Interstate 71 to be closed again Sunday morning for implosion of old Jeremiah Morrow Bridge

The old Jeremiah Morrow Bridge didn't come all the way down after two blasts last weekend, so the Ohio Department of Transportation is giving its contractor a do-over. That means Interstate 71 will be closed -- again -- for several hours Sunday, April 30. The detour is in the same area, between state Route 73 and state Route 48, from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. "Because it was in close proximity to the newly built bridges -- so, they could really have gone out there and really blown it up, but it could have damaged the new bridges -- so they were being cautious in their approach," ODOT spokesman Brian Cunningham said.