COLUMBUS – Drivers who normally take U.S. Route 33 to the North Outer Belt should allow extra time for their trip starting Wednesday as a key ramp at the I-270/US33 interchange closes for nearly a week.
The ramp that carries traffic from Marysville to Sawmill Road and beyond will close while the bridge deck damaged by a tanker truck crash in January is replaced, Ohio Department of Transportation officials said.
At 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, the ramp from U.S. 33 eastbound to I-270 east will close for five days. Eastbound 33 traffic will be re-routed to I-270 south to Tuttle Crossing Boulevard to I-270 north.
The ramp is scheduled to be reopened by 5:00 a.m. Monday, June 12, ODOT said.
Last January the bridge surface and the walls were damaged extensively when a tanker truck carrying 8,000 gallons of gasoline crashed and burned.
The fire damaged a third of the bridge deck and 250 ft. of bridge wall costing more than a half a million dollars.