Downtown Akron Traffic Advisories

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RubberDucks Home Games
Main St. will close between Buchtel St. & State St. during each home game. Visit www.akronrubberducks.com for a game schedule.

N. Broadway, between MLK/Perkins & E. Market St.
August 24-September 1
As part of the Old Main Sewer Separation (Rack 21) project, Kenmore Construction, H.R. Gray and the City of Akron will be closing Broadway between E. Market St. and ML King Jr. Blvd. on Thursday, August 24.
All traffic will be detoured using E. Market St., N. Summit St. and ML King Jr. Blvd. This portion of the project is currently planned to be completed by Friday, September 1.

UPDATE: Main/MLK/Perkins/Howard Intersection
The north, south and east sides of this intersection have been re-opened to all traffic. The west side of the intersection will continue to remain closed until early August. Traffic will be detoured using N. Main St., E. Market St. to Rand Ave.

NEW: Furnace St., from N. High St. to Summit St.
Monday, July 31-September 1
As part of the Old Main Sewer Separation project, Kenmore Construction, H.R. Gray and the City of Akron will be starting work on Furnace St. between High St. and N. Summit St. on Monday, July 31.

Traffic will be detoured in both directions using N. Howard St. and E. North St. This portion of the project is currently planned to be completed by Friday, September 1.

NEW: N. Summit between Furnace St. and Perkins St.
Monday, July 31-September 1
As part of the Old Main Sewer Separation project, Kenmore Construction, H.R. Gray and the City of Akron will be starting work on N. Summit St. between Furnace Street and Perkins Street on Monday, July 31.

Because of the closure of Furnace St. between High St. and N. Summit St., traffic will be detoured using Perkins St., N. Howard St., E. North St., Furnace St. and the reverse. This portion of the project is currently planned to be completed by Friday, September 1.

UPDATE: Rand Ave & Dart Ave
Oak Park Renewal (SR-59) Project
Kenmore Construction, G. Stephens and the City of Akron continue work along Dart and Rand Avenues. Both lanes on each of the streets have been re-opened to traffic, but there may be occasional shifting of traffic as work continues to be completed.

***Traffic continues to be maintained on W. Mill St. over SR 59 towards Rand Ave., but has been shifted over onto the right side as other work is being done in the area. This is currently planned to be fully re-opened by Friday, August 11.

***As guardrail and overhead signs are being installed, the exit ramp from SR 59 E to Downtown/Cascade Parking/Market St. will remain closed until August 11, 2017. All traffic is being directed off of SR 59 E at the Cedar St./Exchange St. exit ramp and onto Dart Ave. Detour signs have been set up to direct people north on Dart Ave. towards the Downtown exit.

***The SR 59 W entrance ramp from Rand Ave./W. Cedar St. will continue to remain closed until Friday, August 4 as pavement is being placed. Traffic is to continue south on Rand Ave. to the next entrance ramp which is located south of Vernon Odom Blvd.

This work is being done in preparation for the final removal of SR 59 between W. Exchange St. and W. Market St.

City-owned decks and lots

City-owned parking decks:
State Street (O'Neil's) Deck - 55 W. State St.
Akron Centre Deck - 11 W. Mill St.
Broadway Deck - 126 S. Broadway
Cascade Deck - 10 W. Mill St.
City-Center Deck - 132 S. High St.
High/Market Deck - 40 S. High St.
Morley Deck - 177 S. High St.
Opportunity Park Deck - 666 S. Broadway

City-owned parking lots:
Canal Place Lot - 500 S. Main St.
High Street Lot - 71 S. High St.
Main/Bartges Lot - 599 S. Main St.
Main/Buchtel Lot - 219 S. Main St.
Opportunity Park Lot - 666 S. Broadway St.
Glendale Lot - 60 Glendale Ave.