Lytle Tunnel reopens Thursday after closures for movie shoot

The Lytle Tunnel is open after closing three times Thursday afternoon, according to an Enquirer reporter at the scene.

Police blocked off traffic from the tunnel for roughly 10 to 15 minutes for each closure.

The first closure occurred around 4:45 p.m. The second closure occurred at 5:08 p.m. The third closure occurred at 5:39 p.m.

Ohio Department of Transportation live feeds show traffic was already backed up around 3:50 p.m., ahead of tunnel closures scheduled for 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday.

The live feed showed heavy traffic on southbound I-71 approaching the tunnel beginning around the exit at Martin Luther King Drive.

Police also blocked off the 500 block of Sentinel Street, according to an Enquirer reporter at the scene.

The closures of Lytle Tunnel, which were meant to make way for the filming of a new Warner Bros. movie , were planned to be in effect intermittently for up to 15 minutes. Only two 15-minute closures were planned in the two-hour window.

Cincinnati police controlled the flow of traffic using a rolling roadblock.

Kathleen Fuller, a public information officer for the Ohio Department of Transportation, previously told The Enquirer the department issued a permit to a Warner Bros. Studios production crew to close the tunnel so that they could shoot a scene for an upcoming film.

Fuller could not confirm which movie would be shot in Lytle Tunnel. However, "Superman: Legacy" has been filming in Ohio throughout June and July, and crews were even spotted filming at the Cincinnati Museum Center on Wednesday and Thursday .

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