BrentSpenceBridgeCorridor.com
Title
Brent Spence Bridge
Contact
- PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF
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- DENVER CO
- United States 80264
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- 303-390-5919
Description
Originally opened in 1963, The Brent Spence Bridge (BSB) and its approaches are key elements of the nation’s Interstate Highway System. This facility carries both I-75 and I-71 traffic through the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky area. This important river crossing is vital to long-distance state and national commerce, as well as being a major thoroughfare for local and regional mobility.
Interstate 75 connects the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky region with Detroit, Michigan to the north and Miami, Florida to the south. It also connects with I-74 and US 50 to the east and west. I-75 and the railroads that run parallel to it through this region are among the nations busiest. This transportation system is the backbone of commerce and travel through the region. According to Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) estimates, I-75 is one of the busiest trucking routes in North America with truck traffic approaching six billion miles annually. In addition, more than 250 freight trains per day pass through or have destinations within the I-75 corridor. The interstate portions of this transportation system are nearly 50 years old and significant safety and capacity problems exist.
Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky were originally settled in the late 1700’s. The built environment surrounding I-75 and the BSB is characterized by highly disturbed, dense urban development with historic districts and properties nearby. Interstate 75 in Cincinnati is a typical downtown freeway with closely spaced ramps and poor roadway geometry. Improvements to several of the downtown streets were made during the Fort Washington Way reconstruction. Improvements to the connections in Covington were built during the I-75 “Cut in the Hill” project. Within the past few years, several rehabilitation projects were performed in addition to painting the I-471 Bridge.
