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POSTED: 12:27 pm EST November 25,
2009
UPDATED: 12:49 pm EST November 25,
2009
AKRON, Ohio -- The Ohio Department of Transportation is posting new speed limit signs on Interstate 77 Wednesday.The speed limit will be raised from 55 mph to 65 mph on a stretch of I-77 north from Vernon Odom Boulevard in Akron to Cleveland-Massillon Road in Fairlawn.Earlier this month, the cities voted to raise the speed limit.The Ohio Department of Transportation did a traffic study that determined the higher speed limit would be appropriate now that the stretch of highway has been increased to three lanes.
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