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College Interns Get Hands On Perspective ofColumbus Crossroads Who'll be building tomorrow's transportation projects? Well, a couple of them are working on theColumbus Crossroads project right now.

Molly Schellenberg is a junior Construction Management major and Kevin Gilliland is a sophomoreCivil Engineering major. Both attend the University of Cincinnati and have been working in the"co-op" intern program with Kokosing Construction this spring. And they couldn't have timed theirinternships better, as this spring marks the busiest time so far on the project.

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Putting the Puzzle Together It's like building the pieces of a puzzle as you put the puzzle together. That's a pretty fairdescription of the "design-build" process being used to construct the ColumbusCrossroads I-71/670 Interchange. Each element of the emerging interchange has its own crew ofspecialists: some working on bridge supports, others installing concrete beams and still othersexcavating a tunnel. Meanwhile, schedulers piece together the work to ensure that the rightpeople and equipment are in place at the right time. Check out some recent photos of these crews at work.

Looking south at the wall which will help supportthe I-670 west flyover bridge.

Installing wall straps which act as reinforcementwhen it comes to holding the soil to stabilize thewall near what will eventually be the ClevelandAvenue entrance ramp.

Work Zone Congestion. All those trucks areneeded for excavation for ramps, interstatelane miles and bridges near I-71 north andSpring Street.



What Does it Take to Build the ColumbusCrossroads? So far, 3,060 linear feet of steel pipe have been used in the Columbus Crossroads project. Thepipe is used for storm water drainage.

How much pipe is that? 3,060 linear feet of pipe is the equivalent of five Leveque Towers stackedon top of each other.

"Next Big Thing" Wraps Up Bike Month atColumbus State

As part of Bike Month, Columbus State issponsoring The Next Big Thing: Spoke andWheels. Topics already planned include "CanBicycling Make You Smarter," "BikePropaganda" and "The Fascinating History of the Bicycle." The event is free and open to the public. It willbe held Thursday, May 31 at 6 PM in theCenter for Teaching and Learning Innovation atthe corner of Cleveland Avenue and Grove



Street. Parking is available behind the building. And you can reach the Columbus State Community College campus:

from the Spring Street exit ramp via I-670 West orfrom the Broad Street exit ramp from I-71 South, right on Broad Streetand right on Cleveland Avenue.

Details are at http://bit.ly/cscc-next-big-thing And another big event that will draw a lot of traffic downtown THIS weekend... 20th Komen Columbus Race for the CureDate: May 19Time: 7 AM, Race begins at 8 AMLocation: Columbus Commons - starting line is the intersection of Front and Broad Streets Getting there from:I-71 South:

5th Avenue to Cleveland Avenue to Mt. Vernon Avenue or Spring StreetBroad StreetMain Street

I-71 North:

Front StreetFourth StreetBroad Street

I-670 East:

Neil Avenue to Nationwide BoulevardThird AvenueCleveland Avenue

I-670 West:

Neil Avenue to Nationwide Boulevard71 South temporary Spring Street Exit

Get the 4-1-1 on Traffic Cleveland Avenue: Thursday night, May 24 to install architecturalpanels on a retaining wall.

Starting at 8 PM, the ramp from I-670 East to Cleveland Avenue will closeStarting at 9 PM, northbound Cleveland Avenue will be detoured to Mount Vernon



Avenue over to 4th StreetStarting at 9 PM, southbound Cleveland Avenue will be reduced to one laneBoth Cleveland Avenue and the I-670 East ramp to Cleveland Avenue will re-open by5 AM on Friday, May 25

Cleveland Ave: Tuesday night, May 29 to install architectural panelson a retaining wall.

Starting at 8 PM, the ramp from I-670 East to Cleveland Avenue will closeStarting at 9 PM, northbound Cleveland Avenue will be detoured to Mount VernonAvenue over to 4th StreetStarting at 9 PM, southbound Cleveland Avenue will be reduced to one laneBoth Cleveland Avenue and the ramp will re-open by 5 AM on Wednesday, May 30

Jack Gibbs Boulevard:

Will re-open Friday, May 18 at 5 PMCloses again Monday, May 21 at 5 AM until Friday, May 25 at 5 PM to complete detailwork on bridge beams and concrete slope protection

St Clair Avenue:

Flaggers will be used to maintain single lane, two-way traffic on Monday night, May 21from 7 PM until 5 AM to perform tests on bolts at the bridge over St. Clair Avenue

Here's the latest traffic information as of Thursday morning, May 17. As always, check Facebookand Twitter for the latest updates on closures, lane restrictions and detours.

Up-to-date traffic and construction information, 24-hours a day, can be found at odot71670.org. Follow us on Twitter. Find us onFacebook.

Connect with Columbus CrossroadsHave a question or a suggestion? We'd like tohear from you. Contact Nancy Burton [email protected] or 740-833-8063.

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