The Cincinnati bridge fire is reminiscent of other Ohio bridge disasters

AND A massive fire engulfed the Daniel Carter Byrd Bridge and Interstate 471 above the Ohio River, perhaps Cincinnatians will remember another major fire that cut the main route between Ohio and Kentucky.

In 2020 Brent Spence Bridge which runs along Interstates 71 and 75 across the Ohio River, was closed for several weeks after a crash that caused a large fire.

Here’s a look back at that disaster and other fires and bridge collapses around Ohio.

Fire disaster closes Brent Spence Bridge, I-71/75, over Ohio River for six weeks in 2020

The Brent Spence Bridge on I-75 is closed due to a fire and accident

A boat sprays water on a half-tan on the Brent Spence Bridge early Wednesday morning. The fire started after an accident involving 2 semi-finals. One truck was carrying potassium hydroxide. The bridge will be closed until it is inspected.

Emily Rowkamp, provided

November 11, 2020 a truck carrying potassium hydroxide crashed into a wrecked truck on the Brent Spence Bridge causing a large fire that ended closing the Ohio River for six weeks.

According to 911 calls, the driver of the Old Dominion that crashed into the wrecked truck didn’t have time to pick up Hazmat paperwork before fleeing the truck, the Enquirer previously reported.

“There was a fire and I just jumped out,” he said, telling the dispatcher he couldn’t get the documents in time.

Neither he nor the rig driver was injured.

Bridge repairs included new steel support girders and new concrete sections on the upper and lower decks. The US Department of Transportation did $12 million in federal funds are available for emergency repairs.

A bridge that carries over 160,000 vehicles a day and is one of the busiest road routes in the United States, reopened on December 22, 2020.

On Saturday, a tank caught fire on state highway 8 in Macedonia

The accident closed the highway in both directions.

Driver killed in tanker crash, fire on Route 8 exit to I-271 in January 2024

On Jan. 27, the driver of a diesel tanker died after it went off a bridge at the Interstate 271 entrance from State Highway 8 north of Akron.

A truck carrying 7,500 gallons of diesel fuel exploded, causing a major fire that closed the bridge for several days. The Akron Beacon Journal reports. It reopened after inspections showed the damage did not affect the structural integrity of the bridge.

The Miamitown Bridge collapsed during a flood in Cincinnati on May 26, 1989.

According to reports, the temporary bridge over the Greater Miami River collapsed during the May 16, 1989, massive flood. media reportssending four cars into the water. At least two people drowned, This is reported by WCPO.

According to the WCPO, in November 1990, the National Transportation Safety Board released a report that blamed the Hamilton County Engineering Service for three factors that contributed to the bridge collapse. Among them:

The choice of design by National Engineering, which built the bridge, did not take lateral loads into account
Failure to submit bridge design plans to the Ohio Department of Transportation for review as required by state law
Failure to quickly close the bridge when it was subjected to a significant debris load

The Silver Bridge span from Gallipolis fell into the Ohio River on December 15, 1967

The Silver Bridge spanned the Ohio River from Gallipolis to Point Pleasant, West Virginia. According to records, opened to traffic in 1928, it was the first bridge in the country to use an innovative lens suspension system instead of the traditional cable suspension. West Virginia Public Broadcasting.

However, one of these brackets had a small, unnoticeable defect. Eventually, the faulty eyepiece cracked and began to corrode out of sight of the public or bridge inspectors. At approximately 5:00 p.m. on December 15 — during rush hour — the eye panel failed, leading to a series of other failures that caused the bridge to collapse. Thirty-one cars plunged into the Ohio River, killing 46 people.

This story has been updated to include a video.