Downtown Ramp Up: Weekly Construction Update

WEEK OF AUGUST 28, 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

• I-71 southbound between I-670 and Main St. will have nightly lane restrictions (10 p.m. - 5 a.m.) starting Sunday, August 28 through Thursday, September 1. 
• The I-71 southbound ramp to Main St. will close nightly (9 p.m. - 5 a.m.) starting Sunday, August 28 through Thursday, September 1. 
  • Detour: I-71 southbound to I-670 westbound to SR 315 southbound to I-70 eastbound to Livingston Ave, to 4th St. to Main St. 
• The I-670 westbound ramp to I-71 southbound will close nightly (9 p.m. - 5 a.m.) starting Sunday, August 28 through Thursday, September 1. 
  • Detour: I-670 westbound to SR 315 southbound to I-71 southbound. 
• The 5th Ave. ramp to I-71 southbound will close overnight (7 p.m. - 5 a.m.) on Monday, August 29 and Tuesday, August 30.
  • Detour: 5th Ave. to I-71 northbound to 11th Ave. to I-71 southbound
• The Cleveland Ave. ramp to I-71 southbound will close nightly (7 p.m. - 5 a.m.) starting Monday, August 29 through Thursday, September 1. 
  • Detour: Cleveland Ave. to I-71 northbound to 11th Ave. to I-71 southbound. 
• The I-670 eastbound ramp to I-71 southbound will close nightly (8 p.m. - 5 a.m.) starting Monday, August 29 through Thursday, September 1. 
  • Detour: I-670 eastbound to I-71 northbound to 11th Ave. to I-71 southbound.
• The I-71 southbound ramp to I-70 eastbound will close nightly (11 p.m. - 5 a.m.) starting Monday, August 29 through Thursday, September 1. 
  • Detour: I-670 westbound to SR 315 southbound to I-70 eastbound. 
• Mound St. between Front St. and Civic Center Dr. is closed until Friday, September 2. 
  • Eastbound detour: Civic Center Dr. to Main St. to Front St.
  • Westbound detour: Front St. to Main St. to Civic Center Dr. 
  • The entrance ramp to I-70 west will be maintained via 2nd St. 

CONTINUING IMPACTS

• Souder Ave. between Mound St. and Thomas Ave. closed 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. 
• The I-70 eastbound exit ramp to Front St. closed 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. closed permanently June 17, 2022 between Short St. and Ludlow St.
• Livingston Ave. closed to through traffic at City Park Ave. on June 17, 2022 until Fall 2024. Traffic coming from the exit ramp will not be impacted.
• The traffic pattern on the ramp from SR 315 south to I-70 east changed 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. 
• 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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