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The I-471 bridge is closed. Cincinnati Fire said there has been no injuries reported so far. The I-471 bridge is closed.
The Dan C Beard Bridge is visibly black from smoke after a fire that destroyed 1000 Hands Every Child’s Playground at Sawyer Point Park in Cincinnati on Friday, Nov. 1, 2024.
The Dan C Beard Bridge is visibly black from smoke after a fire that destroyed 1000 Hands Every Child’s Playground at Sawyer Point Park in Cincinnati on Friday, Nov. 1, 2024.
The nickname was coined by local residents after the bridge's golden arches were constructed. In the 1980s, McDonald's considered opening a floating restaurant at the base after the nickname caught on, but never went to construction. [4] This bridge has a main span of 750 feet (230 m) and has a total span of 2,100 feet (640 m).
On June 30, 2014, a Norfolk Southern freight train crossing the bridge caught fire, closing the bridge for more than 17 hours and backing up traffic on NS lines as far away as Cincinnati, Ohio, and Somerset, Kentucky. The fire occurred in containers loaded with tea bags and children's toys. The fire was fought from both the bridge itself and ...
On November 16, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear announced that the accident and subsequent fire did not compromise the integrity of the bridge. Kentucky Transportation Secretary Jim Gray stated that the damage was confined to a 200 ft (61 m) section of the bridge. [12] The bridge reopened on December 22, one day ahead of schedule. [13]
The 2,100-foot Beard bridge was installed in 1976 and carries eight lanes of I-471 traffic between Cincinnati and Newport, Kentucky. The bridge is named for one of the founders of the Boy Scouts ...
Cincinnati Firefighters work the scene of a fire that destroyed 1000 Hands Every Child’s Playground at Sawyer Point Park under the Dan C Beard Bridge in Cincinnati on Friday, Nov. 1, 2024.