A second-straight near-record construction season is underway across Ohio. This year, the Ohio Department of Transportation will invest $2.3 billion into the state’s roads and bridges, just shy of the record-$2.4 billion investments made in 2014 and 2015.

This construction season will include 1,098 projects, 26 valued at more than $10 million. Workers will pave 6,945 miles of roadway – enough for a two-lane road from Seattle to Key West, and repair or replace 1,281 bridges.

Local contract projects of significance this season include:
•      The reconstruction and widening of Interstate 75 through Findlay and Hancock County. The three-year, $113 million project began this month.
•       Paving of several routes and improvements within the city of Findlay, Hancock County.
•       Bridge repair on Napoleon Road and state Route 103 over Interstate 75, and state Route 103 over the Norfolk Southern Railroad, Allen County.

Significant local projects by ODOT’s own maintenance forces include:
•       Multiple culvert replacements on state Route 309 at Thayer Road and between Rumbaugh and Napoleon roads, Allen County.
•      Multiple culvert replacements on state Route 103 from Interstate 75 to state Route 235, on state Route 37 at township Road 168, and on state Route 12 between Arcadia and Fostoria, Hancock County.
•      Drainage tile installation on state Route 235 between township Road 120 and county Road 110, Hardin County.