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Ohio Department of Transportation • Construction Update
DISTRICT 5 • DAVE RAY, P.E., P.S., DISTRICT DEPUTY DIRECTOR
9600 Jacksontown Road • Jacksontown, OH 43030
www.transportation.ohio.gov/dist5
ODOT District 5 Weekly Traffic Advisory
For the week of October 17, 2014
The following traffic advisory includes road construction and major maintenance projects requiring lane restrictions
and/or closures along the state and federal highway system within ODOT District 5, which includes the counties of
Coshocton, Fairfield, Guernsey, Knox, Licking, Muskingum, and Perry. All work is weather permitting. For statewide
information regarding road conditions affected by construction, maintenance, weather or accidents, visit www.Ohgo.com.
COSHOCTON COUNTY
October 20 *New
SR 93: The road will close Monday-Friday from 6:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. two miles south of West Lafayette to
replace two culverts. The crews will work 600 ft. South of Township Rd 158 and ½ mile north of County Rd.
5. The road will reopen October 31, 2014. The road will open by 5:00 pm on Oct 24th for the weekend, and
close again on Monday morning Oct 27th.
Detour: SR 541 to SR 16 to US 36
Ongoing
The Lake Park Pedestrian Bridge: The closure of this structure is schedule for October 20, 2014. Crews
will work between Roscoe Village and Lake Park on the pedestrian foot bridge. Pedestrian and bike traffic
will be detoured to White Woman street, Chestnut Street, 2nd Street, and to Bridge Street. The estimated
completion date is June 30, 2015.
Twp. Rd. 90: The road closed September 2nd and will remain closed for 45 days for the replacement of the
existing bridge structure. This closure will occur just east of Twp. Rd. 205. It is expected to reopen October
13th, weather permitting. As of 10/14 this project was completed and the road reopened to traffic.
FAIRFIELD COUNTY
Ongoing
US 22: The road closed October 13th between Columbus Street and Memorial Drive while the contractor
performs corrective work on concrete pavement. The road will be closed for 6 days. All work is weather
permitting.
Detour:
Traveling West on US-22: Main Street to High Street to Wheeling to Memorial Drive.
Traveling East on US-22: Memorial Drive to Chestnut to High Street.
GUERNSEY COUNTY
Ongoing
SR 209: Closed from the Cambridge City limits to Coshocton Ave beginning October 15th for 30 days for
slip repair.
Detour: SR 209 to SR 83 to US 22 and reverse.
SR 265: The road closed October 14th while crews will work to replace a culvert just west of Frankfort Road
as part of a larger culvert replacement project. This is the last of three replacements. The road will be closed
for 10 days beginning 10/14/14.
Detour: SR 265 to SR 285 to IR 70 to SR 513 to SR 265 and reverse.
SR 209: The southbound lanes will close while Shelly and Sands Inc. work to improve lighting and signals,
perform sidewalk construction, and asphalt resurfacing for the City of Cambridge.
Detour: For SR209 southbound traffic traveling east on US22/40: US40 ↔ IR77 ↔ IR70 ↔ SR209. For
traffic traveling west on US22/40 desiring to turn on SR209 SB: US40 ↔ SR723 ↔ IR70 ↔ SR209 As of
Monday 10/13 the southbound lanes were reopened to traffic.
SR 513 and SR 761: All resurfacing is now complete. Storm sewer installation work in the Village of Quaker
City is also complete. Work will continue to install raised pavement markers.
I-70: The culvert pipe under IR 70, just west of Arrowhead Road is now complete and the other, beneath
Arrowhead Road, just north of and parallel to IR 70, is currently having a new liner pipe installed. There
should be little to no impact on traffic, except occasional flagging on Arrowhead Road.
SR 83: Preparation work will begin 10/20 for the installation of a new box culvert at the midpoint of the
section of SR 83, which runs concurrent with SR 313. The road will then close for 10 days, starting 11/01 to
complete the replacement.
KNOX COUNTY
October 20 *NEW
SR 661: Traffic will be restricted to one lane 0.45 miles north of Vance Rd. Crews will be performing
embankment repairs. Work will take place 7:30am – 5:30pm. The road will reopen Friday, October 24th.
Ongoing
Work will continue on US 62 between the Licking County line and the Holmes County line. One lane of traffic
will remain open and maintained with flaggers. Contractor will be placing the pavement marking and raised
pavement markers. Work will take place 7:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Estimated completion is Oct. 31.
LICKING COUNTY
October 21 *NEW
SR 161: Crack sealing will take place between ½ a mile east of SR 310 and SR 16 interchange. The
contractor will start lane restrictions at 9:00 a.m. and be off the road at 3:00 p.m. every day. The
work is estimated to take three or four days to complete.
