A 9-foot wide pedestrian and bicycle lane is being added to the Lorain-Carnegie Bridge just south of downtown. The new lane will allow foot and bike traffic to move east and west. And 2 of the 80-year old bridge’s 4 vehicle lanes will be narrowed. That will create room for cars and bicyclists to share 2 widened outside lanes. The bridge’s lighting is also being improved. Ohio Department of Transportation spokeswoman Amanda Lee says construction will close one westbound lane, but both eastbound lanes will remain open.

Lee:  “Work will continue through the fall and winter, and there’ll be minor operations next spring. By later this fall and early winter the motoring public and bicycling community are going to see those improvements on the Lorain-Carnegie Bridge.”   

The $4.5 million project is expected to improve the connection between downtown and Cleveland’s growing West 25^th Street, Tremont and Ohio City neighborhoods. This project is a compromise. City officials had wanted a bike and pedestrian path to be part of the downtown Inner Belt Bridge’s rebuilding, but ODOT said it would cost too much and be unsafe.