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Staff Writer A vehicle exits Interstate 70 east at downtown Wheeling. Beginning Monday, eastbound drivers will have to exit downtown to get around work on the Fulton Bridges. However, this detour will change again this summer. (Photo by Scott McCloskey) WHEELING — Drivers heading east on Interstate 70 near the Fulton Bridges will, starting Monday, take Exit 1A into downtown Wheeling to use the local detour. Once the summer hits, those directions will change. West Virginia Department of Highways Area Engineer Mike Witherow said that starting in June or July, Exit 1A will close for renovation...

smccloskey@theintelligencer.net Beginning Monday, I-70 eastbound will be closed from U.S. 250/W.Va. 2 south — 16th Street exit (Exit 1B) to the Oglebay Park exit (Exit 2A) in order for Swank Construction to begin phase two of the Fulton Bridge Replacement as part of the I-70 Bridges Project. Photo by Scott McCloskey WHEELING — Motorists from Ohio traveling east on Interstate 70 will have a tougher time getting through Wheeling — and to places like Wheeling Hospital — starting Monday. Swank Construction crews return Monday from a month-long break to continue the $215 million p...

Staff Writer Beginning Monday, I-70 East will be closed from U.S. 250/W.Va. 2 South - 16th Street Exit (Exit 1B) to the Oglebay Park Exit (Exit 2A) in order for Swank Construction to begin phase two of the Fulton Bridge Replacement as part of the I-70 Bridges Project. (Photo by Scott McCloskey) WHEELING — Motorists from Ohio traveling across the Interstate 70 Fulton Bridge will have a tougher time getting through Wheeling — and to places like Wheeling Hospital — starting Monday. Swank Construction crews return Monday from a month-long break to continue the $215 million project. That mea...

smccloskey@theintelligencer.net Photo by Scott McCloskey – Motorists travel on I-70 East near the Wheeling Tunnel Friday. Swank Construction is expected to close this section of the highway in early February as work resumes on the east side of the Fulton Bridges. WHEELING — Motorists should expect to see Swank Construction crews out working once again on the $215 million I-70 Bridges Project in Ohio County by the end of January, according to West Virginia Division of Highways Area Engineer Mike Witherow. That return comes after a several-week break over the holidays. The nearly three-y...

smccloskey@theintelligencer.net Photo by Scott McCloskey – Motorists are detoured off Exit 2A at Mount de Chantal Road in Wheeling as the section of I-70 West at the Fulton Bridges was closed for nearly nine months as part of the I-70 Bridges Project. That section of the interstate was reopened in October ahead of schedule. WHEELING — Whether it was the ongoing construction of the $215 million Interstate 70 Bridges Project or traffic delays brought on by a longwall mining project near the Pennsylvania state line, one thing is for sure: I-70 was significantly impacted by two separate hi...