Crews impart lane restriction for interchange expansion project in Warren County

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Crews impart lane restriction for interchange expansion project in Warren County

Updated: 8:35 PM EST Nov 30, 2022

Lane restrictions will take effect in Warren County this week as part of an interchange expansion project, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation.Crews will close the right lane on southbound Mason Montgomery Road at 8 p.m. on Dec. 1. The closure will last until 5 a.m. on Dec. 2.Click the video player above to watch other evening headlines from WLWT News 5Officials say traffic will be maintained through the work zone. The closure will allow for crews to construct an entrance ramp from Mason Montgomery Road to southbound Interstate 71 and a new southbound turn lane on Mason Montgomery Road from Escort Drive to the ramp.The project also includes the creation of an entrance taper on south I-71 between the Fields-Ertel Road bridge and the existing ramp from Fields-Ertel Road. For live traffic updates, click here.This story was curated by Hearst's WLWT Alert Desk.

LANDEN, Ohio —

Lane restrictions will take effect in Warren County this week as part of an interchange expansion project, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation.

Crews will close the right lane on southbound Mason Montgomery Road at 8 p.m. on Dec. 1.

The closure will last until 5 a.m. on Dec. 2.

Click the video player above to watch other evening headlines from WLWT News 5

Officials say traffic will be maintained through the work zone.

The closure will allow for crews to construct an entrance ramp from Mason Montgomery Road to southbound Interstate 71 and a new southbound turn lane on Mason Montgomery Road from Escort Drive to the ramp.

The project also includes the creation of an entrance taper on south I-71 between the Fields-Ertel Road bridge and the existing ramp from Fields-Ertel Road.

For live traffic updates, click here.

This story was curated by Hearst's WLWT Alert Desk.