Interstate 75 Widening in Wood County
BOWLING GREEN (Thursday, August 27, 2015) – The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) District Two announces the following update to the I-75 widening project in Wood County. Updates are highlighted in bold and underlined:
Interstate 75: Widening
Wood & Hancock Counties (170-14, 199-14, 237-14 & 3000-14):
Interstate Restrictions:
Effective Friday, August 28 at 8pm, through Saturday, August 29 at 10am, lane restrictions are possible on northbound I-75, from Roachton Road to US 20, for traffic pattern change. Motorists are advised of changing traffic patterns in this work zone.
Additionally, on Friday, August 28 at 8pm, through Saturday, August 29 at 6am, the ramp from northbound I-75 to westbound I-475 will be closed for pavement widening. Detour: northbound I-75; SR 795 (Exit 195); southbound I-75; westbound I-475.
Following the above traffic pattern change, motorists will access the ramp from northbound I-75 to westbound I-475 in the left lane.
Effective Friday, August 28 at 8pm, through Saturday, August 29 at 6am, lane restrictions are possible on southbound I-75, from US 6 to Cygnet Rd, for traffic pattern change. Motorists are advised of changing traffic patterns in this work zone.
Effective Thursday, September 3 at 8pm, through Friday, September 4 at 6am, lane restrictions are possible on northbound I-75, from Cygnet Rd to US 6, for traffic pattern change. Motorists are advised of changing traffic patterns in this work zone.
Through November, overnight, from 7pm until 6am, single lane restrictions are possible on I-75 between the I-75/I-475 interchange in Perrysburg and CR 99 in Hancock County.
Through December, one lane of northbound I-75 traffic, from Roachton Road to US 20, is maintained in the northbound lane and one lane of northbound I-75 traffic, from Roachton Road to US 20, is maintained on southbound I-75. Through 2016, southbound I-75 is reduced to two lanes from US 20 to I-475 in Perrysburg. Through 2016, 11-foot lane width restrictions are in place on I-75 between US 20 in Perrysburg and CR 99 in Hancock County.
Ramp Restrictions:
· Through September, the ramp from northbound I-75 to SR 582 is closed for pavement widening. Detour: SR 795; I-75 southbound.
· Through September, the ramp from SR 582 to northbound I-75 is closed for pavement widening. Detour: I-75 southbound; SR 64/SR 105.
· Through July 2016, 11-foot lane width restrictions are in place on the ramps from northbound and southbound I-75 to Cygnet Road (Exit 171) and from Cygnet Road to northbound and southbound I-75.
· Through December, the ramp from southbound I-75 to westbound I-475 is reduced to one lane. The ramp from eastbound I-475 to northbound I-75 is permanently reduced to one lane.
Local Routes:
Through November, Jerry City Road at I-75 is closed for bridge work. Detour: SR 25; SR 281; Solether Road.
Through December, Township Road 101 in Hancock County, between CR 220 and TR 142, is closed for bridge work over I-75. Project complete: October 2017. All work is weather permitting.
