Brent SpenceSunday, November 15
Covington's MLK Boulevard ramp and Bullock Avenue are expected to reopen in December
The 5AM Covington team
If you drive through Covington's interstate ramps, December brings some relief. The southbound entrance ramp from Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to I-71/75, MLK under the interstate and Bullock Avenue between Pike Street and MLK are expected to reopen in December, according to a Nov. 9 project briefing at Longworth Hall.
Covington's reopenings and the next closures come in stages
- DecemberMLK ramp to southbound I-71/75, MLK under the interstate and Bullock Avenue expected to reopen.
- Early 2027Pike Street and MLK closures planned, phased so they don't overlap.
- 2027In early summer, a northbound I-71 detour via I-275 and I-471 is planned for about 18 months.
- 2027In summer or fall, the northbound I-71/75 exit to MLK and Pike is expected to reopen.
Sources: WKRC, Cincinnati Enquirer
More closures follow. Pike Street and MLK get closures in early 2027 for utility work, and a spokesperson said they won't happen at the same time. The Texas Turnaround and the West Pike Street on-ramp to northbound I-71/75 close this winter or spring.
- Northbound exit to MLK and Pike: closed until summer or fall 2027
- West Ninth Street under the interstate: closed for the whole project
- Simon Kenton Way: open in both directions
- Interstate closures in Kentucky: none planned
The corridor project is big, and it runs a long time
- $4.39 billion
- cost of the corridor project
- 2033
- year construction runs through
- 160,000
- vehicles a day, roughly, on the Brent Spence Bridge
- Nearly 11
- acres freed for local redevelopment
Sources: WKRC, Cincinnati Enquirer
Heading into Ohio? The planned northbound I-71 detour at Fort Washington Way will send traffic via I-275 and I-471 for about 18 months, starting by early summer 2027. The Ohio Department of Transportation released draft maps of its closures, and we suggest a look before you cross.
Sources: WKRC, Cincinnati Enquirer