Project Progressing Into Final Year Of Construction

Bridge 11 beam installation scheduled; Lucasville-Minford Road closure on tap

Chillicothe (Friday, January 19, 2018) – It may be winter and there may be some snow on the ground, but that’s not stopping progress at the Southern Ohio Veterans Memorial Highway, as construction of the new, four-lane state Route 823 in Scioto County continues into its final year.

Currently, the project to construct Ohio’s single, largest earthwork project and first public-private partnership is nearly 90 percent complete, with pavement and bridges, on average, 67 percent complete. And as work continues throughout the entire corridor during the winter months, contractors for the Ohio Department of Transportation and the Portsmouth Gateway Group will turn their attention back toward bridge construction at the County Road 28 (Lucasville-Minford Road) interchange in the coming weeks.

On Monday, January 29, crews from the Portsmouth Joint Venture will begin installing beams for Bridge 11, which will be the overpass to carry S.R. 823 traffic over Lucasville-Minford Road, and a two-week closure of the route has been scheduled.

The closure go into effect at approximately 8 a.m. on the 29th, and the route will be closed through the end of the work day on Thursday, February 8. While Lucasville-Minford Road is closed, traffic will be detoured by way C.R. 549 (Glendale Road), S.R. 139 and S.R. 335 in Minford.

For more information about the project, including local traffic impacts, photos and a project schedule, visit the Portsmouth Gateway Group’s web site at www.pgg823.com.

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In the spirit of a public-private partnership, the Ohio Department of Transportation and the Portsmouth Gateway Group are constructing the new state Route 823, a 16-mile, four-lane, limited access highway from U.S. 23 at Lucasville to U.S. 52 at Sciotoville in Scioto County. The Southern Ohio Veterans Memorial Highway is the department’s first P3 project and the largest, modern earthwork project to be constructed in the state’s history.

For more information contact: 
Kathleen Fuller, public information officer
Ohio Department of Transportation - District 9
740-774-8834 (o); 740-637-9037 (m)

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The environmental review, consultation and other actions required by applicable Federal environmental laws for these projects are being, or have been, carried out by ODOT pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327 and a Memorandum of Understanding dated December 11, 2015, and executed by FHWA and ODOT.