CINCINNATI — All northbound lanes of I-75 through the Lockland Split were reopened on Sunday after closures for planned pavement repairs, the Ohio Department of Transportation announced.
ODOT announced the reopening on their X account, where they also said it happened ahead of schedule.
The full closure was scheduled to last between the Galbraith Road/SR-126 and Shepherd Lane exits from 11 p.m. Friday, May 29, to 5 a.m. Monday, June 1. However, the left lane of traffic will be closed just north of the Paddock Road entrance ramp beginning at 9 p.m. that Friday, as will the I-75 entrance ramp from Galbraith Road/SR-126 and the eastbound S.R. 126 ramp to Reading Road.
Traffic that weekend shifted to the SR-126 (Ronald Reagan Cross County Highway) exit and detoured to eastbound SR-126, northbound I-71 and westbound I-275.
The resurfacing is part of a larger rehabilitation project for the bridge that carries I-75 over Mill Creek, a railroad and multiple roads in the Arlington Heights, Reading and Lockland areas. ODOT said the project includes repairing bending cracks occurring in the bridge's structural steel, painting under the expansion joints and other minor repairs.
All work on the project is scheduled to be completed by the fall.
