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\nA bridge, connecting Cincinnati, Ohio to Newport, Kentucky, caught fire early Friday morning from a fire that officials believe started in the park below.<\/p>\n
\nA bridge, connecting Cincinnati, Ohio to Newport, Kentucky, caught fire early Friday morning from a fire that officials believe started in the park below.<\/p>\n
All lanes of Interstate 471 were closed by 4 a.m., when a vehicle fire near the bridge on the Ohio side spread to Sawyer Point Park, catching a playset on fire, and then spread above to the deck of the yellow Daniel Carter Beard Bridge, commonly referred to as the Big Mac Bridge.<\/p>\n
Fire crews said the park underneath was engulfed in flames when they arrived, and the flames were reaching up over the bridge and damaging it.”<\/p>\n
The Ohio Department of Transportation said the bridge suffered “significant damage.” Ohio Department of Transportation spokesperson Matt Bruning said a preliminary observation shows most of the damage is on the southbound side of the highway, where at least three steel beams need to be replaced and a new bridge deck poured.<\/p>\n
Bruning said the hope is to inspect the less-damaged northbound side first in hopes its lane will be able to reopen sooner. He wouldn’t give a timeline for when the repairs would be completed but said “it will not be days.”<\/p>\n
The fire was contained, though flames could still be seen in the park around 8:15 a.m. No one was hurt.
\nSource: WDRB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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