I-75 work impacts local traffic patterns in May
Several Interstate 75 construction updates affect local traffic patterns next week. The following information is from the Ohio Department of Transportation.
• I-75 southbound entrance ramp from SR 696 in Beaverdam will close on Sunday, May 3 for five days.
• Detour: I-75 north to SR 103 to I-75 south (see map below).
• Traffic pattern through the SR 696 interchange will change as an I-75 southbound will shift one lane onto the northbound side beginning Monday, April 27.
• Lane restrictions will occur between Napoleon Road and SR 235, the full length of the project, beginning Sunday, May 3.
• I-75 northbound entrance ramp from SR 103 will close on Sunday, May 3 for two weeks.
• Detour: SR 103 to SR 235 back to I-75 (see map below).
Continuing impacts
• Lane restrictions from 7 a.m. on Monday through 7 p.m. on Friday, 24 hours a day, at the SR 696 interchange at Beaverdam.
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