Major highway ramp and lane closures will inconvenience tens of thousands of motorists in the summer and fall of 2016.
Here are the detours:
• I-76 between Grant Street and Inman Street will be reduced to two lanes in each direction through mid-November starting at 9 p.m. Tuesday.
• The ramp from Interstate 77 northbound to I-76 westbound will be closed through mid-November starting at 9 p.m. Tuesday.
• The ramp from state Route 8 southbound to I-77/76 westbound will be closed through mid-November starting at 9 p.m. Tuesday.
• The ramp from I-76 eastbound to I-77 southbound will be closed through mid-November starting at 9 p.m. Wednesday.
As part of a separate project just east of the central interchange, ODOT also will begin shutting down lanes and ramps this week.
I-76 westbound between state Route 18/East Market Street and Brittain Road will be reduced to two lanes through late August starting at 7 p.m. Monday.
The ramp from Route 18/East Market Street to I-76 westbound will be closed, as well.
Then beginning at 7 p.m. Tuesday, I-76 westbound between Brittain and Arlington Road will be reduced to two lanes through Aug. 9.
That work also will be accompanied by many ramp closures during the same time period:
• I-76 westbound to Arlington.
• State Route 241/Innovation Way to I-76 westbound.
• I-76 westbound to Route 241/Innovation Way.
• General Street to I-76 westbound.
• Brittain to I-76.
I-76 eastbound between Route 241/Innovation Way also will be reduced to two lanes through late August starting at 7 p.m. Tuesday. The ramp from Route 241/Innovation Way to I-76 eastbound also will be closed during that time.
In addition to the I-76 work in Akron, ODOT will begin an $80.4 million project to rebuild the pavement on I-76 in Barberton and Norton.
The work includes widening the highway between state Route 21 and Central Avenue.
Barber Road under I-76 will be closed Aug. 8-11.
The state agency also will begin making $930,000 worth of pavement repairs Monday on Route 8 between Graham Road and state Route 303 in Cuyahoga Falls, Hudson and Stow.
Motorists should expect lane closures between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m.
The projects are part of more than $500 million worth of ODOT road and bridge construction planned in Summit County over the next five years.
For details and a list of other highway projects, go to:www.dot.state.oh.us/districts/D04.