224/11 construction to fully begin Friday
Staff report
CANFIELD
The bridge replacement and widening of the U.S. Route 224 bridge over state Route 11 fully begins Friday.
Preparations such as drainage work have been in progress for about half of March. Various lane restrictions will continue for area motorists.
“We’re continuing that the next couple days, but the goal” for the full project to get underway is starting Friday, said Justin Chesnic, spokesman for Ohio Department of Transportation District 4.
The project still is slated for completion in October.
A.P. O’Horo of Youngstown is the contractor on the estimated $6.5 million job, which is supposed to mirror the U.S. Route 224/Interstate 680 work in Boardman. It will include widening Raccoon Road, and that work is expected to be done in August before the Canfield Fair begins. That includes lane restrictions from April to June.
From July to August, Raccoon Road will be closed for 30 days “just south of U.S. Route 224,” an ODOT new release says. The detour will be Route 224 to Tippecanoe Road to Leffingwell Road during that time.
During the course of the project, 224 will be reduced to one lane of travel over Route 11. From April to August, the ramp from southbound Route 11 onto 224 will have one lane reduced during widening, which will add an additional dedicated right-turn lane.