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Finding your way around closures on the roads can be a hassle, especially during construction season. The Ohio Department of Transportation is hoping to relieve some of the headaches associated with traveling through the orange barrels.

ODOT District 4 has launched the "Do The Detour" website, ahead of the restriping project along the Kenmore Leg that was scheduled for this weekend. That project has since been postponed due to weather.

According to ODOT, the new site will offer the best detour options for drivers, maps included, before they head out on the road.

There are a list of upcoming projects that ODOT is preparing for -- including the more than $100 million project on Main/Broadway and I-76. It's a four-year project that will send drivers to the Kenmore Leg as the detour.

On the web: www.dot.state.oh.us

UPDATE 1:40 PM: ODOT tells WAKR.net that the planned closures and construction have been delayed until next weekend due to the weather.

Construction around I-76 East will impact the morning commute for Friday, April 22.

Bridge work will close down several ramps around the Central Interchange beginning at 6 a.m. Friday.

The ramp from I-77 North to I-76 East will be closed. Drivers can detour around from I-77 North to Grant Street to I-76 East.

The ramp from State Route 8 South to I-76 East will be closed. Drivers can detour from I-77 North to Grant Street to I-76 East.

The entrance and exit ramps from I-76 East to Arlington will be closed.

Lastly there will be lane restrictions on I-76 East between Grant Street and Fuller Street.

This is all part of a $8.6 million bridge repair project by the Ohio Department of Transportation between the Kenmore Leg and the Portage County line. The entire project is projected to be completed by late October.

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Folks driving I-76 East this weekend will be seeing plenty of orange construction barrels. 

On Saturday until about 2 p.m. the left lane is closed between the Kenmore Leg and the Central Interchange for sewer repairs.

Also on Saturday there will be lane restrictions on I-77 between US 224 and I-76 while crews work on overhead lighting repairs.

Construction crews are also working on I-76 East between Grant Street and Fuller Street through 6 a.m. Monday morning.

Traffic will be down to one lane wile crews work on bridge repairs.

Lastly the Arlington Street entrance ramp to I-76 East is closed through 6 a.m. Monday morning.

The Ohio Department of Transportation has a full list of on going construction projects and detours around Summit County.

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