Downtown Ramp Up: Weekly Construction Update

WEEK OF JUNE 12, 2022

Interstates 70/71 Reconstruction – I-70/71 will experience lane restrictions through downtown Columbus to widen and reconstruct the roadway, replace bridges over the interstate, rebuild ramps, and construct new urban avenues parallel to the interstate. Various downtown ramps will permanently close. Estimated completion: August 2025

For more information about the Downtown Ramp Up project please visit ohgo.com/7071.

NEW IMPACTS

• The I-70 eastbound exit ramp to Front St. will close permanently June 17, 2022 so crews can construct a new exit ramp. The detour is I-70 east to Livingston Ave. to N. 4th St. to W. Mound St. to High St. or Front St. To access the Franklin County Court House parking garage on Front St., drivers should follow the detour to southbound High St. and continue to Sycamore St. to northbound Front St.
• W. Fulton St. will close permanently June 17 between Short St. and Ludlow St.
• Livingston Ave. will close to through traffic at City Park Ave. on June 17, 2022 until Fall 2024. Traffic coming from the exit ramp will not be impacted.
• Mound St. between 2nd St. and Civic Center Dr. will close starting 9 a.m., Monday, June 13 through 3 p.m., Tuesday, June 14.
  • Detour: 2nd St. northbound to Main St. westbound to Civic Center Dr. southbound. 
• 3rd St. between Mound St. and Fulton St. will have overnight lane restrictions (7 p.m. - 6 a.m.) on Thursday, June 16.
• 3rd St. at Fulton St. will close overnight (7 p.m. - 6 a.m.) on Thursday, June 16.
  • Detour: Fulton St. to Grant Ave. to U.S. 33/Livingston Ave.
• 3rd St. northbound at Blenkner St. will close overnight (9 p.m. - 6 a.m.) on Thursday, June 16. 
  • Detour: Blenkner St. to N. City Park to U.S. 33/Livingston Ave. 
• The I-70 eastbound ramp to 4th St. will close overnight (8 p.m. - 6 a.m.) on Thursday, June 16. 
  • Detour: I-70 eastbound to Parsons Ave. to U.S. 33 westbound to U.S. 23. 
• SR 315 southbound between U.S. 33 and I-70 will have overnight lane restrictions (7 p.m. - 6 a.m.) on Friday, June 17. 
• The Greenlawn Ave. ramp to I-71 northbound will close overnight (9 p.m. - 6 a.m.) on Friday, June 17. 
  • Detour: I-71 southbound to SR 104 eastbound to I-71 northbound.
• The SR 315 southbound ramp to I-70 eastbound will close overnight (10 p.m. - 6 a.m.) on Friday, June 17. 
  • Detour: I-70 westbound to Broad St. to I-70 eastbound.
• The I-71 northbound ramp to I-70 eastbound/I-71 northbound will close overnight (11 p.m. - 6 a.m.) on Friday, June 17. 
  • Detour: SR 315 northbound to I-670 eastbound to I-71.
• I-71 northbound between Greenlawn Ave. and I-70 will have overnight lane restrictions (9 p.m. - 6 a.m.) on Friday, June 17. 
• I-70 eastbound between Mound St. and 4th St. will have overnight lane restrictions (10 p.m. - 6 a.m.) on Friday, June 17. 
• Souder Ave. between Mound St. and Thomas Ave. will close starting June 20, 2022 for one year. 
  • Southbound detour: Davis Ave. northbound to Sullivant Ave. westbound to Glenwood Ave. southbound to Mound St. eastbound
  • Northbound detour: Mound St. westbound to Glenwood Ave. northbound to Sullivant Ave. eastbound. 

CONTINUING IMPACTS

• The traffic pattern on the ramp from SR 315 south to I-70 east will change June 17. Instead of SR 315 south traffic remaining in its own lane to join I-70 east, traffic coming from SR 315 south will have to merge with I-70 east traffic. This pattern will be in effect for a little more than a year. 
• The Broad St. ramp to I-71 southbound closed in July 2020 until Summer 2022. 
• Broad St. is reduced to two lanes westbound and one lane eastbound on the bridge over Interstate 71. Traffic is shifted to the new south half of the bridge so crews can demolish and rebuild the north half. This traffic pattern on Broad St. will remain in effect until Summer 2022. 

All work is weather dependent; it may be postponed or cancelled without prior notice.

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