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SR 295 bridge over Maumee River closes for summer construction

Monday, ODOT officially closed the State Route 295 bridge over the Maumee River between Lucas County and the Village of Grand Rapids for the better part of the summer.

GRAND RAPIDS, OH (WTOL) - Monday, ODOT officially closed the State Route 295 bridge over the Maumee River between Lucas County and the Village of Grand Rapids for the better part of the summer.

ODOT is closing the bridge for 50 days to resurface it.

"The bridge is one lane in each direction and it is the main connector there for Grand Rapids, so it's had a lot of use and it's coming kind of to the end of it's life. We just want to rehabilitate it so it'll be nice and smooth and new once it opens," said Rebecca Shirling of ODOT.

The project will cost $1.2 million.

"I came from Bowling Green myself and I kind of was watching and it wasn't that much extra traffic," said commuter Barbara Squire.

ODOT started the project after June 1 to make sure school buses going over the bridge were not limited.

The detour from Grand Rapids to the Lucas County side of the river takes you from State Route 65 to State Route 64.

On the north side of the river the detour is U.S. 24 to State Route 64.

"We were in Maumee so we just hopped on the Trail and took 65 and came in the back way," said commuter Diana Hoffman of Swanton.

ODOT hopes to have the work completed in August so it doesn't affect kids heading back to school. They are also trying to get the bridge finished before the annual jazz festival scheduled for the middle of August in Grand Rapids.

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