Road Warrior

Drouillard Road closed north of Walbridge

ODOT contractors didn't waste any time removing the pavement from Drouillard Road after closing it this morning. The road is closed for realignment into its intersection with the future route of Wales Road, which will shift to the south in this area when bridges at two nearby sets of railroad tracks open late next year.

The realigned Drouillard is scheduled to open in late October. The official detour route uses Wales, State Rt. 51, I-280, and Union Street in Walbridge. Lemoyne Road or East Broadway may be more direct options, although the East Broadway option crosses so many railroad crossings that the odds of being blocked by a train are especially strong.

 

Let's go for a drive

For going on 18 years, I’ve been advising Toledo-area motorists on where the region’s major construction hassles are and how to get around them.

With this new blog, and its related Twitter account, @roadwarr1or, my goal is to expand that effort by providing updates about road work and other traffic issues in the region.

I may also touch on other things I observe during my travels about town, and welcome you to let me know about things you see, too. Because try as I might, I can’t be everywhere at once and, like everybody, there are many places I rarely get to while others, like my own commute on the Anthony Wayne Trail, are a regular part of my life.

Is there a particularly bad piece of street that never seems to get fixed? A traffic light whose timing drives you nuts? A sign that makes you laugh? These are the sorts of things I find myself musing about behind the wheel and I bet you do, too.

And if a new major lane closing or detour pops up during the week, now I’ll tell you about it as soon as I know about it, instead of waiting for the next week’s Road Warrior column.

So hop in, and let’s go for a drive.