Combs-Hehl Bridge

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• Paul Riddle

  22 December 2017

  I take this bridge to stay off the I-75 Brent Spence bridge.

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• Rikki Vaydor Vedder

  06 December 2017

  The Combs-Hehl Bridge is located 5 miles upstream from downtown Cincinnati in an undeveloped semi-rural area and forms the eastern Ohio River crossing for the I-275 circle freeway. Built in 1979 for $30.5 million, the twin 3 lane spans carry I-71/75 bypass traffic as well as a growing number of commuters who on their trip downtown cross the Ohio River first into Kentucky and then then drive back into Ohio on the I-471 Bridge. Coney Island, Riverbend, and River Downs are all located near the bridge, and it along with I-275 provides convenient access to these attractions from the rest of the Cincinnati area. Despite an easy 10 minute drive from downtown, the land around the bridge has been spared typical suburban sprawl because it is either too hilly or on the flood plain. Additionally, there is no exit at the western end of the bridge, which has prevented expressway related development. It goes without saying that the single central pier design results in an awkward and mostly unremarkable bridge. Fortunately it is well out of sight from downtown and a similar design was not chosen for the I-471 bridge.

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• Stan Briede

  25 June 2017

  A greatly safe bridge to where the opposite bound lanes are separated to avoid any potential collisions, each direction having able space for emergency lanes on both the fast and slow lane sides. Also, the field-of-view distances when approaching the bridge from either direction is safe unlike the Brent Spence Bridge in Cincinnati which has a poor substrate and very dangerous! That bridge is a major disaster waiting to happen. It's not a matter of "if" but "when!"

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• Tyler Robinson

  07 August 2013

  it was Awesome, because it was a bridge, and it was awesome

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