FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, April 28, 2017
MEDIA CONTACT: Ursula Thomas Miller, ursula.miller@cincinnati-oh.gov, or 513.352.3417
 
CINCINNATI – McCullough Street will be closed between Dumont Street and Eastern Avenue from 7:00 a.m. Monday, May 1, through 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 2, so crews may make pavement repairs at a railroad track crossing in the city’s East End neighborhood.

In addition, crews will remove about 30 feet of abandoned spur line and replace wooden railroad ties that support the track where it crosses through the intersection.

Motorists traveling north on McCullough will be detoured west at Dumont Street, north on Tennyson, east on Eastern Avenue and back to McCullough.

Local access to businesses and residences will be allowed.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, April 28, 2017
MEDIA CONTACT: Ursula Thomas Miller, ursula.miller@cincinnati-oh.gov, or 513.352.3417

CINCINNATI – Third Street will be closed between Elm and Race tomorrow morning, Saturday, April 29, beginning at 7:00 a.m. In addition, Elm Street will be closed between Second and Fourth streets.

The closures are needed so crews may use a helicopter to air lift steel, decking and other roofing materials to the southwest corner of the lower roof on the 312 Elm Building.

Motorists on Third Street will be detoured south at Race Street, east on Second, north on Vine, west on Fourth, south on Plum and west again on Third. Motorists on Elm will be detoured east on Second, north on Vine, west on Fourth and north again on Elm.

Crews will stage equipment and materials on Third Street. It will take multiple trips for the helicopter to pick up and transport the materials. HGC Construction, the contractor managing the operation, expects deliveries to be complete by approximately 10:00 a.m., assuming favorable weather.

Law enforcement officers will be positioned on Third at Race and on Elm at Second to ensure that motorists and pedestrians do not travel into the area while the helicopter is in flight.

OR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
MEDIA CONTACT: Ursula Thomas Miller, ursula.miller@cincinnati-oh.gov, or 513.352.3417
 
CINCINNATI – Dalton Avenue in Queensgate will be closed between Kenner and Hopkins streets starting Monday, May 1, until Thursday, Aug. 31, so crews may perform structural repairs and maintenance to the tunnel under the entrance to Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal.

Motorists traveling southbound on Dalton Avenue will be detoured east on Kenner Street, south on Western Avenue, west on Hopkins and south again on Dalton.

Motorists traveling northbound on Dalton will be detoured via Gest or Hopkins streets. Those on Gest Street will be detoured to Freeman Avenue, then Winchell Avenue to West Liberty Street and back to Dalton. Those on Hopkins will be detoured south on Western to Gest, then Winchell to Liberty and back to Dalton.

Please see detour map below.

​Bus patrons should check for updates to Metro routes and stop locations near the closure at www.go-metro.com/mapsandschedules/maps-schedules/service-detours

The Dalton Avenue work coincides with extensive renovations taking place at Union Terminal. The $212 million project started last summer and is slated to wrap up by fall 2018.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
MEDIA CONTACT: Ursula Thomas Miller, ursula.miller@cincinnati-oh.gov, or 513.352.3417

​CINCINNATI – Tyler Street, which runs between River Road and Hillside Avenue on the city’s West Side, is closed until mid June. The closure will allow crews to make pavement repairs to Tyler and finish construction of a retaining wall on Hillside.


​The repairs on Tyler extend about 200 feet south of its intersection with Hillside.
Traffic will be detoured west via Anderson Ferry Road to River Road or east via Hillside to River Road.

Local access for Tyler residents will be allowed.

The project is part of a planned landslide repair that started in late February. Work is expected to be complete by mid June.