COLUMBUS, Ohio – A key freeway ramp that connects the East Side to the OSU campus and the Northwest Side reopens in time for Monday morning’s rush hour.
The Ohio Department of Transportation says, weather permitting, the ramp from I-70 West to SR 315 North, which has been closed since mid-August, will reopen by 5:00 a.m. though crews will close I-70 and more than a half dozen ramps to remove the barricades, barrels and detour signs.
The $650,000 project replaced the entire bridge deck after crews discovered earlier this summer that more than 75 percent of the road surface had deteriorated, ODOT spokeswoman Nancy Burton said.
Sunday, Nov. 2
8:00 p.m. – I-70 West is reduced to one lane at I-71 and I-71 North to SR 315 North is reduced to one lane.
The following ramps will close:
Main St. to I-70 west
Miller/Kelton to I-70 west
3rd St. to I-70 west
Mound St. to I-70 west
Greenlawn Ave. to I-71 north
9:00 p.m.:
I-70 West will be detoured to I-71 North to I-670 West to SR 315 South.
SR 315 North between I-70 and Rich Street. (Detour is I-70 East to I-71 North to I-670 West to SR 315.)
I-70 East ramp to SR 315 North. (Detour is I-70 East to I-71 North to I-670 West to SR 315 North.)
I-71 North ramp to SR 315 North. (Detour is I-70 East to I-71 North to I-670 West to SR 315 North.
One lane closed on the ramp from I-71 South to I-70 West.
By 5:00 a.m. Monday, all ramps, interstates and state routes will be open including the ramp from I-70 west to SR 315 north and the ramp from SR 315 north to Rich/Town Street.