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House stuck on I-77 in Canton is expected to be removed Thursday

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Interstate 77 has a new resident? A tractor-trailer hauling a mobile home had to leave the building along the highway Tuesday when it wouldn't pass through a constricted construction zone near the interchange with U.S. Route 30. Lori Steineck / The Canton Repository

CANTON A 72-year-old man moving a small house drove through an Interstate 77 construction zone and became stuck Tuesday afternoon, said Ray Marsch, spokesman for the Ohio Department of Transportation.

The driver then left the house there — in the zone.

The mobile home remained between the southbound and northbound lanes on Wednesday morning, but Marsch said the mobile home is expected to be removed early Thursday.

He said the left lane of I-77 northbound would be closed between 3:30 and 6 a.m. Thursday to tow the mobile home off the highway. Marsch said the mobile home would be towed south in the northbound lane to the nearby exit.

Detour Details:Interstate 77 to close near state Route 800 Thursday morning in Canton

Canton police said the driver was cited for violating his permit and for being over the legal width.

Police had been called to the scene at 2:09 p.m. Tuesday.

Further details were not yet available.

A mobile home sits along Interstate 77 on Wednesday morning. A tractor-trailer hauling the home Tuesday had to leave it along the highway when it wouldn't pass through a constricted construction zone near the interchange with U.S. Route 30. Lori Steineck / The Canton Repository

A mobile home was left along Interstate 77 near the state Route 800 ramp Tuesday afternoon when the building wouldn't fit through a constricted construction zone. The home is expected to be moved Wednesday.