Police manage northbound traffic on I-75 near Fort Washington Way, Cincinnati OH
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Road ClosurePolice are managing heavy northbound traffic on I-75 near Fort Washington Way and the Brent Spence Bridge. They are using flares and units to close and divert traffic onto I-71 and Route 50 to ease congestion and improve safety.
Audio|Heard on: Cincinnati Police
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02:34
Transcript:
00:00
We've still got traffic getting on somewhere, and now that it's cleared up, the stuff that's hitting us at the 1.8 is picking up some pretty good amount of speed.
00:11
Happy, do you need more units at your post?
00:15
Say then, we just need to shut it down, wherever it's coming from.
00:18
Do we have anybody walking northbound off the bridge, Brent Spence Bridge, diverting it to 71 and 50?
00:30
20.
00:31
20.
00:33
Can we get a grown-up to see where the traffic is coming from if we're not sure, so we can just blow it down?
00:41
I'm sorry, there's definitely traffic going northbound on 75 from the bridge.
00:48
I copy, so we need a unit to possibly go across, come back, and shut it down and push it off.
00:55
Yes, do that.
00:56
Shub them on 71.
00:58
Send two cars out there, close it down.
01:04
I copy.
01:06
14, 44, and 1221 that we're bringing the Flares.
01:09
Once you guys are done with the Flares, can you take that both?
01:17
1444, I'm sorry.
01:20
Take what, folks?
01:22
Are you able to respond southbound across the bridge and then come back around northbound by the Brent Spence and just start dumping all the cars onto 71s, that way we shut it down there?
01:36
Hopefully when I'm meeting out there.
01:41
4421 is going to respond with you.
01:47
99.15, we can start out that way if you want to keep the district floor car available.
01:55
This is pleasure.
01:56
Whoever gets out there first, we just got to get the car slowed down for safety reasons.
02:05
9915, we'll start across the river.
02:08
Do we want to pick a meeting spot and meet up and shut it all down together?
02:16
That's a good idea to meet the spot.
02:23
I agree. 21.
02:28
It looks like you're also getting traffic from westbound Fort Washington way to northbound 75.
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I-75 & Fort Washington Way, Cincinnati, OH 45202
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