US 30 traffic rolls on ... slowly
Traffic will continue to be slowed by construction work along busy U.S. 30 in Richland County for at least another year.
The project is costing taxpayers about $79.3 million. It was bid in April 2020 and is expected to be finished in May 2023.
Motorists are asked to reduce their speeds in construction zones and drive safely.
U.S. Route 30 major rehabilitation — U.S. 30, from State Route 309 to just east of the Fifth Avenue ramps — will have single lane closures for a major rehabilitation project. Traffic will always be maintained.
Continuing impacts, per Ohio Department of Transportation
• The westbound pattern will consist of maintaining one lane of traffic westbound, from just east of Fifth Avenue to Ohio 13, and two lanes of traffic westbound, from Ohio 13 to just west of Ohio 309.
• The eastbound pattern will consist of maintaining one lane of traffic eastbound, from just west of Ohio 309 to Ohio 13, and two lanes of traffic eastbound, from Ohio 13 to just east of Fifth Avenue.
• The traffic along U.S. 30 eastbound will only have access to Trimble Road and Ohio 13. The ramps will be closed to Ohio 39, Ohio 545, and Fifth Avenue, and will not reopen until mid-September 2022.
• The project will be in this traffic pattern until mid-September 2022.
• The U.S. 30 eastbound exit ramp to Ohio 39 is closed. The detour route will be to continue eastbound on U.S. 30 to the Ohio 13 exit, turn right onto Longview Avenue west to Ohio 13 north, take the Ohio 13 entrance ramp to U.S. 30 west, and continue west on U.S. 30 to the exit ramp to Ohio 39. Estimated reopening: September 2022
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• The Ohio 39 entrance ramp to U.S. 30 eastbound is closed. The detour route will be to continue on Ohio 39 north to the Ohio 39 entrance ramp to U.S. 30 west, travel west on U.S. 30 to the Trimble Road exit, turn left on Trimble Road and re-enter onto the Trimble Road entrance ramp to U.S. 30 east. Estimated completion: September 2022
• The U.S. 30 eastbound exit ramp to Fifth Avenue is closed. The detour route will be to continue eastbound on U.S. 30 to the Reed Road exit, turn left on Reed Road, travel north on Reed Road to the entrance ramp to U.S. 30 west, travel west on U.S. 30 to the Fifth Avenue exit ramp. Estimated completion: September 2022
• The Fifth Avenue entrance ramp to U.S. 30 east is closed. The detour route will be to continue north on Fifth Avenue to the U.S. 30 westbound entrance ramp, travel on U.S. 30 west to the Ohio 13 exit, turn left on Ohio 13 to Longview Avenue, and take the Longview Avenue east entrance ramp to U.S. 30 eastbound. Estimated completion: September 2022
• Both eastbound and westbound traffic will be separated by portable concrete barrier throughout the length of the project. Lane widths will be 11 foot throughout the work zone.
Estimated completion of entire project: May 2023
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This article originally appeared on Mansfield News Journal: ODOT: US 30 exit ramp closures in Mansfield to end in September
