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Yesterday at 10:51 PM  The Ohio Department of Transportation has revealed which sections of rural interstate highway will have a higher speed limit of 70 mph instead of 65 mph starting July 1.

Monday, May 20, 2013  Just before 10 pm on Monday evening, authorities re-opened I-75 southbound after it was closed at Anthony Wayne Trail and Mile Marker 201A for several hours.

Friday, April 19, 2013  Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) crews will once again hit the highways this April to address one of the department's most persistent and preventable problems, litter.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  You know it's spring when The Ohio Department of Transportation kicks off its construction season.

Thursday, March 21, 2013  Ohio drivers could soon be cruising at 70 mph on rural interstate highways.

Friday, March 08, 2013  Southbound I-75 between I-475 and Jeep Parkway remained closed, as of 10 p.m. on Friday, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation's real-time traffic website.

Friday, March 08, 2013  Days after police said the driver of an SUV was texting before striking a worker on I-75, officers now say the driver was not using his phone at the time of the crash.

Friday, March 08, 2013  Theft, identity fraud and tampering with records are the charges facing a 69-year-old man accused of stealing more than $100,000 from the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS).

Thursday, January 31, 2013  When Ohio Department of Transportation driver George Seambos started a midnight shift, he expected a standard night of salting and plowing area streets. But that all changed a couple hours into the shift.

Thursday, January 31, 2013  They often don't get much respect, but now one Ohio Department of Transportation snow plow driver is being cheered for what he did to save lives.

Thursday, January 03, 2013  Northwest Ohio was hit with snow last week, but the plows are still needed on some rural roads where blowing and drifting snow continues to pose a problem for drivers.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012  The ramp from westbound I-475 to ProMedica Parkway/Upton Avenue (Exit 19) is now open.

Friday, November 02, 2012  ODOT and the Village of Swanton will host a ribbon cutting ceremony at 11am.  The overpass will officially open to traffic at 3pm.

Monday, September 24, 2012  The Ohio Department of Transportation is testing a new program to keep construction work zones safer.

Monday, August 20, 2012  The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) will begin the process of opening the new U.S. Route 24 alignment Wednesday.