ODOT announces traffic advisories for this week
Published 1:57 pm Tuesday, July 18, 2017
The following traffic advisory includes road construction and major maintenance projects requiring long-term lane restrictions and/or closures along the state and federal highway system. For statewide information regarding road conditions affected by weather, construction, maintenance or accidents, visit ODOT on the web at www.Ohgo.com
Lawrence County
• THROUGH MID-FALL: State Route 93 will be reduced to one, 12-foot lane for a bridge replacement project. The project site is located between County Road 34 (Buckhorn-Pine Creek Road) and Township Road 258 (Kimball Creek Road), and throughout construction, traffic will be maintained by temporary signals. The project is scheduled for completion in mid-fall.
• THROUGH AUG. 9: State Route 378 is closed south of Willow Wood for a series of culvert replacement projects. The project sites are located between McKinney Creek-Symmes Creek Road and State Route 217, and the closure will be in effect for up to 30 days. While the route is closed, motorists will be detoured via State Route 243, State Route 7, State Route 775 and State Route 217.
• State Route 93 is reduced to one, 10-foot lane for a bridge replacement project. The project site is located between Township Road 326 (Sawmill Hollow Road) and Township Road 199 (Mt. Vernon-Howard Ridge Road), one mile north of State Route 373, and throughout construction, traffic will be maintained with temporary signals. All work is anticipated to be completed in mid-fall.
• Operations for a resurfacing project are under way on State Route 93, and crews will be paving the route from its junction with U.S. 52 at Ironton to Township Road 623 (Sand Hollow Road) near State Route 373. The project also includes bridge repair work at various locations within the project zone, and throughout construction, traffic will be maintained with flaggers. The project is scheduled to be completed by mid-summer.
• A bridge rehabilitation project has begun on State Route 140, between County Road 33 (Blackfork-Firebrick Road) and the Jackson County line. Throughout construction, traffic will be maintained in one lane with the use of temporary signals. All work is scheduled to be completed in mid-summer.
• State Route 141 is reduced to one lane between Township Road 134 (Eph Osborn Road) and State Route 775 at Wilgus for a bridge replacement project. Throughout construction, traffic will be maintained in one, 10-foot lane with temporary signals and/or flaggers, and the project is scheduled to be completed in early fall.
• State Route 775 is reduced to one, 10-foot lane for a bridge replacement project. The project site is located between Township Road 220 (Trace Creek Marion Ridge Road) and County Road 13 (Long Creek Road), midway between State Route 217 and State Route 141, and throughout construction, traffic will be maintained with temporary signals. The project is anticipated to be completed in mid-summer.
Scioto County
• U.S. 52 is reduced to one, 11-foot lane in each direction between the State Route 140 and the County Road 550/Wheelersburg exits for bridge construction and lighting installation. The single-lane restrictions will be in effect Saturdays through Thursdays, with restrictions lifted in both directions on Fridays. A reduced speed limit is also in effect.
• County Road 31 (Swauger Valley Road) will be subject to short-term, intermittent periods of closure for equipment crossing and construction access between Township Road 234 (Shumway Hollow Road) and South Street/Township Road. 232 (Bond Road) in Minford. Traffic will be stopped and held by flaggers at various intervals, and motorists may encounter periods of delay for up to 15 minutes.
Jackson County
• State Route 93 will be reduced to one, 12-foot lane between T.R. 187 (Sand Hill Road) and the village of Coalton for a mine subsidence and pavement repair project. Throughout construction, traffic will be maintained in one lane by flaggers and/or temporary signals, and all work is scheduled to be completed in mid-summer.