Ohio
Northeast Ohio road construction: Where are the new detours and delays?
CLEVELAND, Ohio — There are more new detours and delays for motorists in Northeast Ohio as road construction projects continue.
The Ohio Department of Transportation has released a list of new impacts that drivers can expect over the coming weeks.
I-480 westbound at I-77 will be reduced to one lane at 10 p.m. Friday through 10 a.m. Saturday for bridge repairs.
I-480 westbound between Ohio 176 and State Road will have a left lane closure between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Wednesday for barrier wall construction.
U.S. 422 eastbound at Richmond Road and Warrensville Center Road will have a right lane closure beginning on Monday and continuing through September for bridge repairs.
East 185th Street between Lake Erie and Pawnee Avenue has various lane restrictions beginning Monday and continuing through mid-September for pavement work.
The following ramps will be closed from 5 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Saturday for resurfacing. All ramps will not be closed at the same time.
I-71 northbound exit ramp to Denison Avenue. Detour is I-71 north to Fulton Road.
Denison Avenue entrance ramp to I-71 south. Detour is Fulton Road to I-71 south.
The following closures will be in place at 9 p.m. Friday through 11 a.m. Sunday for pavement testing.
Ohio 91 northbound ramp to U.S. 422 westbound. Detour is U.S. 422 eastbound to Ohio 306 to U.S. 422 west.
U.S. 422 westbound to I-271 northbound. Detour is I-480 west to Miles Road to I-480 east.
Bridge repairs in Cuyahoga County:
I-77 bridge over I-480, all lanes of traffic will be shifted beginning Friday and continuing through October.
I-480 eastbound ramp to I-271 north/U.S. 422 east will have various lane restrictions at 9 p.m. Friday through 5 a.m. Monday.
U.S. 422 eastbound between Cannon Road and Harper Road will have various lane restrictions at 9 p.m. Friday through 5 a.m. Monday.
I-480 westbound just before the Miles Road exit ramp will have various lane restrictions at 9 p.m. Friday through 5 a.m. Monday.
U.S. 422 eastbound between Cannon Road and Harper Road will have various lane restrictions at 9 p.m. Sept. through 5 a.m. Sept. 9.
I-480 eastbound ramp to I-271 north/U.S. 422 east will have various lane restrictions at 9 p.m. Sept. 13 through 5 a.m. Sept. 16.
U.S. 6 between Rockefeller Road and Ohio 91 is reduced to westbound traffic only beginning Monday and continuing through October. The detour for eastbound traffic is Ohio 91 (SOM Center Road) to Eddy Road to Rockefeller Road.
I-90 from the Ohio Turnpike Plaza to the west of the Center Road interchange will begin installing work zone signs for the upcoming pavement repair project. Nightly pavement repairs from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. will begin Sept. 3. Traffic will be maintained in 11-foot lanes in each direction. Estimated completion is October.
Ohio 57 between Ohio 162 and I-71 will close on Sept. 3 for 30 days for a culvert replacement. The detour route for southbound motorists is Ohio 57 to Ohio 162 west to Ohio 3 south to U.S. 224/I-76 east to Ohio 57, and reverse. Estimated completion is Oct. 3.
Ohio 94 just north of Ohio 303 will close Sept. 3 for 30 days for a culvert replacement. The detour route for northbound motorists is Ohio 94 to Ohio 303 west to Ohio 3 north to Ohio 82 east to Ohio 94, and reverse. Estimated completion is Oct. 3.
Ohio 94 at the south leg of the Ohio 94/Ohio 162 roundabout will have lane closures for resurfacing and drainage work. Crews will begin mobilizing next week but main roadway work will begin after Labor Day. Traffic will be maintained at all times. Estimated completion is October.
I-77 southbound at I-76/Kenmore Leg will be closed at 10 p.m. Friday through 5 a.m. Saturday for a concrete bridge deck pour. The detour is I-76/Kenmore Leg west to I-277 eastbound to I-77 to I-76 east.
I-77/Ohio 8 south at the Central Interchange will be closed at 10 p.m. Friday through 5 a.m. Saturday. The detour is I-76 west to I-76/Kenmore Leg to I-277 east to I-77.
The ramp from Ohio 8 south to I-76 west will be closed at 10 p.m. Tuesday through 5 a.m. Wednesday. The detour is I-77 south to Archwood Avenue to I-77 north to I-76 west.
The ramp from I-77 north to I-76 east will be closed at 9 p.m. Tuesday through 5 a.m. Wednesday. The detour is I-76 west to Main Street to I-76 east.
The ramp from Ohio 8 southbound to I-76 eastbound is closed through Wednesday. The detour is I-76 west to I-76/Kenmore Leg to I-277 east to I-77 north to I-76 east.
The ramp from I-77 southbound to Waterloo Road is closed through Aug. 30. The detour is I-77 south to US 224 east to Kelly Avenue to Waterloo Road.
Beginning Monday and continuing through Wednesday morning, the following ramps will be closed nightly between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.
Main Street to I-76 west/I-77 north. The detour is I-76 east to Kelly Avenue/Arlington Street to I-76 west.
Ramp from I-76 west/ I-77 north to Dart Avenue/SR 59. The detour is to exit at Main Street to Thornton Street to Rhoades Avenue.
Ohio 59 ramps to I-76 west/I-77 north. The detour is V. Odom Boulevard to I-77.
The following closures are in place through early September:
I-277/US 224 westbound between I-77 and I-76/Kenmore Leg is closed for bridge repairs and resurfacing. The detour is I-77 northbound to I-76 westbound to I-76/Kenmore Leg.
The ramp from I-77 northbound to I-277/U.S. 224 westbound is closed. The detour is I-77 northbound to I-76 westbound to I-76/Kenmore Leg.
The ramp from Main Street to I-277 westbound is closed. The detour is Ohio 619 west to State Street to I-76 west.
The Waterloo Road ramp to I-277 westbound is closed. The detour is Ohio 619 west to I-76 westbound ramp at Wooster Road.
I-76/Kenmore Leg eastbound is closed through mid-September for bridge repairs and resurfacing. The detour is I-277 eastbound to I-77 northbound to I-76.
The ramp from Kenmore Boulevard to I-76/Kenmore Leg eastbound is closed through mid-September. The detour is Kenmore Boulevard to Manchester Road to I-277 eastbound to I-77 northbound to I-76.
The ramp from I-77 northbound to Ohio 21 southbound will be closed nightly between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. beginning Sunday and continuing through Tuesday. The detour is I-77 northbound to Ohio 18 to I-77 southbound to Ohio 21 southbound.
Ohio 21 northbound under I-77 will be closed nightly between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. beginning Sunday and continuing through the morning of Aug. 31. The detour is I-77 southbound to Ridgewood Road to I-77 northbound.
Out of prison, Indiana’s caviar king back on Ohio River to find fishing holes taken
David Cox, of English, Indiana, says once he began setting his nets again after a two-year prison sentence and a three-year ban on commercial fishing, all of his once-secret spots were taken.
Can you eat fish from the Ohio River?
In 1975, future presidential candidate Michael Dukakis, then governor of Massachusetts, bet 20 pounds of New England cod that the Red Sox would defeat the Reds in the World Series. If things went south for Boston, Ohio governor James Rhodes promised to send Dukakis 10 pounds of Lake Erie perch and 10 pounds of Ohio River catfish. The Reds ended up winning and the cod was sent to the Convalescent Home for Children, in Cincinnati.
At the time, people were still eating catfish from the Ohio without too much concern. The fish were also served at several restaurants along the river.
There were warnings in 1977
But two years later, in 1977, The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission released the results of a study of contaminants found in the tissues of Ohio River fish. They warned anglers in cities such as Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Louisville, Wheeling and Gallipolis that man-made chemicals known as PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, had been discovered in the river fish. Later, high concentrations of mercury were discovered in the fish, too.
Thanks to the Clean Water Act of 1972 and the environmental regulations that followed, the river is now cleaner than it was in the seventies. And it’s still teeming with a variety of fish, including catfish, striped bass, drum and black bass, among other species.
But even though PCBs were banned by the Environmental Protection Agency in 1979, they are still found in fish, since they remain in the sediment in the bottom of the river. “Organisms live in the sediment and fish feed on them,” Rich Cogen, the executive director of the Ohio River Foundation told The Enquirer. Mercury is also a big problem, according to Cogen.
So the question is: Can you eat fish caught in the Ohio River?
The short answer is yes. But it depends on what species you are eating and where along the river you caught it.
There are also very strict limitations on how frequently you should eat them, according to the web site for the Ohio Sport Fish Consumption Advisory, part of the Ohio Department of Health.
In areas of the river between the Belleville Lock, located 204 miles downstream from the river’s origins in Pittsburgh, to the Indiana border, the advisory agency currently recommends consuming Ohio River fish no more than once a month max. That area includes Adams, Brown, Clermont, Gallia, Hamilton, Lawrence, Meigs and Scioto counties.
Here’s where to check
Recommendations change throughout the year, but you can keep up by visiting the Ohio Department of Health’s Sport Fish Consumption Advisory page, which provides updated information on when certain fish, usually bottom feeders such as carp, are deemed too dangerous to eat at all.
Here’s who should take a pass on Ohio River fish
The agency also warns that people who are more likely to have health effects from eating contaminated fish, includingchildren younger than 15 years old, pregnant women and women who are planning to become pregnant to avoid Ohio River fish altogether.
Just because you have to limit the amount of fish you eat, doesn’t mean the river is a bad place for fishing, as long as you limit your intake or do catch-and-release fishing. Just make sure you have a proper fishing license before casting your line.
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It isn’t over until it’s over. That’s the case for both the UCLA Bruins football program recruiting and for quarterback Brady Edmunds. Edmunds is currently committed to head to Ohio State but he took a visit from UCLA offensive coordinator Dean Kennedy earlier this week.
Kennedy met Edmunds on Thursday despite the fact that the quarterback has been committed to the Buckeyes since December of 2024 but could the UCLA Bruins be making a run at flipping the quarterback?
Edmunds has only had an official visit with Ohio State but could UCLA heave a heat check on the 6’5” quarterback? New UCLA head coach Bob Chesney is off to an unbelievable start to his recruiting with the Bruins and flipping a recruit of Edmunds’ caliber would be his most impressive move yet.
247 Sports has Edmunds as the No. 16 quarterback in the class, which would give UCLA a clear predecessor for Nico Iamaleava whenever the Bruins current starting quarterback decides to head to the professional level.
It’d be a full circle moment for the Bruins, as Edmunds was originally recruited to Ohio State by former UCLA head coach Chip Kelly, who bailed on UCLA to go run the Buckeyes offense. Ohio State is a great spot for a developing quarterback, as the Buckeyes produce tons of NFL talent, especially at the wide receiver position, which would help Edmunds put up some gaudy numbers in Columbus.
Chesney and the Bruins have geography on their side, Edmunds attends Huntington Beach High School in Southern California, which could potentially become a factor if Edmunds views UCLA as a program on the rise that’d be much closer to his friends and family than out in Ohio.
Time will tell if Kennedy’s visit will make a difference but UCLA’s recruiting has made waves in the first offseason under Chesney and the new regime.
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