Editor’s note: A sign saying the project would take 290 days has been changed to 190 days.

SALEM, Ohio (WKBN) – A resurfacing project in Salem that was supposed to begin Tuesday has been rescheduled.

State Route 344, which is Franklin Avenue in Salem, will now be resurfaced beginning April 17.

The road will be closed for 190 days from South Lincoln Avenue to the South East city corporation limits.

This a $1.7 million project.