FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017
MEDIA CONTACT: Ursula Thomas Miller, ursula.miller@cincinnati-oh.gov, or 513.352.3417

CINCINNATI – Hillside Avenue on the city’s West Side will be closed to through traffic for three months between Anderson Ferry Road and Tyler Avenue beginning this Monday, Feb. 20.  The closure will allow crews to repair and extend an existing retaining wall about 200 feet west of Tyler on Hillside.

Through traffic heading east or west will be detoured via River Road.

Anderson Ferry Road will remain open throughout construction, which is expected to finish in mid May.

Local access for Hillside residents will be allowed.
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Detour signs will be posted on site to help direct motorists around the closure.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017
MEDIA CONTACT: Ursula Thomas Miller, ursula.miller@cincinnati-oh.gov, or 513.352.3417
    
CINCINNATI – East Seventh Street will be closed between Sycamore and Broadway beginning at 6:00 p.m. tomorrow, Friday, Feb. 3, until 6:00 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5, so crews can remove the tower crane used to build a high-rise apartment building and garage.

The closure is needed to accommodate another crane that will dismantle the tower crane.
Motorists on Seventh will be detoured south on Sycamore, east on Fifth, north on Broadway to east on Seventh again.

Detour signs will be posted to help direct motorists and pedestrians around the site.

Access to the Seven at Broadway Parking Garage will be allowed via New Street.

​Construction of the 17-story, mixed-use tower and garage, which extends between Seventh and Eighth streets facing Sycamore, began in August 2015. It is expected to be complete by the end of this year. The 500-space parking garage, which opened last summer, also serves the newly opened Holiday Inn on the eastern side of this city block bounded by Broadway. 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, Jan. 27, 2016
MEDIA CONTACT: Ursula Thomas Miller, ursula.miller@cincinnati-oh.gov, or 513.352.3417
 
 
CINCINNATI – Parts of Sentinel and Culvert streets will be closed Monday, Jan. 30, from 7:30 p.m. until 6:00 a.m. the next day so crews can pour concrete overhead along a stretch of Interstate 71 south near the Lytle Tunnel.

Sentinel will be closed at Fifth Street and Culvert will be closed between Reedy and Fifth. Motorists will be directed to stay on Eggleston Avenue.

Please see the map below for detour information.

​In addition, crews will close the right lane of southbound I-71 before the I-471 south ramp to the Lytle Tunnel from 8:00 p.m. Monday until 5:00 a.m. Tuesday.
 
Arrow boards and/or signs will be in place to alert motorists of the upcoming lane closure.
 
Monday’s concrete pour is part of an Ohio Department of Transportation project to replace more than 1,000 feet of bridge deck on both sides of I-71 between the entrance to Lytle Tunnel and the pedestrian bridge to Mount Adams. Crews began work on the southbound side in September. Reconstruction of the northbound side of I-71 will begin after the southbound side is finished this winter. 

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​FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2016
MEDIA CONTACT: Ursula Thomas Miller, ursula.miller@cincinnati-oh.gov, or 513.352.3417
 
CINCINNATI – Eggleston Avenue between Sentinel and Reedy streets will be closed from 8:00 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20, until 6:00 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, as crews pour concrete overhead along a 350-foot stretch of southbound Interstate 71 near Lytle Tunnel.

​Motorists traveling westbound on Eggleston will be detoured to Sentinel, then Culvert to Reedy and Eggleston again. Motorists traveling eastbound on Eggleston will be detoured to Reedy, then Culvert to Sentinel and Eggleston again.
 
Please see the map below for detour information. Photo below shows work area.
 
In addition, crews also will close the right lane of southbound I-71 before the I-471 south ramp to the Lytle Tunnel from 10:00 p.m. tomorrow, Thursday, Jan. 19, until 5:00 a.m. Friday, Jan. 20, and again at 9:00 p.m. Friday until 9:00 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 21. Arrow boards and signs will be in place to alert motorists of the upcoming lane closure.
 
Friday’s concrete pour is part of an Ohio Department of Transportation project to replace more than 1,000 feet of bridge deck on both sides of I-71 between the entrance to Lytle Tunnel and the pedestrian bridge to Mount Adams. Crews began work on the southbound side in September. Reconstruction of the northbound side of I-71 will begin after the southbound side is finished this winter.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2016
MEDIA CONTACT: Ursula Thomas Miller, ursula.miller@cincinnati-oh.gov, or 513.352.3417
 
CINCINNATI – The John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge will be closed 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, so crews can shoot footage for a Cincinnati Bell Inc. commercial that will air locally  during the NFL’s upcoming Super Bowl game.

Motorists are encouraged to seek alternate routes and avoid the area to reduce congestion.
Law enforcement officers will be stationed near the foot of the bridge in Cincinnati and Covington to help direct motorists.  

