List: 14 ODOT, 2 other road projects in Richland County | 5 Shelby PD reports | more
The Ohio Department of Transportation is providing updated information for road construction projects in Richland County.
(The city of Shelby’s road resurfacing project — separate from ODOT’s — is expected to start in July).
Here is a look at ODOT roadways in Richland County, per news release:
-- State Route 13 resurfacing: State Route 13 northbound and southbound, from Hanley Road to Chilton Ave, will have long-term lane closures for a resurfacing project. The northbound and southbound driving lanes will be closed for roadway reconstruction and culvert work. Traffic will be maintained
-- Eastbound access from Straub Road to State Route 13 is closed for 7 days due to resurfacing work. Motorists traveling westbound along Straub Road will have access to the intersection. The detour route for eastbound motorists will be Straub Road to S. Main Street south to Hanley Road east to Woodville Road north to Straub Road. Estimated completion: Wednesday, June 4
-- The South Main Street entrance ramp to State Route 13 north is closed for 60 days for resurfacing work. The detour route to State Route 13 north will be South Main St. south to W. Cooke Road west to U.S. 42 north (Lexington Ave.) to State Route 13. Estimated ramp reopening: Friday, July 4
-- The State Route 13 south exit ramp to South Main Street is closed for 60 days for resurfacing work. The detour route to South Main Street will be to continue south on State Route 13 to Hanley Road west to South Main Street north. Estimated ramp reopening: Friday, July 4
-- Access from Chilton Ave to State Route 13 is closing for 60 days due to resurfacing work. The detour route will be State Route 13 to W. Raleigh Ave to Marquis Ave to Chilton Ave. Estimated ramp reopening: Friday, July 4
-- The State Route 13 north exit ramp to Cook Road is closed for 60 days for resurfacing work. The detour route for motorists travelling to Cook Road will be to continue on State Route 13 north to E. 1st Street to S. Diamond Street to Woodville Road to Cook Road. Estimated ramp reopening: Sunday, July 13
-- The Cook Road entrance ramp to State Route 13 south is closed for 60 days for resurfacing work. The detour route for motorists traveling to State Route 13 south will be Cook Road to S. Main St. to Hanley Road to State Route 13. Estimated ramp reopening: Sunday, July 27. Estimated completion for the 2025 construction season: November (Estimated completion of entire project: May 2027)
-- State Route 39 culvert repairs – State Route 39, just south of Leppo Road, will have single lane closures in each direction for culvert repairs. A minimum of one 11’ lane will remain open in each direction. Traffic will be maintained by flaggers when necessary. Estimated completion: June
-- Interstate 71 slope stabilization project – I-71 northbound, between State Route 39 and U.S. 30, will have single lane closures for a slope stabilization project. Traffic will be maintained by portable concrete barrier wall. Estimated completion: November
-- State Route 181 minor rehabilitation – State Route 181 will have single lane closures from just south of Main Street in Crestline to State Route 309. Project work includes pavement repairs and bridge maintenance work. Traffic will be maintained by flaggers. Estimated completion: September
-- State Route 314 pavement repairs – State Route 314 from the Morrow County line to the city of Ontario corporation limits will have single lane closures for a pavement repair project. Traffic will be maintained by flaggers. Estimated completion: June
-- State Route 603 resurfacing (New impacts) Beginning the week of June 9: State Route 603 through Richland and Ashland County, from State Route 39 to Mowery Road; and from the village of Mifflin to Franklin Church Road, will have single lane closures for a resurfacing project. Traffic will be maintained by flaggers. Crews will begin at the south end of the project at State Route 39 and continue along State Route 603 north. Estimated completion: September
Source: ODOT
Richland County Engineer road closures (below)
-- Townline Road, between Noble and Baseline Roads in Butler Township, will be closed beginning Monday, June 2 and remain closed not to exceed 90 days, weather permitting. The closure will allow for a bridge replacement project.
-- A temporary closure was announced earlier this spring for Baseline Road, between Swanger and Pennel Roads in Bloominggrove Township. The closure started April 28 with a 60-day timeframe, weather permitting. The closure will allow for a bridge replacement project.
Source: Richland County Engineer's office
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Jackson Township finalizes 2025 road project list. See it here.
SHELBY LAW ENFORCEMENT
5 new reports were released by Shelby police over the weekend.
List: Shelby police calls (May 28-May 31)
OHIO
Tuscarawas County: 2 dead prior to graduation party
TUSCARAWAS COUNTY -- The deaths on Sunday of a 54-year-old man and a 53-year-old woman are being investigated as a possible murder-suicide prior to a graduation party at a residence, authorities said.
About 1:36 p.m., the Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call reporting a shooting at home along Gordon Road NW in Dover Township.
"The caller advised that she was at the home getting ready for a graduation party for a resident in the home when shots went off in the home," the sheriff's office said via news release.
The caller indicated that the male in the home just shot his wife and then shot himself, the news release said.
Deputies responded and located the 54-year-old male deceased lying on his bed and the 53-year-old female on the floor near the bed, authorities said. Dover Fire had responded as well and began life-saving measures immediately on the female, who was eventually transported to the Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital, where she was later pronounced dead.
Tuscarawas County sheriff detectives and the sheriff’s office crime scene technician responded to the scene, as did the Tuscarawas County coroner’s office.
"While there is still evidence to process and information to gather, preliminary indication suggests that murder-suicide is the most likely cause due to evidence and witness statements at the scene," the sheriff's office said.
The graduation party was for a child who lived at the home but was not there at the time, as the party, yet to begin, was planned a few hundred yards away on the property.
No names have been released, pending notification of additional family, Sheriff Orvis L. Campbell said.
The Tuscarawas County Coroner’s Office will determine the male’s cause and manner of death, while the Stark County Coroner’s Office will do so for the female, who was pronounced dead in Stark County.
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AT A GLANCE
Reporter David Jacobs can be reached at davidjacobs@shelbynewsreporter.com
