Traffic shift, ramp closure in West Side work zone

COLUMBUS – Drivers who have been struggling through the construction zone between Dublin and Hilliard will have to get used to a new traffic pattern after this weekend – and suffer the temporary loss of a key exit ramp — but the changes signal that the project is getting closer to completion.

Southbound traffic will be shifted onto new pavement closer to the inside median wall between US 33/SR 161 and Cemetery Road. A few weeks ago, northbound motorists made the same switch onto new pavement, which Ohio Department of Transportation officials say allows the contractor to continue making progress on the project so that it’s complete this fall.

The other big change for drivers on the northwest side will be the closure Sunday night of the circle ramp from I-270 northbound to westbound Cemetery Road for three weeks so it can be rebuilt. The ramp from I-270 to eastbound Fishinger Road will remain open. Drivers can exit there and turn around to access westbound Cemetery Road or proceed north to the Tuttle Crossing Boulevard and access Cemetery Road from southbound I-270.

Below is a list of the ramp and lane closures beginning Saturday night.

SATURDAY
5 PM-9AM Sunday: I-270 SB is reduced to two lanes between US 33 and just south of Cemetery Rd.
The following ramps will close 8PM-9AM Sunday
US 33 WB to I-270 SB
I-270 SB to US 33 EB
I-270 SB to Cemetery Rd.
I-270 SB to Tuttle Crossing Blvd.
Tuttle Crossing Blvd to I-270 SB
Cemetery Rd. EB & WB to I-270 SB
9:30PM-9AM: The ramp from US 33 EB to I-270 SB closes
I-270 SB is reduced to one lane between US 33 and just south of Cemetery Rd.
SUNDAY
8 PM: The ramp from I-270 NB to Cemetery Rd. westbound closes for 21 days so it can be rebuilt. Detour: I-270 NB to Tuttle Crossing Blvd. to I-270 SB to Cemetery Rd.