Construction picks up with dry weather

Highway construction projects around the area are picking up again with dry weather. Be careful of work on Interstate 70 at Airport Access Road. It’s become an accident-prone stretch of highway. Also, repaving on Interstate 675 in Greene County is starting to show some nice results. Meanwhile, here are the closures for the week of Aug. 3.

AUGLAIZE COUNTY

• SR 66 between Lock 14 Road and Sandkuhl Road, road closed Aug. 3-7. The official detour is: SR 29 to SR 116 to SR 197.

• SR 219 between Santa Fe-New Knoxville Road and Hardin Pike Road, road closed through Aug. 7. The official detour is: SR 29 to SR 274 to I-75.

CHAMPAIGN COUNTY

• SR 245 between Salem Cemetery Road and Cemetery Road, road closed Aug. 3-7. The detour: SR 29 to SR 296 to U.S. 68

CLARK COUNTY

• Haddix Road between Spangler Road and Dayton Springfield Road, road closed Aug. 17-Sept. 15. The official detour is: Spangler Road to SR 444 to Haddix Road.

• I-70 east and west at I-675/Spangler Road, daily lane closures Aug. 3-7. Two lanes will remain open in each direction.

• I-70 between Enon Road and U.S. 68, Lane addition project. Two lanes are open in each direction. In some areas, three lanes are open in each direction. The amount of available lanes could change depending on work being done on the project.

DARKE COUNTY

• SR 503 between SR 722 and Darke-Preble County Line Road, road closed Aug. 4. The official detour is: SR 722 to U.S. 127 to U.S. 40.

MIAMI COUNTY

• U.S. 36 between Casstown Fletcher and Troy Road, Various lane closures through Oct. 15 between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. One lane will remain open in each direction through the use of flaggers.

• SR 41 between SR 201 and Hufford Road, road closed through Sept. 5. The official detour is: Westbound-SR 201 to SR 55 to SR 202 to SR 41. Eastbound-SR 202 to SR 55 to SR 201 to SR 41.

• I-75 south Ramp to CR 25A near Troy, ramp closed through Sept. 4. The official detour is: I-75 south to SR 41 to I-75 north to CR 25A.

• Miami Shelby Road between Miami River Road and River Road, road closed through August 10th. The official detour is: Miami River Road to Lockington Road to River Road.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY

• I-75 southbound between Dryden Road and SR 725, overnight lane closure Aug. 4 at 10 p.m. through Aug. 5 at 6 a.m. Two lanes will remain open at all times.

• SR 835 between County Line Road and Woodman Drive, lane closure Aug. 6 at 6 a.m. through Aug. 10 at 7 a.m. One lane will remain open in each direction.

• I-75 southbound between Dryden Road and SR 725, overnight lane closure Aug. 3 at 10 p.m. through Aug. 4 at 6 a.m. One lane will remain open.

• SR 201 westbound ramp to I-70 westbound, overnight ramp closure Aug. 5 at 8 p.m. through Aug. 6 at 6 a.m. The official detour is: I-70 east to SR 235 to I-70 west.

• I-70 east and west between I-75 and the Clark County line, lane closures Aug. 3-7 between the hours of 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. These will become double lane closures at 8 p.m. One lane will remain open in each direction.

• Wilmington Pike between East Whipp Drive and Clyo Road, lane closures through Oct. 15. One lane will remain open in each direction. Two lanes will remain open in each direction during peak traffic hours.

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