Commute. And meg shaw has more. This has 100,000 people taking the detours today. Reporter yeah, absolutely, kristen. Drivers here in akron will need to find another way around or make some serious time for delays on the highway today. The central interchange construction that was supposed to happen last week is finally here. It will be causing a major headache for the drivers. So here are the closures that you need to know about today before you he door. Odot crews have closed the ramps from i77 north to i76 west. And state route 8 south from i 76 west. And those closures are happening so that crews can widen the interstate as part of the multiyear plan to reduce backups here at the central interchange. As i mentioned, this was supposed to happen last week and it was delayed at the last signage here in the area. Odot said they could be in place until november. If youre driving home towards akron tonight, you will still be able to take this interchange. Odot crews wont close the ramp t
Were at 90 westbound and lets head over to this and the water main break in cleveland. West 110th street is closed between baltic and cliffton boulevard. Hopefully that wont get in your way too much and lets go to odot and 90, the live shots show were looking just fine and the one accident, 71 south and into and there is where meg shaw is live. Reporter 100,000 drivers take up the interchange. And listen up, we have seen drivers stopping in the middle of the highway to figure this out. And the ramps from i77 north to i76 west closed. Westbound to the kenmoore lake and the other major closure, state route 8 south from i76 west. And the detour youre going to take, 277 southbound to i77 and to 277 westbound to the kenmoore leg. Odot is shuts down the lanes to place a bridge in the central interchange and this is with some backups in this area and odot said the ramp closures could be in affect until november and the entire projects not complete until june 2017 and dont worry if you miss th
Lightning, a small isolated thunderstorm pushing through. Keep that in mind this morning. Through the next few hours, those storms are going to go back up. The atmosphere is going to be very ready for those storms as we have the moisture in place and all we need is the daytime heating and that will take place this afternoon and i will look out for that. The highs in the upper 80s, low 90s. Kristen. And making calls to police. We have issues on the roadways. Thma get the busy streets. West 11th between clark and rally. And blocking the roads there. East 55th and kensman. We have wires down in that area as well and i spoke with homestead township police. The home sped falls homestead falls police. There is an issue wheres wire was blocking columbia road near john. And Police Telling me that should be cleared in a half hour. The highways looked fine. And drive time are looking okay streets i am concerned about because of the storms. Guys. And many people waking up to some serious damage a
Raindrops for portage and to some mit county and that is movingest Summit County and that is moving east quickly. I want to you have outdoor plans this afternoon. The temperatures by the 11 00 hour, lower 80s and dew points around the upper 60s range and a few rumbles of thunder. If you have evening plans, that is tracking tonight. Seven slick and were at mostly cloudy weather and 80 degrees, kristen. And a reminder for folks about the closure on the ramps heading eastbound. Theyre still closed and we started the onandofframps and the lake avenue entrance ramp is closed and this is in place for four months and the detour is detroit avenue and elsewhere, were okay and checking on the highways. The drive times are right where we should be and so far so good and 480, were picking up and this is fo80 and granger road and transportation boulevard, john rudder. And good morning. And good morning, kristen. And everything is under control here and there are multiple crews here and that the fir
That hair is looking good. This is what were concerned about. The major highways not seeing issues. A reminder that tomorrow, the inner belt bridge, 90 eastbound is closed. Tomorrow, 1 00 a. M. To 4 00 p. M. And light go outside and look at the odot views here and it big picture, 90 and hilliard. And this morning, 9 00 a. M. To this afternoon and 30 00 p. M. The exit ramp at hilliard a youre heading westbound on 90. And that exit ramp, the right rudder and the breaking news lead every. And hey, kristen, good morning and heading out west and should be out east actually to check out 422 and as you mentioned earlier issue a semi in that area and its over the video of 490 and 77 and were getting in the air and things are looking good from that standpoint and not a lot of volume were seeing. No other issues from air tracker 5 and its early and a minutes and for now, well set things back inside. Corrina. And staying on top of breaking news. Here at the live desk, i am in contact with dispatc