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Starting Aug. 15, the eastbound entrance and exit ramps at West 45th Street will be closed for 120 days while the pavement is replaced. (Image: ODOT)

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- As construction on the Shoreway is under way, more ramps soon will be closing.

Starting Aug. 15, the eastbound entrance and exit ramps at West 45th Street will be closed for 120 days while the pavement is replaced.

Motorists traveling eastbound on Ohio 2 wanting to exit at West 45th Street will be detoured to Detroit Avenue, then to West 45th Street.

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Motorists on West 45

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Street trying to get on Ohio East 2 will need to take West 49

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Street to Edgewater Drive to Ohio 2 East.

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The ramp closures create even more detours for Shoreway drivers already rerouted during the work on the highway, which is part which is part of ODOT's Lakefront West project.

The Lake Avenue entrance ramp to the Eastbound Shoreway will be closed through late November while the Shoreway bridge is repaired. Traffic is detoured onto West Boulevard.

The Shoreway was closed Aug. 8 in both directions at Lake Avenue for 25 days. While the Shoreway bridge is replaced, traffic is rerouted onto the Lake Avenue Westbound exit ramp, which has been converted into a two-way street.

There is not direct access to the Shoreway from Clifton Boulevard during the construction period. The Shoreway is open to lanes in both directions from West 73rd Street to the Main Avenue bridge.

During the construction, delays are expected, and ODOT recommends drivers use alternate routes or take RTA.

The following traffic restrictions are in place to help with traffic flow and prevent commuter traffic in nearby neighborhoods:

West Boulevard is restricted to local access only between Lake Avenue and Edgewater Drive.

Lake Avenue is restricted to eastbound only traffic between West and Clifton Boulevards.

West Boulevard is closed to southbound traffic at Clifton Boulevard. Drivers need to use Detroit Avenue.

While the bridge is being repaired, RTA has detoured its No. 55A/B/C Cleveland State Line route as follows:

Eastbound: Regular route to Clifton and Lake, right on Lake, left on Detroit, left on West 45th, right onto the entrance ramp to eastbound Ohio 2, continue on Ohio 2 East, returning to regular route.

Westbound: Regular route to Ohio 2 West and the W. 49 exit, exit at W. 49, make a left onto W.49 at the stop sign, right on Detroit, right on Lake, left on Clifton, returning to regular route.

ODOT also issued an apology to those who live and work near the Shoreway at the Lake Avenue entrance "for the loud work that took place overnight during the bridge demolition operations."

While work on the bridge will continue, the loudest operations - like the demolition of the bridge deck overnight Aug. 7 - will not take place from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m.