Would you know what to do in an emergency situation with your pet? Knowing the skills and techniques of pet first aid can mean the difference between life and death, temporary and permanent disability, and expensive veterinarian bills. It is estimated that 1-out-of-4 more pets could be saved if just one basic skill or technique was applied before receiving veterinary care.

Pets can't just tell us when they aren't feeling well. As responsible pet parents, it's important to understand what is considered "normal" behavior for our pets, so we can quickly identify when they are presenting signs that are out of character.

The American Red Cross provides a Pet First Aid course to help pet parents prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies for their four-legged loved ones.

Safety Tips You'll Learn in Pet First Aid Training:

• Pay attention to what is normal for your pet so you can detect signals when something is wrong.
• Dogs who hang their heads out of car windows can be injured by flying debris. Keep your pet safely inside any moving vehicle and never transport your pet in the back of an open pickup truck.

Crews on behalf of the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) permanently closed the Interstate 90 eastbound ramp to Interstate 77 southbound as well as the Interstate 77 northbound ramp to Interstate 90 westbound.

Motorists will be rerouted via Interstate 490 and the roadway will be prominently designated and signed to direct motorists via the new route.

These ramps are seldom used because of their redundancy with Interstate 490 and extend the trips of those motorists traveling from the south to the west or from the west to the south. The closure of these ramps will also eliminate the cluttered tangle of ramps in the area and remove conflict points and increase safety for motorists.

Motorists who typically use the Interstate 77 northbound ramp to Interstate 90 westbound to access the Tremont neighborhood via either the W. 14th Street or Abbey Avenue exits will be rerouted via Interstate 490 to W. 7th Street. Motorists may continue on W. 7th Street in the northwest direction in order to reach those businesses and homes in the Tremont neighborhood.

Tremont residents who typically use W. 14th Street to enter I-90 eastbound and access Interstate 77 southbound will no longer be able to access Interstate 77 this way. These motorists will instead use W. 7th Street to access Interstate 490 eastbound and Interstate 77.

In September 2010, the project was awarded to Walsh Construction and designer HNTB Ohio Inc. for a total bid amount of $287.4 million. Using the unique design-build process in which the design and construction of the project are combined in a single contract, the team will complete substantial construction of the new westbound bridge during the fall of 2013 - nearly a year earlier than originally anticipated.

Log-on to Innerbelt.org <http://www.Innerbelt.org> or dial the Project Hotline at 216.344.0069 for more information.