When will the Bentley Road overpass be opened again?
Everyone in Bluffton asks that question. Here's some photos to show the stage of the project at the moment. In a few weeks cement will be poured, and that will take place at night.
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Technically there are two bridges on Bentley Road (one over Interstate 75 and one over the railroad). The bridge replacement started in early June and the bridge will be closed until sometime in September.
Both the southbound entrance and exit ramps at Bentley Road are also closed.
Tommy Tires summer customer appreciation day includes gallons and gallons of four flavors of ice cream – all free for the taking - from Jay Lugibihl.
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To top that off a Main Street corral loaded with some of the coolest animals under the sun, begged visitors for carrots. We spotted a couple kangaroos, a turtle the size of a medium-size dog, a camel, goats, and what certainly looked like a mini buffalo.
Plans for Bluffton’s biggest night of the summer are being finalized, according to Matt Oglesbee, Bluffton police department lieutenant, in charge of Bluffton’s National Night Out on Tuesday. Aug. 1.
The event includes free food, games for youth, performance by Nashville Crush Trio from 7:15 to 9:15 p.m., and Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce fireworks at 9:30 p.m.
Here’s the updated schedule for the fourth annual event held at the Bluffton Community Swimming Pool from 6 to 9 p.m.:
Of course, it’s easy for us to say: the Bluffton Farmers’ Market is the best small- town farmers’ market in northwestern Ohio.
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With nearly 30 vendors offering a variety of home-grown products that you can eat, drink, grow or plant, the market is a downtown Saturday morning Bluffton fixture.