Road construction and maintenance projects

Allen County

Interstate 75 Reconstruction project For the most recent information concerning the Interstate 75 reconstruction project through Lima and Allen County please visit www.odotlima75.org.

Ohio 12 between Ohio 115 and Ohio 65 which was closed for a culvert replacement has reopened.

Ohio 81 between Sugar Street and Neubrecht Road will continue to be restricted through October as pavement repairs, curb and resurfacing work continues. Two lanes of traffic are traveling in the eastbound direction and one lane in the westbound direction. Work is being performed by R.B. Jergens Contractors Inc., Dayton.

Auglaize County

Ohio 29 between East Greenville Road and Plattner Road, 24-hour road closure July 27th-October 15th. The official detour is Ohio 29 to Ohio 274 to Ohio 66.

Ohio 219 between East Shelby Road and Ohio 29, 24-hour road closure July 6th-September 30th. The official detour is Ohio 29 to Ohio 274 to Ohio 66.

Hancock County

Ohio 15 both eastbound and westbound just north of Lima Avenue, south of Findlay, could have occasional stoppages of traffic on Friday, August 7 to allow electrical lines to be placed across the highway. Traffic will be affected by the work beginning at 9 p.m. Friday until 7 a.m. Saturday. Law enforcement will assist with traffic control. Work is being performed by American Electric Power, Gahanna.

Ohio 12/U.S. 224 in Findlay just west of North Blanchard Street at the railroad crossing closed July 22 for approximately two weeks for a railroad crossing repair. Traffic is detoured onto Interstate 75, County Road 99, County Road 212 and Bright Road back to Ohio 12 (Fostoria Avenue) or U.S. 224 (Tiffin Avenue). Work is being performed by CSX Railroad.

Ohio 37 (Lincoln Street) in Findlay between Grand Avenue and South Blanchard Street which was closed at the railroad crossing for repairs has been reopened to traffic.

Interstate 75 northbound and southbound south of Findlay, from three miles south of the rest areas to the Interstate 75/Ohio 15 interchange is restricted to one lane in each direction for a joint repair and resurfacing project. Work is currently occurring in the northbound and southbound passing lanes and will continue for the next several weeks. The driving lane has been shifted so that traffic is straddling the rumble strips in both directions. Also as a part of this project the rest areas will close sometime in the coming weeks. Work will continue through late fall. Work is being performed by Shelly Company, Findlay.

Ohio 15 from the Findlay airport to Ohio 37 eastbound and westbound will remain restricted through the end of summer for a resurfacing project. Work is being performed by the Shelly Company, Findlay.

Ohio 12 from Arcadia to the Seneca County line, Ohio 18 from Fostoria west to the Seneca County line and Ohio 613 from Ohio 235 at McComb to Interstate 75 will be restricted through the work zone for pavement repair and resurfacing which began June 1. The Ohio 613 portion of this project has been completed and work is now being done on Ohio 12 and Ohio 18. Work is being performed by Bluffton Paving, Bluffton.

Ohio 15 northbound east of the U.S. 68 junction is one lane through the work zone for a roadside slide repair project which is expected to be completed within the next two weeks. Work is being performed by Sand Ridge Excavating, Cloverdale.

Interstate 75 in Wood and Hancock counties: Through 2016, southbound I-75 is reduced to two lanes from US 20 to I-475 in Perrysburg. Through November, from 8pm until 6am, single lane restrictions are possible on I-75 between the I-75/I-475 interchange in Perrysburg to CR 99 in Hancock County. Through 2016, 11-foot lane width restrictions are in place on I-75 between US 20 in Perrysburg to CR 99 in Hancock County. Project complete: October 2017. All work is weather permitting.

Special events …

Effective Monday, April 27, through December, Township Road 101 in Hancock County, between CR 220 and TR 142, will be closed for bridge work on I-75.

Hardin County

Ohio 81 from the Allen County line to Dunkirk will be restricted to one lane through the work zone for a chip seal project. Work is being performed by the Hardin County ODOT maintenance garage.

Ohio 67 north of the village of Roundhead just east of Ohio 235 closed June 15 for approximately three months for a bridge repair project over the Scioto River. Traffic detoured onto Ohio 235, Ohio 309 and U.S. 68 back to Ohio 67. Work is being performed by Eagle Bridge Co., Sidney.

Putnam County

Ohio 12 east of Pandora, just east of Road 4, will be closed for five days beginning on August 17 for a culvert replacement. Traffic will be detoured onto Ohio 235, Interstate 75 and Ohio 696 back to Ohio 12. Work is being performed by the Putnam County ODOT maintenance garage.

Ohio 114 between Cloverdale and the north corporation limit of Kalida will be restricted to one lane through the work zone for resurfacing beginning August 3. Work is expected to continue until mid-September. Work is being performed by Bluffton Paving, Bluffton.

U.S. 224 between Ohio 634 and Ohio 190 which was originally scheduled to close on August 3 for 30 days for a culvert replacement has been postponed until August 10. Traffic will be detoured onto Ohio 634 and Ohio 190 back to U.S. 224. Vernon Nagel, Napoleon.

Ohio 189 at the east edge of Ottoville closed May 27 for an emergency culvert repair. The road is closed for an indefinite amount of time. Traffic is being detoured onto Ohio 190, Ohio 634 and U.S. 224 back to Ohio 189.

Van Wert County

Ohio 49 between Ohio 81 and U.S. 224 will be restricted to one lane through the work zone for berm work. Work will be performed by the Van Wert County ODOT maintenance garage.

Ohio 697 west of Middle Point Wetzel Road, approximately five miles west of the city of Delphos, is now open following a bridge replacement.

.neFileBlock {
margin-bottom: 20px;
}
.neFileBlock p {
margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
}
.neFileBlock .neFile {
border-bottom: 1px dotted #aaa;
padding-bottom: 5px;
padding-top: 10px;
}
.neFileBlock .neCaption {
font-size: 85%;
}

Hume Supply workers work on Elm St. Wednesday afternoon. New curbs were poured for much of the construction site yesterday. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
http://www.limaohio.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/54/2015/08/web1_ConstructionBarrels.jpgHume Supply workers work on Elm St. Wednesday afternoon. New curbs were poured for much of the construction site yesterday. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News

By Ohio Department of Transportation Districts 1 and 7