ROAD WORK Construction update
The Ohio and Pennsylvania transportation departments are working on these roads in Mahoning, Trumbull and Mercer counties this week.
MAHONING
Beloit/Sebring: State Route 165 will have various one-lane conditions maintained by flaggers from U.S. Route 62 to Beloit. The work is part of a $1 million project to resurface state Route 165 from Route 62 to the Beloit corporation limits and to resurface state Route 534 from state Route 165 to U.S. Route 224. The project is scheduled for completion in late summer. Youngstown: U.S. Route 422 between state Routes 711 and 193, and state Route 289 between state Route 193 and the Madison Avenue Expressway will have various lane restrictions. U.S. Route 422 from the old Division Street entrance to Lafayette Street is reduced to one lane in each direction until mid-August.Youngstown: The state Route 711 ramp from Stephens Street to Interstate 680 is closed. The scheduled reopening is in the fall. The detour route is Salt Springs Road to North Meridian Road. Also, the 711 bridge (Division Street) is closed.Youngstown: The state Route 193 "Blue Bridge" is reduced to one lane in each direction.Austintown: State Route 46 at the Route 46-Interstate 80 interchange is reduced to one lane in each direction. The work is part of the $7.2 million project to widen Route 46 to five lanes through the interchange from Silica Road to Webb Road. The project is scheduled for completion in summer 2005.Lowellville: State Route 289 is being resurfaced and is reduced to one lane in each direction through the village. The project is scheduled for completion later this summer.Boardman Township: The Interstate 680 bridge at Thalia Road is reduced to one lane in each direction.
Milton/Jackson townships: The Interstate 76 westbound on-ramp from Bailey Road is closed from 4 p.m. July 16 until 6 a.m. July 19. The posted detour is Mahoning Avenue to state Route 534 to Interstate 76 West. The Interstate 76 westbound exit ramp to state Route 534 also is closed. The detour is Bailey Road to Mahoning Avenue to state Route 534. Grandview Road at I-76 also is closed.
TRUMBULL
Vienna: State Route 82 westbound exit ramp to state Route 11 south will be closed until 7 a.m. Monday. The posted detour is state Route 82 westbound to state Route 46 to state Route 82 eastbound. The work is part of a project to repair the bridge on state Route 11. It is scheduled for completion in summer 2004.Girard: Broadway Street is closed. U.S. Route 422 from I-80 to the city's northern corporation limits is reduced to one lane in each direction. The project calls for widening about three miles of Route 422 and should be completed by the fall.
Girard: Trumbull Avenue is closed between Gayla Lane and Robinwood Boulevard. The posted detour is state Route 193 to Gypsy Lane to Route 422. Gypsy Lane between Belmont Avenue and Forum Health Northside Medical Center is reduced to one lane in each direction.Howland: State Route 46 just south of King Graves Road is being widened and resurfaced and is closed until further notice. The eastbound lanes of North River Road at the state Route 46 intersection also will be closed beginning July 19, as well as state Route 46 between North River Road and Raglan Road, and King Graves Road will have various lane restrictions. One lane traffic will be maintained in each direction on Route 46. The posted detour is North Road to East Market to state Route 82 to state Route 46. The closures are part of a project to widen and resurface state Route 46.Brookfield: State Route 82 is being resurfaced, and seven bridges along the route are being reconstructed. Route 82 is reduced to one lane in each direction between Collar-Price and Warner roads until further notice.
Hubbard/Brookfield townships: U.S. Route 62 and state Route 304 will have various lane restrictions. Work is expected to be complete by the end of the summer.
Newton Falls/Warren: State Route 534 and state Route 5 are reduced to one lane in each direction. The work is slated to be complete in the fall.
MERCER
Ivanhoe Road: Pymatuning Township, ditching.
Irishtown Road: Pa. Route 208 to Pa. Route 58, patching.
Sandy Lake-Cochranton Road: Sandy Lake Borough to Crawford County line, shoulder cutting.
Milledgeville Road: Deer Creek and French Creek townships, ditching.
Shenango Valley Freeway: Sharon and Hermitage, brushing.
Patton Road: Lake and Sandy Lake townships, patching.
Fredonia Road: Perry Township, road closed for paving.
Carpenter Corners Road: Pa. Route 358 to U.S. Route 19, patching.
Lake Road: Sandy Creek Township, Patching.
North Good Hope Road: Greene and West Salem townships, road closed for paving.
Sandy Lake-Hadley Road: Route 19 to Sandy Lake Borough, shoulder cutting.
West Jamestown Road: West Salem Township, ditching.
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