The overpass could face an extended shutdown while crews try to repair the damage and the area of I-75 was not completely restored at the time of Friday’s closing.
ROSSFORD, Ohio — As of the early morning of Friday, a portion of I-75 northbound has been shut down due to a semi-truck carrying an enormous load was thrown into the Lime City Road overpass.
The bridge could be subject to an extended shut down while crews attempt to fix the damage and the portion of I-75 was not completely repaired at the time of the Friday.
Nick Pinski, co-owner of Interstate Lanes on Lime City Road said that the closure is causing a lot of stress for those who commute between the venue and bowling. They’ve managed to come up with solutions to the problem however, it’s not without some difficulty.
Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers acknowledged that the crash caused an impact of disruption for motorists as well as a huge amount of work to fix the damaged.
OSHP Sgt. Ryan Purpura said this was the most serious overpass accident that he’s witnessed during his 18 years as an officer of the state trooper.
Driver, Lavoris Ruth who is 43, from Miami Gardens, who according to the authorities, did not immediately stop after the crash was arrested and was cited for not having a valid license, driving over the dimensional and leaving the accident site.
Noah Heaton, a sophomore at the nearby Penta Career Center said the closing of the school in the morning was a pain also.
“A majority of students were late to school , and they had to delay school day because many buses were delayed in arriving,” Heaton, who is also employed for Interstate Lanes, said.
Pinski stated that this isn’t the only major accident at this point on the Lime City Road overpass, but.
The business’s second-generation owner can recall an incident that occurred about 10 years back. The bowling alley was established in the year 1981 Pinski does not recall any major issues that occurred during the first Lime City Road incident.
“As as of this moment, we’re not experiencing any negative effects,” Pinski said. “There are many ways to reach us. You can turn on your Waze, or put it on your Google maps and figure out the most secure route to reach the location.”
The entire repair of the overpass isn’t going to be an easy repair, ODOT District 2 public information officer Kelsie Hoagland stated.
“We need to go through our standard bid process to identify an expert contractor to complete the repairs and that’s likely going to take several months or even years in the future,” she said. “But at the moment we have an emergency contractor who is in fact working on the deconstruction process so that we can have the interstate back accessible.”
In the early hours of Saturday morning the lanes had been reopened.
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