NEW MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (WKBN) - A major road project continues in New Middletown, but the end is in sight.

Construction crews have been rebuilding State Route 170. The road was closed in one direction last year. Now, the road has been closed in the opposite direction to finish the work.

It's mostly paving work, laying an intermediate and then a surface layer of asphalt. Still ahead is lining up the new road surface with driveway approaches and making manhole adjustments.

"It's a nice improvement there for those folks. Once we're done, they're going to have a new pavement, basically a new corridor to travel, more room to drive through," said Justin Chesnic, a spokesperson for ODOT. "It was a two-year project, and we will be glad to get that one buttoned up." ODOT expects Route 170 to reope

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