Route 248 is closed between Municipal Road and Maple Drive for repair of a bridge over a tributary to Bertsch Creek.

The truck detour will utilize Blue Mountain Drive to Route 946, while cars are detoured to Route 946 to Municipal Drive. The detour is expected to last a month.

The Route 248 Bridge is a reinforced concrete slab structure originally built in 1928. It is structurally deficient with a weight restriction of 25 tons. The bridge is 12 feet long and 25 feet wide.

Route 248 in this area has an average daily traffic of 10,272 vehicles.

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