Upcoming ODOT Work This Week

Through the reporting period ending August 17, 2019: 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 in Adams County. For statewide information regarding road conditions affected by weather, construction, maintenance or accidents, visit ODOT on the web at www.Ohgo.com

WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY, AUGUST 14 & 15: S.R. 781 will be closed on back-to-back days for a pair of single-day culvert replacement projects. The sites are between T.R. 1091 (Horse Haven Lane) at the community of Jacksonville and C.R. 27 (Steam Furnace Road), and the route will be closed from approximately 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. each day. S.R. 781 will be open to evening and overnight travel, but during periods of closure, motorists will be detoured via S.R. 41, S.R. 125 and S.R. 348.

MONDAY, AUGUST 19: S.R. 348 will be reduced to one lane for a slide repair project. The project site is located immediately north of S.R. 125, and throughout construction, traffic will be maintained in one, 11-foot lane with temporary signals. The project is scheduled to be completed in early fall. (#19-0351)

U.S. 52 is closed for a bridge replacement project. The project site is located between T.R. 29 (brush Creek Road) and C.R. 18 (Blue Creek Road), just west of the village of Rome, and the closure will be in effect for up to 90 days. While the route is closed, motorists will be detoured via S.R. 125 and S.R. 247. All work is scheduled to be completed in mid-fall. (#19-0284)

S.R. 41 is reduced to one lane between C.R. 6 (Fawcett Road) and T.R. 91 (Murphin Ridge Road), south of S.R. 32, for a bridge replacement project. Throughout construction, traffic will be maintained with temporary signals, and all work is anticipated to be completed in mid-fall. (#19-4013)

A slide repair project has begun on S.R. 41, between T.R. 91 (Murphin Ridge Road) and T.R. 90 (Hull Road), south of S.R. 781. Throughout construction, traffic will be maintained in one, 10-foot lane with temporary signals, and all work is scheduled to be completed by mid-fall. (#19-0329)

A resurfacing project is under way on S.R. 136. Crews will be paving the route from its junction with U.S. 52 at Manchester to S.R. 41, and throughout construction, traffic will be maintained in one lane by flaggers. All work is anticipated to be completed by late summer. (#18-0533)

S.R. 73 is closed in the south/eastbound direction between S.R. 32 and C.R. 198 (Portsmouth Road) for a widening project between S.R. 32 and C.R. 18 (Jaybird Road). South or eastbound motorists will be detoured via S.R. 32 and C.R. 198 (Portsmouth Road). While southbound traffic will be detoured, one lane of traffic will be maintained in the north/westbound direction. In addition, Portsmouth Road will be closed to all westbound traffic during the first phase of construction, and the entire project is anticipated to be completed in mid to late fall. (#19-0136)

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

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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.