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.