Correspondent photo / Bob Jadloski An aerial view taken this week of the ongoing U.S. Route 224 bridge replacement in Canfield Township shows the scope of the two-year, $10 million project.

Correspondent photo / Bob Jadloski

An aerial view taken this week of the ongoing U.S. Route 224 bridge replacement in Canfield Township shows the scope of the two-year, $10 million project. Traffic patterns are restricted along the bridge and on the Ohio Turnpike, which runs underneath the structure. According to the Ohio Department of Transportation, work will continue through the fall. The project is funded through the tolls collected on the Ohio Turnpike.

Turnpike spokesperson Charles Cyrill said the bridge over the turnpike is more than 70 years old and in need of replacement. The turnpike completed two rehabilitation projects on the bridge during that time — one in 1989 and another in 2016 — but it has reached the end of its useful life.

Cyrill said the entire bridge will be replaced, taking it from a five-span bridge to a two-span bridge in two phases. Maintenance of traffic will begin on both the Ohio Turnpike and Route 224 beginning Monday.