The Ohio Department of Transportation said it is installing 30 wrong-way driver detection cameras on highway ramps around the Columbus area as a part of a years-long effort that began in other cities around the state.
ODOT has been using wrong-way traffic cameras since at least 2016, when it deployed a test camera on the Interstate 670 westbound ramp to Neil Avenue. ODOT installed its first corridor of cameras in Cincinnati in 2019. Since then, it has installed cameras in Dayton and Cleveland.
Now, ODOT is bringing Columbus’ cameras online, ODOT spokesperson Matt Bruning said. ODOT has recently installed wrong-way cameras in the following locations:
- Interstate 670 westbound exit to Dublin Road
- State Route 315 southbound exit to west Goodale Street
- Route 104 southbound exit to Refugee Road
- State Route 315 southbound exit to north Broadway Street
- Interstate 70 eastbound exit to Alum Creek Drive
- State Route 161 eastbound exit to Little Turtle Way
- State Route 161 eastbound exit to Sunbury Road
- Interstate 71 northbound exit to Greenlawn Avenue
The estimated total cost of all the cameras is $3.4 million. The cameras are funded through ODOT’s traffic operations funds, and all 30 of the cameras are expected to be online in the next several months, Bruning said…