Jeremiah Morrow Bridge

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Jeremiah Morrow Bridge
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ODOT drawing of the Jeremiah Morrow Bridge
Coordinates 39°25′9.76″N84°6′14.47″W / 39.4193778°N 84.1040194°W / 39.4193778; -84.1040194
CarriesI-71.svg I-71
Crosses Little Miami River
Locale Fort Ancient and Oregonia, Ohio
Characteristics
Designconcrete box girder
Total length2,252 ft (686 m) [1]
Width55 ft (17 m) [1]
Height239 ft (73 m) [1] [2]
Longest span440 ft (130 m) [1]
Design life75 to 100 years
History
Constructed byContractor: Kokosing Construction [3] Site Services: Omnipro Services, LLC [4]
Construction start2 August 2010
Construction end18 November 2016 [2]
Construction cost$88 million [2]
Statistics
Daily traffic 40,000 [2]
Location
Jeremiah Morrow Bridge

The Jeremiah Morrow Bridge is the name for a pair of concrete box girder bridges built between 2010 and 2016 [2] which carry Interstate 71 over the Little Miami River gorge between Fort Ancient and Oregonia, Ohio. The bridges are named for former Governor of Ohio Jeremiah Morrow. [5]

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The bridges are 239 feet (73 m) above the river, making them the highest bridges in Ohio, [6] and are 2,252 ft (686 m) long, 55 ft (17 m) wide, with 440 ft (130 m) main spans. [1] The bridges each have two marked lanes with room for a third lane. [2]

The original Warren truss bridges [7] at the same location were opened to traffic in 1965 [4] and were continuous across five spans. [8] Both of the original spans were replaced beginning in 2010, with the completion of construction work marked with an official ribbon cutting ceremony held on November 18, 2016. [2] [4]

The original bridges were approximately the same design and age as the I-35W Mississippi River bridge which collapsed in 2007. [7] Demolition of the original southbound bridge was largely completed on April 23, 2017. [9] The original northbound bridge had been demolished in 2014 after one of the new bridges was complete. [10]

Martha Lunken flight

In March of 2020, aviation author Martha Lunken, then age 77, flew her Cessna 180 under one of the spans of the bridge. This flight, captured by a video security camera, resulted in the revocation of all of her pilot's licenses, due to a Federal Aviation Administration claim that she had intentionally shut off her transponder, thus disabling the ADS-B position reporting system on the aircraft. Inspection of her plane showed that the transponder was loose in its mounting tray, thus making intermittent electrical contact; however, since the inspector was unable to certify that this was the only possible explanation for the lack of transmission, the FAA maintained the claim.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Jeremiah Morrow Bridge Facts. Omnipro Services, LLC website. Retrieved on 2017-04-30.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Interstate 71/Jeremiah Morrow Bridge Milestone Reached". dot.state.oh.us. The Ohio Department of Transportation. November 18, 2016. Archived from the original on April 19, 2017. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
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  4. 1 2 3 Jeremiah Morrow Bridge Replacement Project. Omnipro Services, LLC website. Retrieved on 2011-05-05.
  5. ↑ Goodman, Rebecca (2005). This Day in Ohio History. Emmis Books. p. 304. ISBN   9781578601912 . Retrieved 21 November 2013.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  6. ↑ Ohio DOT Web page Archived September 30, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
  7. 1 2 "Ohio DOT Press Release". Dot.state.oh.us. 2007-08-02. Retrieved 2011-08-18.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  8. ↑ Article about bridge inspection Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ "I-71 reopens after implosion of old Jeremiah Morrow Bridge hits a snag". WCPO-TV. April 23, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Jeremiah Morrow Bridge Demolition". omniproservices.com. Omnipro Services LLC. 2014. Retrieved April 23, 2017.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
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