WAYNE TOWNSHIP, Ohio — Johnson Road reopened to through traffic this week after crews finished repairing the road’s namesake bridge, ending a closure that had routed drivers around the span for nearly a month, the Clermont County Engineer’s Office said in a Facebook post.
The work addressed Bridge No. T148-1.02, which carries Johnson Road over a creek in the township, according to the engineer’s office’s weekly construction updates. The closure began in mid-October and had crews on site from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. as they rebuilt the bridge’s stream banks with new rock and erosion-control material, the office said.
Clermont County maintains 421 bridges on county and township roads, according to the engineer’s office, and bridge repairs are a routine part of its work across the county’s townships each construction season.
Wayne Township sits in the northeast corner of Clermont County and had about 4,600 residents as of the 2020 census. The unincorporated township, which includes the village of Newtonsville, is one of several rural communities served by the county engineer’s road and bridge program.
County Engineer Jeremy P. Evans leads the office, which oversees construction and maintenance on county and township roads. Residents with questions about road projects can reach the office at (513) 732-8857 or through ClermontEngineer.org, according to the agency.
The information contained in this story was obtained from the Clermont County Engineer’s Office.