Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\nNext week, the State Route 55 exit in Troy will be closed as the Ohio Department of Transportation works on its next phase of the I-75 project. <\/p>\n
Some drivers said they try to take backroads if they can.<\/p>\n
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For weeks now, people driving into Miami County or south in Montgomery County are greeted by orange cones. <\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cI continue to forget that the ramp that I want to use is closed,\u201d David Pappas said. <\/p>\n
Pappas works from home, but when he goes out, he tries to avoid the interstate. <\/p>\n
He doesn\u2019t want to get caught in traffic or a pile-up crash. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve not seen the accidents, so I\u2019m really not; it\u2019s not visible to me,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
News Center 7 has reported on multiple crashes between the State Route 55 and County Road 25A exits in Miami County over the past two weeks. <\/p>\n
The latest happened on June 23 when a driver hit a construction barrier and caused a chain reaction crash. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe traffic is backed up on 75, and that\u2019s scary when you encounter that, because you\u2019re coming to a fast stop, and you want to make certain everybody behind you is doing the same thing,\u201d Pappas said. <\/p>\n
With ODOT\u2019s new plan of closing the SR-55 exit, drivers can detour to State Route 41 or stay on the interstate. <\/p>\n
\u201cI was getting off 55 and cutting back to come over here. Yeah, actually I don\u2019t know what I\u2019m going to do now, get off at 25 a, I guess it\u2019s a little bit further away from where I live,\u201d Pappas said. <\/p>\n
Pappas added that he hopes it\u2019s over soon.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen has it ever not been under construction? I don\u2019t know. It just happens to be farther north now,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
The continuation of the I-75 project starting Monday is weather-dependent.<\/p>\n
There is no confirmed end date for the project.<\/p>\n
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