Ongoing
TJ Evans Trail: Work will continue on constructing a new bikeway bridge in the Village of Granville. The
bridge will connect TJ Evans Trail to Raccoon Valley Park. The estimated completion date for the project is
May 31, 2015.
Licking Trail Road: Will be closed over I-70 until mid-fall while crews repair the bridge. Two lanes traffic
on I-70 will be maintained during the daytime.
Detour: Christland Hill Rd to Lancer Rd to US 40 and reverse. The road will reopen Friday, October 17th.
Refugee/York Road Intersection: Work will continue on a bridge replacement and improvement project,
without affecting traffic. Contractor working on the bridge abutments and piers. A one day road closure will
occur in mid-November to accommodate heavy construction traffic during the placement of the concrete
bridge deck. No other closures will occur until Spring 2015. Estimated completion of the project is fall of
2015.
CR 539 (Broadway/Granville-Newark Rd.): The project is complete except for adjustments to be made to
manholes and catch basins to bring them to new pavement grades. Crews will be on site periodically to
complete this work prior to the completion date Oct 31st. Daily short lane closures will be in place when crews
are working.
SR 37: Crews are working on paving intersections and driveways between US 40 intersection and SR 16
interchange. Contractor will be installing rumble stripes and pavement marking.
During the project, one lane will be closed and traffic will be maintained with flaggers. Work will take place
between 7:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. The target completion date for this project is October 31, 2014.
CR 315(Stadden Bridge Road): A bridge replacement project between Claylick road and Colling road.
Crews working on backfilling on both sides of the new structure. The road is expected to reopen at the end of
October weather permitting. Traffic detoured to CR 283, CR 668, SR 16 and East Main St.
MUSKINGUM COUNTY
Ongoing
SR 60: Just over a mile south of Duncan Falls, crews have removed rock and completed the installation of
steel mesh slope protection. Construction continues on a cellular retaining wall to ensure the safety of drivers
and prevent potential rock falls from entering into the roadway.
Detour: Northbound traffic via SR 60 to SR 78 in McConnelsville, to SR 284 in Bristol, to SR 146 in
Chandlersville, back to SR 60 in Zanesville, and reverse for southbound. NOTE: The road will remain closed
longer than anticipated, and will not re-open until early October, Weather Permitting. The road opened 10/8.
There is still some paving and guardrail work to be completed, but flaggers will be used to maintain 2-way
traffic.
Interstate 70: The eastbound State Route 93 access ramp to I-70 East remains closed, however, during the
week of 10/20, eastbound traffic will be moved back over to the eastbound driving lane and outside shoulder,
at which time this ramp will reopen. After concrete barrier wall is moved to the eastbound pavement,
westbound traffic will also be moved to the eastbound pavement, using the passing lane and newly widened
inside shoulder. Once westbound traffic is moved, they will not have access to the off ramp to SR 93 and will
need to follow the posted detour, below. After all traffic is in its new pattern, crews will continue to work on a
mine grouting project on I-70 under the existing westbound pavement and shoulders.
Detour for WB IR-70 to SR 93: Exit at Airport Road and turn left, to US 22/40, then right on US 22/40 to SR
93.
PERRY COUNTY
October 27 *New
SR 13: The road will close three miles north of New Lexington for brush cutting operations. Detour will be
SR.669 south of Somerset to SR 345 to New Lexington.
Ongoing
*Update
SR 668: Crews will be cutting brush from SR204 to the Somerset Village limits. The road will be closed from
7:30AM until 3:30PM October 20th thru October 23rd.
DISTRICT WIDE
Ongoing
Drivers can expect to see crews throughout the entire district marking pavement. The workers will work either
as a moving operation or close one lane of a four way highway as needed. Work will start in Muskingum
county and continue until May 2015 as part of a safety project to improve visibility of pavement markers to
drivers.
Various bridge repairs will continue this summer throughout Fairfield and Licking County. Workers are
currently resurfacing bridges and any lane closures will take place at night.
Guardrail repair will be taking place this summer and into April 2015. Crews may close lanes and use flaggers
to maintain traffic for short periods of time as needed.
Various traffic signal upgrades are being performed throughout the district. Workers are installing new poles,
cables, signal heads and up-to-date controller equipment.
Spot paving on various routes in various county – Contractor currently performing full depth repair as shown
below:
Coshocton county – SR 715 between the Knox county line and us 36.
Licking county - SR 13 in Utica
Knox county - SR 229 between US 62 and the Coshocton county line.
Guernsey county - SR 285 between IR 70 and SR 265
SR 662 between SR 209 and SR 93
Muskingum County – SR 16 west bound only at Schoolhouse Road bridge approaches, approximately 2.5 mile
west of SR 60 Interchange.
One lane of traffic will remain open and maintained with flaggers. Anticipated completion date is November
30, 2014.
For additional information, please contact:
Ericka Pfeifer, Public Information Officer at (740) 323-5204,
or email [email protected]