Downtown Youngstown street lanes closed from Friday to Sunday

YOUNGSTOWN —As if traffic congestion downtown isn’t bad enough, the southbound lanes of Market Street between West Federal and Boardman streets will be closed from 9 a.m. Friday until 6 p.m. Sunday.

The closure is needed to allow for the positioning of a large crane on Market Street to facilitate the replacement of mechanical equipment on the roof of the First National Tower building at the southwest corner of Market and West Federal streets, said Charles T. Shasho, the city’s deputy director of public works.

The city is making improvements on West Federal between Fifth Avenue and South Phelps Street.

As part of that project, traffic on the north side of West Federal between Fifth and Vindicator Square is closed to traffic with a detour on to Commerce Street.

That section is closed to allow Western Reserve Transit Authority buses to leave its station off West Federal Street to travel east, Shasho said. That portion of West Federal should reopen in about a week.

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