Southern Ohio Veterans Memorial Highway

08/18/2022

UPDATE: SR 823 NB has reopened

SCIOTO CO: SR 823 NB is closed near the Lucasville-Minford Road Interchange due to a crash. Duration of closure is unknown at this time. Follow http://OHGO.com for more updates.

07/16/2021

UPDATE: SR 823 NB has now fully reopened.

SCIOTO CO: SR 823 NB is reduced to one lane due to a crash. Duration of this restriction is unknown at this time. Drivers are advised to proceed through the area with caution, and remember to move over and slow down for all vehicles equipped with flashing lights!

05/25/2021

UPDATE: The ramp from US 23 SB to SR 823 SB has reopened.

SCIOTO COUNTY: The ramp from US 23 SB to SR 823 SB is closed due to a crash. Duration of closure is unknown at this time. Follow http://OHGO.com for more updates.

04/28/2021

This week is National Work Zone Awareness Week. Don't drive distracted, move over, slow down

09/13/2019

UPDATE: All lanes are back open

SR-823 Northbound before the Greater Portsmouth Airport (Shumway Hollow Interchange) is closed due to an accident.

UPDATE: All lanes are back open.

SCIOTO CO: There is currently a crash on SR-823 Northbound before the Greater Portsmouth Airport. The road is closed. Check OHGO.com for updates.

08/08/2019

Anyone missing this fella in the Minford area? He showed up at our Operations and Maintenance facility today on Lucasville-Minford Road. Very cute and seems to be missing his owner.

02/28/2019

Both lanes of U.S. 23 South, all four lanes of S.R. 823, and one lane of U.S. 23 North in Scioto County have been reopened at Lucasville following a train derailment along C.R. 55 (Fairground Road).

02/28/2019

U.S./SR. 823 Reopened at this time

U.S. 23 and S.R. 823 in Scioto County have been closed at Lucasville due to a train derailment along C.R. 55 (Fairground Road), approximately one-half mile north of S.R. 728.

01/08/2019

The on-ramp to S.R. 823 South in Scioto County has been reopened at U.S. 23, just north of Lucasville, following its closure this morning due to an accident.

01/08/2019

The on-ramp to S.R. 823 at U.S. 23 has been reopened to traffic

The on-ramp to S.R. 823 South in Scioto County has been closed at U.S. 23, just north of Lucasville, due to an accident involving an overturned hauling truck.

12/15/2018

PGG in the news! https://www.dailyindependent.com/news/portsmouth-bypass-opens-friday/article_c202a272-ff1e-11e8-b1a1-976a6852a523.html

PORTSMOUTH Transportation officials, developers, highway workers and community officials on Thursday ceremonially marked the opening of a highway that bypasses Portsmouth and improves traffic flow on the U.S. 23 corridor

12/15/2018

PGG in the news! https://www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com/top-stories/33649/ribbon-cutting-motorcade-mark-completion-of-veterans-memorial-highway

A few hundred people, including plenty of local and state politicians, lots of veterans and presumably more than a few car enthusiasts, packed the Sunrise

12/14/2018

PGG in the news! https://www.wsaz.com/content/news/Community-gets-sneak-peek-of-new-Portsmouth-bypass-389133342.html

The nearly $500 million project will connect traffic from westbound U.S. 52 outside of Portsmouth to northbound U.S. 23, just outside of Lucasville.

12/14/2018

PGG in the news! https://highlandcountypress.com/Content/In-The-News/In-The-News/Article/Ceremony-marks-opening-of-Ohio-Route-823-in-Scioto-County/2/20/47793

By Kathleen Fuller ODOT District 9 MINFORD – After many years of hard work, a lot of persistence and a few hurdles, construction of the long-awaited stat

12/14/2018

PGG in the news! https://www.wowktv.com/news/local-news/southern-ohio-veterans-memorial-highway-opens-to-public-friday/1658938438

The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday for the Southern Ohio Veterans Memorial Highway, or State Route 823. After more than three years of construction, the $429-million dollar project is complete and set to open Friday to the public.