Articles About Ohio Department of Transportation

• Four-way stop coming to U.S. 68 and Hyde Road

  By Lauren ShowsAugust 27, 2025

  

  The change comes after traffic officials at the Ohio Department of Transportation weighed options for addressing what has long been considered one of the more hazardous intersections near Yellow Springs.

• New pedestrian, cyclist bridge planned over U.S. 68

  By Reilly DixonAugust 21, 2025

  

  In a few months, the Ohio Department of Transportation will move ahead with plans to erect a bridge over U.S. 68 — about five miles south of downtown Yellow Springs — to connect the Little Miami Scenic Bike Trail to Great Council State Park across the road.

• Roundabout construction on 68/235 intersection to begin

  By YS News StaffJune 1, 2024

  

  The Ohio Department of Transportation, or ODOT, has announced that preliminary work on the construction of a single-lane roundabout at the intersection of U.S. 68 and State Route 235 — between Yellow Springs and Xenia, near Oldtown — will begin Monday, June 3.

• Village Council reviews infrastructure, public safety improvements

  By Reilly DixonJanuary 23, 2024

  

  At Village Council’s Tuesday, Jan. 16 meeting, the group covered considerable ground in reviewing recent, ongoing and upcoming improvements to local infrastructure and public safety.

• Where the sidewalk begins

  By Jessica ThomasAugust 25, 2022

  

  On Monday, Aug. 22, Ohio Department of Transportation crews began work on a sidewalk that will extend the length of the walkway going along Limestone Street.

• Village Council — Transportation plan unveiled

  By Megan BachmanDecember 13, 2018

  

  A raised crosswalk across Xenia Avenue from Tom’s Market to the Emporium. A sidewalk along Polecat Road to Ellis Park. Closing off Short Street to car traffic. Making Walnut Street one way southbound in front of Mills Lawn School.

• YS gets biking, walking funds

  By Diane ChiddisterJanuary 11, 2018

  

  Yellow Springs was recently one of five municipalities in Ohio to be awarded  funding to make the village more walker- and biker-friendly.

• Council moves to fund Center for Business and Education

  By Diane ChiddisterSeptember 26, 2013

  At its Sept. 16 meeting, Village Council took a first step toward approving a Tax Increment Financing, or TIF, funding mechanism to pay for $700,000 in remaining costs for infrastructure development at the Center for Business and Education, or CBE.