Raccoon Road closed north of Route 224
The Ohio Department of Transportation has closed Raccoon Road to all through traffic between State Route 224 and U.S. Route 62, also known as Canfield Road.
Barricades were put in place Monday morning for a construction project that is scheduled to last fifteen days.
The recommended detour is Route 224, to State Route 46 through Canfield, to Route 62.
According to the latest traffic count provided by the Eastgate Regional Council of Governments, nearly 9,000 vehicles travel Raccoon Road between U.S. 62 and Route 224 each day.
The stretch of road is also a popular route to the Canfield Fair, which begins on September 2. Raccoon Road is scheduled to reopen three weeks before the start of this year's fair.
The work is part of a $6.5 million project to replace and widen the Route 224 bridge over Route 11, widen Raccoon Road at Route 224 and widen the State Route 11 southbound ramp to US 224.
Meanwhile, traffic along Route 224 over the Route 11 bridge continues to be reduced to one lane in each direction as work continues on the widening of the bridge.
The entire project is scheduled to be completed by October.