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Yahoo
10-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Big Mac bridge now 'more open than any Chiefs receivers.' Social media has jokes
The Big Mac is back! The closure of what's formally known as the Daniel Carter Beard Bridge by a massive Nov. 1 fire became a bit of a meme in Cincinnati. The bridge's reopening is no different. After upending the daily commutes of 100,000 drivers, cutting off traffic to Northern Kentucky businesses and racking up $13 million in repairs since November, the southbound span of the bridge reopened Sunday night. And the region is celebrating accordingly. We rounded up the best reactions to the bridge's epic comeback. Take a look. Channel 5 anchor Kelly Rippin took to X to share her excitement for the bridge's reopening, granting the structure a new nickname: "The Bearded Beauty." Get it? The witty hometown brand Cincy Shirts created a T-shirt that reads "Return of the Mac," a play on Mark Morrison's 1996 R&B hit "Return of the Mack." The T-shirt features an illustration of the Big Mac Bridge and a sign for Interstate 471, which is the highway that runs across the bridge. "Connected Again," is written beneath the illustration with the reopening date, "February 9, 2025." The brand debuted the shirt in a hilarious Facebook post, writing "Our traffic nightmares are over! We had to make something to celebrate this important moment in Cincy history." It's finally reopening! Our traffic nightmares are over! We had to make something to celebrate this important moment in Cincy history Posted by Cincy Shirts on Friday, February 7, 2025 The shirt costs $20 and is available online and at Cincy Shirts' Fort Mitchell and Loveland locations. Local comedian Joe Boyd took to X to celebrate the bridge reopening and, of course, roast the Kansas City Chiefs' less-than-stellar Super Bowl 59 performance. The Ohio Department of Transportation joined in on the fun after the agency announced the bridge would reopen a full month earlier than anticipated. The department tweeted a photo of Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow and the bridge with the caption: "Comeback Player(s) of the Year." In honor of the bridge's reopening, the Facebook account Digging Cincinnati History shared an old Enquirer article from the 1980s laying out plans McDonald's had to build a floating franchise along Newport's riverbank, at the foot of the golden arches of the Daniel Carter Beard Bridge. Unfortunately, the McDonald's Big Mac and Big Mac bridge collaboration never came to fruition as the chain pulled its plans due to construction complications. This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Big Mac bridge reopens over the Ohio River. Social media reacts
Yahoo
08-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
The reopening of the Big Mac Bridge has its own T-shirt, and we're cracking up
The closure of the Daniel Carter Beard Bridge in November became a bit of a meme in Cincinnati. The bridge's reopening is no different. Cincy Shirts has what you need to celebrate Sunday's reopening of the bridge, colloquially known as the Big Mac Bridge. The witty hometown brand created a T-shirt that reads "Return of the Mac," a play on Mark Morrison's R&B 1996 hit "Return of the Mack." The T-shirt features an illustration of the Big Mac Bridge and a sign for Interstate 471, which is the highway that runs across the bridge to carry vehicles from Cincinnati to Newport, and vice versa. "Connected Again," is written beneath the illustration with the reopening date, "February 9, 2025." It's finally reopening! Our traffic nightmares are over! We had to make something to celebrate this important moment in Cincy history Posted by Cincy Shirts on Friday, February 7, 2025 "The Big MAC Bridge is BACK BABY! Oh my how we have missed you my dear friend!," the description on Cincy Shirts' website reads. "The hours and hours that this has cost Cincinnatians, along with the dollars that it has costed local businesses is mind blowing." The bridge's southbound lanes have been closed since Nov. 1 due to a fire that caused extensive damage. The closure upended the daily commutes of 100,000 drivers, while the repair project likely cost $10 million. The shirt costs $20 and is available online and at Cincy Shirts' Fort Mitchell and Loveland locations. You can show off your Big Mac pride in a light blue or heather grey version of the tee. The Ohio Department of Transportation also joined in on the fun after the agency announced the bridge would reopen a full month earlier than anticipated. The department tweeted a photo of Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow and the bridge with the caption: "Comeback Player(s) of the Year." This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Cincy Shirts releases silly T-shirt for Big Mac Bridge's reopening
