Officials Mull Replacement For Ohio-Kentucky Bridge

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img src="/sites/default/files/images/articles/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>A 40-year-old bridge that forms a crucial link for regional shipping and travel is overloaded and conducive to accidents, causing some area leaders to call for a replacement, a newspaper reported.

The Brent Spence Bridge, which carries Interstates 75 and 71 over the Ohio River between Ohio and Kentucky, is one of 15 major interstate bridges nationwide labeled as “functionally obsolete” by the federal government, a Cincinnati Enquirer analysis found.

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