I-70 to see brief closures near New Carlisle Sunday
ODOT plans short rolling roadblocks on I-70 in both directions while crews finish overhead utility work.
Drivers on I-70 near New Carlisle should expect brief stops Sunday morning. ODOT says both directions of the highway between Taywood Road and Union Road will see short, 15-minute full closures from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. on October 25 ODOT +1.
What drivers should expect
Crews will close the highway in intermittent stretches while finishing overhead utility work, using a rolling roadblock with law enforcement officers to hold traffic rather than a full shutdown ODOT +1. The work covers a stretch of I-70 about 15.7 miles from New Carlisle ODOT +1. The closures affect both the eastbound and westbound lanes during the same two-hour window ODOT +1.
This report is based on road-construction notices from the Ohio Department of Transportation, posted to ODOT's OHGO system for October 25, 2026 ODOT +1.
Sources
The source filing
| Road | I-70 between Taywood Road and Union Road |
|---|---|
| Direction | eastbound |
| Category | Road Work - Planned |
| Description | I-70 in each direction will be subject to short-term (15-minute) intermittent periods of full closure between Taywood Road and Union Road from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Sunday, October 25. Traffic will be maintained in a rolling roadblock with law enforcement officers. Crews will be completing overhead utilities. |
| Distance from New Carlisle | 15.7 miles |
| Reported | October 25, 2026, 7:00 a.m. |
| Expected end | October 25, 2026, 9:00 a.m. |
Published by Ohio Department of Transportation (OHGO). This is the agency's public filing as The Lantern received it, shown with its fields named in plain English.