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Collapse forces locals to find alternate routes

73 views · Published 26 January 2015 · 1:25 · Indexed 27 September 2026

Channel: LOCAL 12 · 2015 · News & Politics

CINCINNATI (Sydney Benter) -- If you're just passing through the Tri-State, it's easy enough to hop on I-275 and avoid this catastrophic scene, but it's forcing many drivers just trying to get around town to find other routes.

Traffic at the end of Central Parkway near Cincinnati State is moving smoothly.

Commuters seem to have really listened to the warning from the city about avoiding that stretch of I-75 just down the way.

It helped that schools like Cinci State notified students about the closure overnight.

Students had time to plan their commutes accordingly.

One student who said that this forced her to find an alternative route to class that she likes better.

"Instead of getting on [I-75] It was 20 minutes, said student Bekah McDonald. No traffic and I didn't hit many traffic lights either."

Of course there were some students who hadn't heard about the closure and were late to campus today, but for the most part mostly everyone took note of the traffic changes and made alternate plans.

TEAM COVERAGE

Deb Dixon with Brandon Carl's mother about the loss of her son: http://bit.ly/1AJYSQl

Larry Davis on the investigation into what went wrong: http://bit.ly/1yF8qOb

Angenette Levy with how public cooperation was the key in avoiding transportation issues with the deadly collapse: http://bit.ly/1yFhjr1

Rich Jaffe with the former chief of The Occupational Safety and Health Administration: http://bit.ly/15uC2ED

Perry Schaible with those who felt the ground shake at the time of the collapse: http://bit.ly/1yHMYeN

Paula Toti talks to an engineer and a teacher at UC about how these overpasses are built: http://bit.ly/1yomop0

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Collapse forces locals to find alternate routes

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