Interstate 71/MLK project
update
New date for Lincoln Avenue closure
Hamilton County
(Friday, June 2, 2017)
– Work on the Interstate
71/MLK project requires the following restrictions next week:
Double lane
closure on northbound I-71 from McMillan Street to Martin Luther King Drive from
12:01 a.m. until 6 a.m. Saturday, June 3.
Also, single lane closure on westbound Martin Luther King Drive from
Reading Road to Gilbert Avenue from 8 a.m. Saturday, June 3 until 4 p.m.
Sunday, June 4.
In addition,
single lane closure on northbound I-71 from McMillan Street to Martin Luther
King Drive each night from midnight until 6 a.m. Wednesday, June 7 through
Saturday, June 10.
Various lane
closures on southbound I-71 from Victory Parkway to Taft Road nightly from 7
p.m. to 6 a.m. Wednesday, June 7 through Saturday, June 10. Also, single lane
closures on east and westbound Martin Luther King Drive from Burnett Avenue to
Mentor Street nightly from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday, Jun 5 through Saturday,
June 10.
**Full closure of
Lincoln Avenue between May Street and Winslow Avenue, from 9 a.m. Monday, June 12 until 9 a.m. Monday, June 19. The
detour uses Lincoln Avenue, Winslow Avenue, Oak Street and May Street.**
Arrow boards
and/or signs will be in place to alert motorists of the work zone and lane closures. All work is dependent upon weather.
To help ensure the
safety of the construction workers as well as the traveling public, motorists
should remain alert, reduce their speed and watch for stopped traffic while
passing through the work zone.
For ongoing
traffic, construction and weather-related information, please check www.OHGO.com.
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The
Ohio Department of Transportation maintains the state's largest man-made
asset--the transportation system. ODOT's mission is to provide the safe and
easy movement of people and goods from place to place. As a $2.8 billion per
year enterprise, ODOT invests the bulk of its resources in system preservation
through maintenance, construction and snow and ice operations.
The
environmental review, consultation, and other actions required by applicable
Federal environmental laws for this project are being, or have been, carried
out by ODOT pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327 and a Memorandum of Understanding dated
December 11, 2015, and executed by FHWA and ODOT.
For more information
contact:
Brian Cunningham,
Communications Manager, at (513) 933-6517![]( "Call: (513) 933-6517")
Liz Lyons, Public Information
Specialist, at (513) 933-6534![]( "Call: (513) 933-6534")
or
email D08.PIO@dot.ohio.gov