Posted August 23, 200618 yr Pier pressure Viaduct faces $20M rehab By Joe Wessels Post contributor BRUCE CRIPPEN/ The Post The city of Cincinnati plans to recondition the Eighth Street Viaduct next year. The span is a major link between downtown and the western part of the city and county. PHASING IN THE PROJECT -The viaduct project will be done in three phases. -The first will require the entire structure to be closed and traffic re-routed to U.S. 50, also known as River Road and the Sixth Street Expressway. -Later phases will close two lanes of the four-lane bridge in six-month spurts and re-open the span to traffic, as each side is re-paved. http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060823/NEWS01/608230344&template=printpicart
February 18, 200817 yr City-Price Hill link closing Eighth St. viaduct to undergo 6 months of repairs BY MARGARET A. MCGURK LOWER PRICE HILL - Drivers, bicyclists and hikers who use Eighth Street to get to and from downtown will use detours come May. That's when the city will begin a major renovation of the 79-year-old viaduct by shutting it down for about six months. Contractors and city officials gathered Thursday as bids on the $20 million project were opened. Contracts can be awarded and preliminary work can begin within weeks, as soon as the bids are verified.
April 16, 200817 yr Detours set for 8th St. Viaduct closing April 16, 2008 | CINCINNATI ENQUIRER QUEENSGATE - Detour signs have gone up in Queensgate and Lower Price Hill pointing to alternative routes that drivers can use when the Eighth Street Viaduct closes May 12. The city will rebuild the aged span from just west of Dalton Street to just east of State Avenue. The road linking Queensgate and Lower Price Hill will close entirely for about six months while the deteriorating concrete piers that hold it up are replaced. In November, it will reopen with one lane in each direction while work goes on until completed in late summer or fall 2009.
April 16, 200817 yr I don't want to waste tax dollars on a $22 million boondoggle. This clearly will do nothing for me as a transit rider. I demand that they do more studies on how this will affect traffic. This needs to go to vote.
April 18, 200817 yr It was "sarcastic" - i.e., noone bats an eye for this 22 million project, but rail transit projects get ridiculous scrutiny
May 6, 200817 yr After noticing the underneath of this thing on Sun. Yea, this thing needs some lovin!!! Eighth Street Viaduct closes May 12 BY KURT BACKSCHEIDER | [email protected] http://news.communitypress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080502/NEWS01/805020411/1086/RSS1107 PRICE HILL - Commuters who use the Eighth Street Viaduct to get back and forth between the west side and downtown will have to find a different route beginning Monday, May 12. That's when the roadway closes and work starts on the Eighth Street Viaduct Reconstruction Project, which includes reconstruction of the viaduct and replacement of two bridges between Freeman Avenue and State Avenue.
May 6, 200817 yr I think most of the bridges are underused. They should close one or two fix up the arterials instead.
May 6, 200817 yr Which one would you close though? Keep in mind the hopes of the city of turning that area into something more productive than what we presently have.(Queen City Barrel, surrounding LPH, Sadamsville projects, City Lights, etc. There is alot on the table right now which HOPEFULLY will have the success that they have had in the East End. (Not so much residential, I know near LPH and Queensgate) but Green Industry and Commercial would compliment the residential neighborhood already in place up on the hill. There would be nothing worse than giving one of these arteries up and then 5-10 years down the road, wishing you had it back.
May 7, 200817 yr An influx of working class jobs would do wonders for neighborhoods like Lower Price Hill and the rest of the Price Hills. Connect those people with those jobs with a streetcar line and you really have something cookin'.
December 22, 200816 yr Eighth St. Viaduct to open Dec. 23 Community Press Staff Report • December 19, 2008 http://communitypress.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/C2/20081219/NEWS/812190361/ Cincinnati is set to open one lane in each direction on the Eighth Street Viaduct on Tuesday, Dec. 23. The Eighth Street Viaduct Reconstruction Project, expected to be completed in the fall of 2009, includes the reconstruction of the viaduct and the replacement of two bridges between Freeman Avenue and State Avenue.
December 23, 200816 yr ^Are you sure you're not just referring to wide shoulders? Were they actually marked before?
December 23, 200816 yr Granted, it was not in the best of shape before. We've been using Gest Street on rides west, which is okay but really the pits. It'll be nice for this bridge to reopen with wider bike lanes.
January 4, 200916 yr Yikes to the old bike lane visibility and widths. I definitely wouldn't have ridden across the viaduct on those things. I'm glad that they'll be wider too.
April 7, 200916 yr Part of Eighth Street closing http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090407/NEWS01/304070068/1055/NEWS Eighth Street will be closed between Burns and McLain streets beginning at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 8, until 6 a.m. Thursday, April 9, weather permitting. This closure is required for a partial deck concrete overlay to be poured on the Eighth Street Viaduct.
October 20, 200915 yr Eighth Street Viaduct Re-Opens Thursday http://www.local12.com/news/local/story/Eighth-Street-Viaduct-Re-Opens-Thursday/FNKQ7lLy10uPnNrPIfwR7Q.cspx Thursday, all traffic lanes, bike lanes and sidewalks along the viaduct in Queensgate and Lower Price Hill will re-open.
October 21, 200915 yr It's a shame we didn't have a chance to vote on this project, so that city council could have developed a better plan with the help of the voters. Because the citizens know more about bridge repair than the professionals.
November 3, 200915 yr The bike lanes on the viaduct are pretty weak. They seem to be about 4 feet wide, but also have sewer grates there that would make it more difficult to navigate. The driving lanes on the other hand seem to be 12 feet wide. If each driving lane could have been reduced by 6 inches, then each bike lane could have had an additional 1 feet of space. It's a fast-moving section of road, and bicyclists there need a bit more spacing if you ask me The separation of the pedestrian area is nice as there is now a wall between the sidewalk and moving traffic.
November 3, 200915 yr Bike lanes are mandated to be a width of no less than four feet with no obstructions; any larger is nicer. The grates are not parallel with the bike wheel, so it is in compliance and not an issue to ride over. But given the speed of traffic -- despite that it is signed for 35 MPH, a larger cushion would be nicer although not required. I'm working with the city right now on bike climbing lanes on some streets, like Warsaw. Warsaw at one point was four-lanes continuous, but has been reduced to two lanes uphill and one lane downhill, although it is nearly impractical to pass on the right due to the proximity of the curb and the tight curves. The climbing lane could be eliminated in favor of a climbing lane for cyclists.
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