Traffic Announcement

Ongoing traffic announcements for week of March 23, 2026

Ohio Department of Transportation

  • U.S. 33 Athens-Meigs expansion: A two-lane to four-lane expansion project is taking place on U.S. 33 from Athens to Darwin and Five Points to Ravenswood. The shoulders are closed and side roads are closed intermittently for equipment crossing on U.S. 33 between Pleasant Hill Road and Oxley Road. Roadblocks will be in place during rock blasts. Estimated completion: 2028.
    • Pleasanton Road will be closed March 26–November 20.
    • The passing lane will be closed in both directions May 1–20.

Athens 

  • SR 682/56 roundabout: Construction of a roundabout and sidewalks at the intersection continues. The city’s website on the project is out of date and the Independent has been unable to get a completion date.

Amesville

  • County Road 94–Kuhns Road: Indefinite closure between the intersections of CR 37–West Kasler Creek Rd & CR 99–Robinson Road due to an undermined culvert. 

Nelsonville

  • Nelsonville Public Square partially closed: The east side of the Public Square is closed and barricaded to all vehicle and pedestrian traffic from the Dew House to the end of Rhapsody restaurant until further notice.
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