However, favorable conditions allowed nearly continuous work on the bridge, enabling the new concrete deck to be installed sooner than anticipated.

Governor Mike DeWine and the Ohio Department of Transportation have announced that the southbound lanes of Interstate-471 to the Daniel Carter Bridge are reopening Sunday.

ODOT says that the Daniel Carter Beard Bridge, known as the Big Mac Bridge, has fully reopened all of its lanes. The bridge's lanes reopened just after 8 p.m. Sign up for our Newsletters “Reopening southbound access to this bridge in just over three months is a tremendous accomplishment,

The southbound lanes of I-471, closed since a fire severely damaged the Big Mac Bridge, have officially reopened Sunday evening, according to ODOT.