Kentucky transportation officials have set Dec. 23 as the target date for reopening the Brent Spence Bridge, following a fire that damaged portions of the nearly sixty-year-old, 1,736-ft-long cantilevered truss bridge carrying Interstates 71 and 75 between Covington, Ky, and Cincinnati, Ohio.
Kokosing, headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, submitted a low bid of $3,127,528 and committed to having the bridge reopened to traffic by Dec. 23. There will be additional costs – the exact amount yet to be determined – for ancillary expenses such as traffic control, construction inspection and additional steel.