UPDATE: ODOT District 8 – Butler County (Wednesday, October 29, 2025) – Following a night of paving operations, Union Centre Boulevard remains open today, but additional work will be required to complete the emergency repairs.
Union Centre Boulevard was closed yesterday, October 28, between Muhlhauser Road and Civic Centre Boulevard after a tanker truck fire caused a significant amount of damage to the pavement at the off-ramp from southbound I-75 and the west leg of the Union Centre Boulevard interchange, adjacent to the overpass.
Contractors for the Ohio Department of Transportation were dispatched Tuesday evening, and crews worked throughout the night to place an intermediate course of asphalt paving and most of the pavement markings in order to reopen Union Centre Boulevard prior to the morning commute.
With rain moving into the area before the work could be completed, crews from the John R. Jurgensen Company will return to place the final surface course and complete the striping. However, a culvert located under the crossover on the west leg of the interchange will also need to be replaced, and this will be completed along with the remaining pavement work.
Weather permitting, work will resume Friday, October 31, at 9:30 a.m., and Union Centre Boulevard and the left-turn lanes on the ramp from southbound I-75 to eastbound Union Centre will be closed. Motorists will be able to turn right from the southbound off-ramp to westbound Union Centre Boulevard.
The restrictions will be in effect through Saturday afternoon or until all work is completed.
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ODOT District 8 – Butler County (Tuesday, October 28, 2025) – Union Centre Boulevard at Interstate 75 remains closed this evening, October 28, following a tanker truck fire and diesel spill earlier today at the bridge over I-75, and the closure will be in effect until further notice.
Inspections conducted by the Ohio Department of Transportation – District 8’s Bridge Department after the fire was extinguished found no structural damage to the bridge; however, the pavement on the deck and ramp incurred a significant amount of damage that will need to be repaired prior to reopening the bridge.
Contractors have been mobilized and will begin working to repair the pavement once all clean-up work has been completed. Currently, it is anticipated that work will begin later tonight or Wednesday morning.
A timeline for completion is not known, but until the repairs have been completed, Union Centre Boulevard will remain closed between Muhlhauser Road and Civic Centre Boulevard. Along with the overpass, the ramps to and from southbound I-75 and the off-ramp from I-75 North to westbound Union Centre Boulevard will remain closed.
The off-ramp from northbound I-75 to eastbound Union Centre, as well as the on-ramp to I-75 North, will remain open.
Motorists may detour by way of Cincinnati-Dayton and West Chester roads or by way of I-275 West and S.R. 747.
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For more information contact:
ODOT District 8 Public Information
513-933-6517 – or – 513-933-6534
