For those traversing Delaware County, it's time to reroute. The Ohio Department of Transportation - Columbus District 6 has rolled out a notification that might tweak your daily drive: SR 315 is climbing aboard the closure train starting today. Both directions, northbound and southbound, are shutting down between SR 750 and Orange Rd, so you won't be able to cut through as usual for a spell of about 28 days, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation - Columbus District 6, in a social media post.
This isn’t just a brief intermission, a second spot at the SR 315 and Hyatts Rd intersection is also getting the closure treatment, but this time a little longer stretching out for around 40 days, the anticipation is that the direction of your commute, the timing of your outings, perhaps even the temper of your Monday morning mood might be taking a detour. And let’s not forget the small businesses that sprinkle the roadway, their daily bread and butter relying on the traffic that flows like a river soon to be dammed by construction signs and orange cones, they too will have to navigate this new, temporary terrain.
ODOT hasn’t spilled the beans on the specifics behind the closures, though it's par for the course with such infrastructure works to assume it's the usual suspects: repairs, upgrades, or some fresh coat of tar that keeps our wheels turning smoothly. ODOT did promise to keep drivers posted as the work progresses, so it might be a good idea to bookmark their page or follow their feeds if you tend to roll down SR 315 with any regularity.
