January 15, 2021 By Shelley Byrne A major bridge over the Ohio River in the Cincinnati area reopened on time and under budget after six weeks of emergency repairs. The Brent Spence Bridge, which carries interstates 71 and 75 over the river between Cincinnati and Covington, Ky., closed November 11 after two commercial vehicles collided and caught fire, melting steel beams and wiring and blackening concrete. The river closed to navigation for a mile in each direction from the bridge for parts of two days before it was assessed safe for river traffic to pass beneath it ( WJ, November 30, 2020).Both the upper and lower decks of the bridge reopened to traffic December 22 along with all access ramps.