A highway bridge in Cincinnati that was set for demolition collapsed and killed a construction worker, forcing commuters to find new routes around the closed interstate Tuesday, city emergency officials said.
The old bridge on Interstate 75 fell Monday night, injuring a truck driver and killing the worker in what the city of Cincinnati described in a tweet as an “overnight tragedy.”
A new bridge was already in use when the old Hopple Street overpass collapsed at about 10:30 p.m.
Kevin Osborne, a spokesman for Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley, said Interstate 75 southbound would be shut down for at least 48 hours and possibly longer.
About 180,000 vehicles each day travel through the area where the accident happened, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation.