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Metro preparing for winter weather

Metro preparing for winter weather

CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - Snow and freezing rain are in the forecast… and Metro is ready. 

Detours and delays are possible throughout the Metro service area. Updated service information will be provided through the following outlets:

Shipment slows traffic on U.S. 27

Shipment slows traffic on U.S. 27

 

HANOVER TOWNSHIP, BUTLER COUNTY, OH (FOX19) – Another in a series of oversized shipments from the Anderson Ferry on the Ohio River in Cincinnati to a plant in Middletown was slowing and/or closing U.S. 27 north of Millville Wednesday afternoon.

Andrew Bohannon of Miami University tried to pass through the area around 4:30 and found it blocked, not moving in either direction.  Dispatchers didn't know when thety were going to leave 27 or stop work for the night,

Today’s shipment was moving up U.S. 27, often at walking speed or less.  Anytime the shipment comes up on wires that go across the road at a comparatively low height, workers have use poles to lift the wires up for the oversized trailer to go through.

The shipments also have to take a long and crazy route to avoid overpasses, so they are alternately using highways and side roads to get through.

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Eaton Road closes on Monday

Eaton Road closes on Monday

 

ST. CLAIR TOWNSHIP, BUTLER COUNTY, OH (FOX19) - The Butler County Engineer's Office reports that Eaton Road in St. Clair Township will close 1.1 miles north of Beissinger Road and 350 feet south of the Hogue Road / Warwick Road intersection for ditching and piping along the west side of the roadway beginning Monday, May 21, 2012.  

The road is tentatively scheduled to reopen the week of May 28, 2012.

To get around the closing, northbound Eaton Road traffic will detour west on Beissinger Road, northwest on Ohio 177, east on Scott Road, south on Huston Road, and east on Taylor School Road.  Southbound traffic will reverse this route.

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Flooding causing trouble in Morgan Township

Flooding causing trouble in Morgan Township

MORGAN TOWNSHIP, BUTLER COUNTY, OH (FOX19) – Repeated bouts of torrential rain Tuesday afternoon and evening led to flooding early Wednesday in Morgan Township. 

Cincinnati-Brookville Road (SR 126) near Chapel Road was blocked by high water, as were other nearby roads.

In one instance, a police car responding to a burglary call had to call in officers from Hamilton County, since the road from inside the township were blocked.

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Warm weather means orange barrels sprouting on I-75

Warm weather means orange barrels sprouting on I-75

 

MIDDLETOWN, OH (FOX19) - With the return of warm temperatures to Ohio, ODOT says reconstruction and widening work on Interstate 75 will resume in earnest.

Various lane closures on northbound I-75 are scheduled for next week to put traffic lane switches in place for bridge painting operations. Nightly closures are scheduled at 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, and will be placed in various locations the length of the project which runs from State Route 122 to the Warren/Montgomery county line. All lanes are to reopen to traffic by 6 a.m. the following day.

Traffic delays could become significant during these closure times.

Arrow boards and signs will be in place prior to the work zone to alert motorists of the upcoming lane closures.

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Lanes of Route 4 closed Tuesday and Wednesday

Lanes of Route 4 closed Tuesday and Wednesday

HAMILTON, OH (FOX19) – One lane in each direction of Route 4 is being closed during business hours Tuesday and Wednesday (March 20 and 21) between Corwin and Clinton Avenues.  The closings will run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The closings are work on water service being one by the Hamilton Department of Underground Utilities.

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Next Bypass 4 improvement opens next week

Next Bypass 4 improvement opens next week

FAIRFIELD, OH (FOX19) - The City of Fairfield is advising people that the intersection of Route 4 and Bypass 4 will be reconfigured as part of the Bypass 4 Improvement Project (between Port Union and Route 4). Traffic will be switched from the existing pavement to the new pavement.

The new diversion road between Bypass 4 and Route 4 will be opened to traffic at this time.  Left turns will no longer be permitted at the Route 4 and Bypass 4 intersection; instead, turns will happen at side lanes before or after the main intersection.  The new traffic patterns will be marked with pavement markings and signage both overhead and ground mounted.

Message boards will be placed on southbound and northbound Route 4 to further advise motorists of the change. More information on the project and revised traffic patterns are available on Fairfield's website, www.fairfield-city.org.

The switching of traffic is scheduled for January 11, 2012 beginning at 8:00 p.