will see detour signs.
Drivers coming from the east side who park on the central riverfront won't have to change their driving patterns. Pete Rose Way will be open to Stadium Drive.
Pete Rose Way is scheduled to reopen entirely before the Reds' Opening Day in April. The Elm Street connection to the new two-tiered Second Street and the stadium is scheduled to open in August.
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