Road closed on state route 550 due to diesel and oil spill, Athens County OH
A road on State Route 550 near Sharpsburg Store was closed due to a vehicle incident causing diesel and oil to leak. State Highway Patrol and highway workers coordinated traffic control and road closure to manage the spill. Local traffic was directed to use alternative routes.
Audio|Source: Athens County Fire Dispatch
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Transcript:
00:00
Central 550 command.
00:04
Command, go ahead.
00:13
Can you contact the state and have them close down 550 at Sharpsburg and wherever they need to on the Washington County side?
00:27
You're clear, 1344.
00:31
C2.1-6-2.
00:35
Go ahead, Travis.
00:38
Currently on the bottom, it starts for a wheel.
00:44
Come on up here to see you, let's have some oil drive so I can get it on where it's leaking up here diesel fuel and oil.
00:53
Four, State Highway Patrol is also headed up.
01:02
State Route 550, Command.
01:04
Central.
01:07
Go ahead. Do you want ODOT to set up signs or are you just wanting them to have traffic control?
01:18
I don't hear what they do if they want to take over them or close the road.
01:23
That's up to them.
01:26
You're clear.
01:35
Central 1993 on scene.
01:41
1993 on scene, 1350.
01:44
Break.
01:48
All right.
01:53
We're closing the road by the Sharpsburg store.
01:58
Closed the road by the Sharpsburg store at 1350.
02:09
550 command in 1993.
02:13
Go ahead, 903.
02:19
We are set up at the bottom of the hill.
02:22
What is the location for local traffic that can get through or get to where they need to go?
02:31
They can go out 377 and hit Plansfield Road at the top of the hill and follow it all the way out back to 550 or they can turn around and go back down 329 and get the bridge and come back up to 550.
02:53
Okay, sweat road is not available, is that correct?
02:57
Correct, because we're right at that intersection with the truck.
03:04
You're clear.
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