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Emergency street closure issued in local city due to split rail

Street Closure CR 25A Piqua (City of Piqua)

PIQUA — An emergency street closure has been issued in Piqua due to a split rail.

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The City of Piqua announced that an emergency street closure is in effect at County Road 25A near exit 83 of Interstate 75.

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A split rail has closed traffic over the railroad tracks.

Motorists are encouraged to avoid this area if possible and use U.S. Route 36/East Ash Street to access I-75 and for through traffic.

Northbound I-75 remains accessible from northbound 25A, and southbound I-75 remains accessible from southbound 25A.

The street closure will be in effect for several hours today as CSX works to implement a temporary fix for the rail.

News Center 7 will continue following this story.

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