Pedestrian access will be prohibited intermittently while the crew films.

The historic blue bridge will be one of multiple area landmarks featured during Bell’s 60-second commercial promoting its hometown of Cincinnati and the Cincinnati Bell Connector streetcar.

The crew is scheduled to shoot in Cincinnati Jan. 18 to Jan. 23.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, Dec. 16, 2016
MEDIA CONTACT: Ursula Thomas Miller, ursula.miller@cincinnati-oh.gov, or 513.352.3417
 

CINCINNATI – Twelfth Street will be closed daily next week between Elm and Central Parkway so crews may use a crane to deliver construction materials and equipment to the Cincinnati Shakespeare Co. site.

This stretch of 12th will be closed 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday, Dec. 19, through Friday, Dec. 23. The road will be reopened each evening.

Through traffic will continue to be allowed on Elm Street. Motorists on Elm who wish to turn west onto 12th will be detoured via Grant Street to Central Parkway.

Local access to businesses and residences on 12th also will be allowed.

Crews are preparing for a concrete pour and will erect more steel as the building continues to take shape. Exterior construction is slated to be finished this spring.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016
MEDIA CONTACT: Ursula Thomas Miller, ursula.miller@cincinnati-oh.gov, or 513.352.3417

CINCINNATI – Walnut Street will be closed between Fourth and Fifth streets from 1:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, until 7:00 a.m., so crews may use a crane to hoist roofing materials atop the U.S. Bank tower.

The closure, which is on the streetcar route, will take place after the Cincinnati Bell Connector’s last run downtown and before service resumes.

Motorists traveling on Walnut will be detoured east at Fifth, south on Sycamore, west on Fourth and south again on Walnut. Through access on Fifth Street will be allowed during the closure.

Access to the Renaissance Hotel will be via Fourth Street.

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, Dec. 5, 2016
MEDIA CONTACT: Ursula Thomas Miller, ursula.miller@cincinnati-oh.gov, or 513.352.3417
 
 CINCINNATI – Parts of Culvert and Sentinel streets will be closed overnight tonight Monday, Dec. 5, and again Thursday, Dec. 8, from 9:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m. the next day for crane-assisted deliveries of rebar to crews reconstructing the southbound bridge deck on Interstate 71 near Lytle Tunnel.


To safely accommodate the crane, the northern end of Culvert Street will be closed from Sentinel to Reedy, and Sentinel will be closed to Fifth Street.

Motorists will be detoured via Eggleston Avenue. Signs will be posted on site to help direct motorists.

Please see the following map for detour information.

Crews for the Ohio Department of Transportation are preparing for another concrete pour. The timing of the pour will depend on weather conditions.

The contractor finished demolition of the old deck last month. Reconstruction of the northbound side of I-71 will begin after the southbound side is finished this winter.

Work to replace the southbound bridge deck between the entrance to Lytle Tunnel and the pedestrian bridge to Mount Adams began in September.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016
MEDIA CONTACT: Ursula Miller, ursula.miller@cincinnati-oh.gov, or 513.352.3417
 
CINCINNATI – Sycamore Street will be closed between 13th and 14th streets this Saturday, Dec. 3, from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. so crews may dismantle and remove a 100-ton crawler crane from the construction site at Ziegler Park.

Motorists traveling north on Sycamore will be detoured west on 13th, north on Main, east on 14th and north again on Sycamore. Motorists traveling south on Sycamore will be detoured east at 14th, south on Broadway, west on 13th and south again on Sycamore.

Detour signage will be posted on site to help direct motorists and pedestrians.

The crane has been on site since late September to assist construction crews renovating and expanding Ziegler Park.

The park is on the eastern edge of Over-the-Rhine, adjacent to the old School for Creative & Performing Arts and south of the Peaslee Neighborhood Center.

The $30 million project includes a new aquatic center, deep-water pool, sprayground, playground, basketball courts, green space and an underground parking garage.

​The 400-space garage is scheduled to open early next month. Work on the park is slated to finish by early next summer.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016
MEDIA CONTACT: Ursula Thomas Miller, ursula.miller@cincinnati-oh.gov, or 513.352.3417
 
 CINCINNATI – Twelfth Street will be closed daily between Elm and Central Parkway starting at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow, Wednesday, Nov. 16, through Tuesday, Nov. 22, so crews may tie in underground utility lines needed for the Cincinnati Shakespeare Co. building under construction.

The closure will be in place from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. daily. The road will be reopened each evening.

Through traffic will continue to be allowed on Elm Street. Motorists on Elm who wish to turn west onto 12th will be detoured via Grant Street to Central Parkway.

Local access to businesses and residences on 12th also will be allowed.

The Cincinnati Shakespeare building is approximately 50 percent complete. Exterior construction is expected to wrap up in late summer 2017.