BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) announced on Thursday that it will close the Northbound I-75 rest stop for one day on Tuesday, Aug. 20, for pavement maintenance.
Parking lots on the passenger vehicle/car side of the rest area will be closed beginning at approximately 6 a.m. on Tuesday, August 20, and remain closed until 8 a.m. Wednesday. The restroom/refreshments building will also be closed.
Barrels and barricades will close the passenger vehicle parking entrance. Commercial truck parking will be open and accessible to tractor trailers during the closure, however the restroom/refreshments building will remain closed.
The northbound rest area is located near mile marker 179, about 4 miles south of central Bowling Green. Sealcoating is expected to take one full day. Traffic control barricades will be removed Wednesday morning, Aug. 21, to resume normal operations.
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