MANSFIELD — The Inkcarceration Music and Tattoo Festival is right around the corner and the Mansfield Police Department is giving the community a heads-up on how to avoid the traffic snarls that come with it.
The event will take place at the historic Ohio State Reformatory located at 100 Reformatory Road.
To start, Olivesburg Road/ State Route 545 will be closed during the festival beginning at 7 a.m. on Friday, July 18 until 4 a.m. on Monday, July 22.
There will be temporary road closures and traffic lane changes each night for egress out of the parking lots off of North Main Street/State Route 13 and on 5th Avenue at U.S. 30.
Due to the high volume of traffic, delays in the area surrounding the site of the event is expected to occur during this same time period.
The areas most impacted by delays are expected to be State Route 13 north of Harker Street to Harrington Memorial Road; State Route 545 between Wayne Street and Piper Road; East Longview Avenue between North Main Street and Olivesburg Road; and U.S. 30 between U.S. Route 42 and North Trimble Road in both directions.
It is recommended that local motorists take an alternate route to avoid the expected traffic congestion in these areas over this weekend.