Each week during the construction season, The Blade’s Road Warrior highlights the major construction projects in Toledo and the surrounding area, noting where delays are worst and where the best alternative routes are.
Allow extra time driving I-75 near downtown Toledo at night this week because of bridge demolition at Dorr Street.
Police will set up “rolling roadblocks” between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. while remaining steel beams from the old Dorr overpass are dismantled. Most of the bridge was previously torn down, but several sets of beams remained to support telecommunications cables until enough of the replacement bridge was built for the cables to be moved.
Traffic could be slowed or stopped for about 20 minutes at a time.
During these hours, the southbound Downtown/Washington Street exit or the 14th Street and Anthony Wayne Trail entrances to northbound I-75 may also be closed; the southbound side is scheduled to be done first. Detours will be posted to nearby interchanges.
On Friday night, work crews will be setting up a long-term construction pattern on southbound I-75 between Miami Street and Buck Road. The Miami entrance to southbound I-75 will be closed from 6 p.m. Friday until 8 a.m. Saturday.
Also on Friday, the South Avenue entrance to southbound I-75 will close until December, 2020 for the first phase of replacing the DiSalle Bridge. A posted detour will take traffic north on I-75 all the way to Detroit Avenue, then back south.
Using the Anthony Wayne Bridge to cross the Maumee River or entering southbound I-75 from Michigan Street may be preferable until the Collingwood/Erie entrance reopens next year.
1. I-75: Reconstruction reduces traffic to two lanes each way between the DiSalle Bridge and the Downtown Viaduct. Northbound I-75 regularly backs up across the DiSalle during rush hours. Ramps at Collingwood/Erie are closed. Off-peak lane closings possible near Dorr and Indiana during bridge work, with Dorr (State Rt. 246) closed to all traffic.
2. I-75: One of three southbound lanes closed between Wales and Buck for shoulder widening in preparation for upcoming freeway reconstruction. The full-time work zone in this section will be set up starting next week.
3. State Rt. 25 (Anthony Wayne Trail): Two inbound lanes and one outbound lane closed between Western and Collingwood for bridge replacement. City Park closed on both sides of the Trail.
4. U.S. 24 (Detroit Avenue): Closed at Byrne Road for intersection reconstruction. Detour via Glendale and the Anthony Wayne Trail. Byrne also is closed to through traffic south of Glendale.
5. Anthony Wayne Bridge: Traffic reduced to one lane each way for lighting installation.
6. I-475/U.S. 23, U.S. 24: Ramp from southbound I-475 to westbound U.S. 24 closed for partial reconstruction. A detour within the interchange is posted; delay is likely because of slow-moving trucks.
7. I-280, Ohio Turnpike: Ramps from southbound I-280 to the turnpike, and from the turnpike to State Rt. 420 are closed for bridge work. Posted detours use a turnaround on Route 420 for the I-280 ramp and Exit 1 on I-280 for the Route 420 ramp.
8. State Rt. 51 (Monroe): Lane closings, Talmadge to Seckinger, for repaving. Expect major delays.
9. Heatherdowns/Perrysburg-Holland/Garden, Ohio Turnpike: Lane closings and minor detours at these streets’ intersection for reconstruction. Perrysburg-Holland closed at the Ohio Turnpike for bridge replacement. Intermittent lane closings possible on the turnpike.
10. I-280: Northbound exit at Woodville/Curtice interchange closed for bridge painting through July 1. Use Navarre or Walbridge interchanges instead.
11. State Rt. 184 (Alexis): Lane closings, Acres to Flanders, for finish work on repaving project.
12. I-75: Southbound ramp to Lagrange Street is closed during service-road reconstruction until mid-August. Use the Phillips exit instead, or detour via Manhattan.
13. Front Street: Street reconstruction closes lanes in the Front/Consaul intersection through mid-July. Traffic reduced to one lane each way from Consaul to beyond Wheeling for resurfacing.
14. Buck Road, Lime City Road: Buck restricted to eastbound only near Lime City and Lime City closed entirely between Buck and Mandell during roundabout construction.
15. State Rt. 120 (Cherry): Lane closings for repaving, Greenbelt to Summit. Intersecting streets may be blocked at times.
16. I-75: Reduced to two lanes each way from the state line to Exit 5 for concrete patching and crossover construction to prepare for upcoming reconstruction.
17. U.S. 20 (Reynolds): Lane closings, Glendale to Angola, for resurfacing.
18. Whiteford Center Road: Closed just north of the state line for reconstruction. Use Secor instead.
19. Hull Prairie Road: Closed to through traffic, Roachton to River, during pavement reconstruction.
OFF THE MAP
I-75 (Ohio): Reduced speed limits and nighttime lane closings through Findlay for reconstruction and widening. Northbound exit to, and southbound entrance from, U.S. 68/State Rt. 15 closed until late 2020, but Toledo-Columbus traffic isn’t affected. Nighttime lane closings possible on I-75 near the State Rt. 64/105 interchange in Bowling Green for bridge reconstruction, and Routes 64/105 are closed across the I-75 bridge during reconstruction of ramp intersections into roundabouts. Use Poe Road instead.
U.S. 6/20: Eastbound ramps at the Fifth Street interchange in Fremont are closed for reconstruction through June. Detour to nearby interchanges. U.S. 6 is closed on Fremont’s east side between the Fremont Bypass and Sandusky County Road 198 until Wednesday. U.S. 6 also has flag zones between Sandusky County Road 232 and the Erie County line for resurfacing, and in Williams County for bridge work.
U.S. 23: Lane closings just south of Carey, Ohio for bridge work and paving between Carey and Upper Sandusky.
State Rts. 15/18/66: Clinton Street Bridge in Defiance is closed for replacement. Through traffic must detour via the Route 281 bridge or Baltimore Street and U.S. 24.
First Published June 24, 2019, 1:04 a.m.
