Interstate 71/MLK project
update
Lincoln Avenue full
closure scheduled
Hamilton County
(Thursday, June 1, 2017) – Bridge work on the Interstate 71/MLK
project requires the following road closure next week:
Full closure of Lincoln
Avenue between May Street and Winslow Avenue, from 9 a.m. Monday, June 5 until
9 a.m. Monday, June 12. 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 full
closure. 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
Liz Lyons, Public Information
Specialist, at (513) 933-6534
or
email D08.PIO@dot.ohio.gov