Hopple Street interchange won’t fully open until 2020 and some businesses are protesting

After years of construction, those living and working in Uptown will have to wait another five years for easier access to Interstate 75 northbound.

That’s because the city of Cincinnati and the Ohio Department of Transportation’s plan to build a $42 million connector bridge from I-74 in South Cumminsville to Central Parkway near Cincinnati State will delay the northbound ramp from Hopple to I-75 until 2020.

The move has drawn protests from Camp Washington manufacturing businesses that depend…