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TRAFFIC ALERT THAT MAY AFFECT
YOUR MORNING COMMUTE. GOOD
EVENING, I'M MEGAN O'ROURKE.
ALEXA ASHWELL IS LIVE FROM
DOWNTOWN DAYTON WITH THE
INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW.
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WE ALL KNOW HOW CONFUSING
DRIVING ON I- 75 THROUGH THE
DOWNTOWN AREA CAN BE WITH THE
CONSTANT CHANGES. ORANGE
BARRELS ARE OUT ONCE MORE...
STARTING TOMORROW AT 9 A.M.
THIS "ON" RAMP TO 75 NORTH
FROM SECOND STREET .. WILL BE
CLOSED. THE SAME GOES FOR
THE "ON" RAMP FROM THIRD
STREET. MORE THAN 120
THOUSAND PEOPLE TRAVEL ON THIS
SECTION OF INTERSTATE 75 ON A
DAILY BASIS.
THE SIGNS ARE UP AND
ORANGE BARRELS, READY BY
9 A.M. THE THIRD STREET RAMP
IN DOWNTOWN DAYTON TO I-75
NORTH WILL BE CLOSED.
SECOND STREET'S "ON" RAMP TO
75 NORTH WILL ALSO BE SHUT
DOWN. THE CHANGE IS PART
OF ODOT'S I-75 MODERNIZATION
PROJECT. OFFICIALS SAY IT
WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL THE
NEWLY CONSTRUCTED RAMP OPENS
IN 20-17. IN THE MEANTIME,
THEY HAVE MAPPED OUT AN
OFFICIAL DETOUR. DRIVERS
SHOULD GET ONTO JEFFERSON FROM
SECOND OR THIRD STREETS.
TURN ON MONUMENT AVENUE, THEN
MAIN .. TO 75 NORTH.
SIGNS WILL BE POSTED. BUT
OFFICIALS ARE ASKING DRIVERS
TO BE EXTRA ALERT, REDUCE
SPEEDS, AND WATCH FOR STOPPED
TRAFFIC WHILE PASSING THROUGH
WORK ZONES.
TRAFFIC MAY BE MORE OF AN
ISSUE FOR DRIVERS IN THEIR
AFTERNOON COMMUTE .. AS MANY
MAKE THEIR WAY HOME. BUT,
BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT IN THE
MORNING, BE SURE TO TURN ON 2
NEWS TODAY STARTING AT 4-30
A.M. KARRIE ROSSMILLER WILL
HAVE YOUR LATEST TRAFFIC
REPORT. REPORTING LIVE IN
DOWNTOWN DAYTON, ALEXA
ASHWELL, 2 NEWS.