From OHIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Interstate 475 northbound between I-75 and U.S. 24 will be fully closed beginning tonight, Aug. 7, and through the weekend to continue pavement repair work in the Perrysburg area.
Northbound I-475 will close west of I-75 this evening, beginning after 8 p.m., and remain closed until Monday morning, Aug. 10, at 6 a.m. Traffic will be detoured using I-75 northbound to I-475 westbound to I-475 southbound.
This is the second of four in a series of weekend-long total closures of northbound I-475 for pavement joint repair and paving. The same work was performed over four weekends on southbound I-475 between early May and late June.
The southbound I-75 exit ramp to Ohio 25/Dixie Highway will remain open this weekend. The following ramps will close Friday evening and reopen Monday morning:
- Northbound I-75 to northbound I-475
- Southbound I-75 to northbound I-475
- Route 25/Dixie Highway on-ramp to northbound I-475
Message boards are posted south of each interchange throughout the I-475/U.S. 23 corridor informing motorists of this event.
The soonest closures may occur the weekend of Aug. 21-24, weather permitting. I-475 will remain fully open the weekend of Aug. 14-17.
The repairs are part of a project that has completed resurfacing on I-75 near the Perrysburg interchange, and pavement joint repairs, and paving on southbound I-475 from the Maumee River to I-75 in Wood County.
The repairs are necessary maintenance until a proposed project on I-475 through Perrysburg takes place. The project would widen I-475 from I-75 in Wood County to Route 24 in Lucas County to three lanes; widen and reconstruct the I-475 bridges over the CSX Railroad, Fort Meigs Road, and Maumee River; reconstruct the I-75/I-475 and I-475/Route 24 interchanges; and realign the I-475/Route 25 interchange.
The project is not yet funded. The earliest the project could occur is 2032.
