PDT Staff Report

Lane restrictions and road closures through Dec. 29 include:

Adams County:

Operations for a slip repair project continue at the two-mile marker on Ohio 770. The route is reduced to one lane and all traffic is being maintained with the use of temporary traffic signals. The scheduled completion date is Dec. 31.

Jackson County:

Operations for an emergency slip repair project continue on U.S. 35. The route is reduced to one lane at the 17.98-mile marker, approximately one mile west of the route's junction with Ohio 327. Although the westbound lane is reduced to one lane, the eastbound lane should not be affected.

Lawrence County:

An emergency slip repair project has begun at the 20.29-mile marker, near Arabia, on Ohio 141. All traffic is being maintained with the use of temporary traffic signals.

Operations continue for an emergency slip repair project on Ohio 378. The route is reduced to one lane at the 7.30-mile marker. Throughout construction, traffic is being maintained in one lane with the use of temporary traffic signals.

An emergency slip repair is under way on Ohio 141 at the 6.35-mile marker. The route is reduced to one lane, and all traffic is being maintained with the use of temporary traffic signals. Operations for an emergency slip repair project continue on U.S. 52. The eastbound lane is reduced to one lane at the 12.0-mile marker, about two miles east of the village of Coal Grove and the Ashland, Ky. Bridge. One lane of traffic is being maintained in the eastbound direction, and the westbound lanes should not be affected by the project. The scheduled completion date is Dec. 31.  

In conjunction with the Chesapeake Bypass-Phase 1B project, contractors are conducting drainage and embankment work within the project zone. Although construction to relocate Ohio 7 is being conducted off the existing highway, motorists may encounter some impact to traffic where crews are entering and exiting the construction site.

Scioto County:

The U.S. Grant Bridge, U.S. 23 from Portsmouth to South Shore, Kentucky, is closed for the bridge replacement project. Throughout the closure, traffic is being detoured via U.S. 52 and the Carl Perkins Bridge, Ohio 852, west of Portsmouth.

For more information, contact the District 9 Public Information Office at (888) 819-8501 or visit the Ohio Transportation Information System on ODOT's Web site at www.buckeyetraffic.org.