CLEVELAND, Ohio - By Monday morning, the George V. Voinovich Bridge - known as the Inner Belt Bridge - will be fully reopened, allowing traffic on I-90 to flow freely into downtown for the first time in five years.

ODOT this weekend will complete the necessary work involved to open all five lanes on the eastbound bridge - one week after it reopened all five lanes of the westbound bridge.

The bridge project has been completed in stages, with first the westbound and then the eastbound span being replaced. And during that time, traffic in and out of the city has been restricted, funneling into downtown at first entirely on the westbound bridge, then expanded in part to the eastbound side as the project neared completion.

But now, the massive ODOT George V. Voinovich bridge replacement project finally is nearing its end.

Weekend closures:

I-90 east over the bridge and I-71 north at I-90 will be closed 8:15 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Monday, Oct. 24. Drivers should use I-490 east to I-77 north.

The West 41st Street entrance ramp to I-90 east and I-90 eastbound exit ramp to West 25th Street will be closed 8:15 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Monday. Drivers on West 41st Street should take West 44th Street to I-90 west to Lorain Avenue to I-90 east. Drivers on I-90 eastbound headed for West 25th Street should take West 41st Street to Lorain Avenue to West 25th Street.

The I-90 eastbound exit ramps to I-71 south and Ohio 176 south be closed 8:15 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Monday for pavement marking. Drivers should take I-490 east to Broadway Avenue to I-490 west to I-71/Ohio 176 south.

The left lane of I-77 northbound at East 14th Street will be closed 10 p.m. Friday to 9 a.m. Saturday.

There will be rolling road blocks on I-90 west over the bridge between I-77 and I-71 8 p.m. Saturday to 11 a.m. Sunday.

On Monday, all five eastbound lanes on the bridge will be open: two I-90 east lanes, two I-71 north lanes and a lane from Ohio 176. At that time, the West 14th St. entrance ramp to I-90 east will reopen; the ramp from I-77 north to I-90 east will return to one lane; and access from I-90 east to Carnegie Avenue will be restored.

Upcoming closures

During the Oct. 28 weekend, I-77 north will close at I-490 while crews reconfigure it to three lanes. At that time, the ramp from I-490 east to I-77 north will return to one lane.