Drivers traveling through Beavercreek, Xenia Township and Xenia will need to find alternate routes Wednesday evening as several roads will be closed to make way for the movement of the Veterans Memorial Traveling Wall from the Wright State University Nutter Center to the Greene County Fairgrounds.

Southbound North Fairfield Road between Colonel Glenn Highway and New-Germany-Trebein Road and eastbound New Germany-Trebein Road between North Fairfield Road and Trebein Road will be closed starting at 6 p.m. for approximately two hours.

There are signs in place to mark the closures and the Greene County Sheriff’s Office will direct traffic during the closure.

A procession of 3,000 motorcycles will accompany the memorial wall, which is a 380-foot replica of the Vietnam Memorial Wall.

During the time of the procession, exit ramps from I-675 to North Fairfield Road will be closed. Northbound traffic at New Germany-Trebein will be diverted onto westbound Pentagon Blvd., eastbound Pentagon Blvd will be diverted onto southbound North Fairfield road, and westbound New Germany Trebein Road will be diverted onto northbound North Fairfield, which will then be diverted onto northbound I-675.

Once the procession clears the area, the normal traffic patterns will be allowed to resume. Access to many of the stores in the North Fairfield Road and Pentagon Blvd. area will be limited.

The wall, plus displays honoring veterans of the Korean War, the Gulf War, the War on Terror in Iraq and Afghanistan, plus a Fallen Heroes tribute to fire and police personnel lost on September 11, 2001 will be on display at the fairgrounds 24/7 from October 11-14.

There will be special tributes, band concerts at night and a big ceremony for all veterans, with color guards, a fly-over, special guests and more at 10 a.m. Saturday according to the Greene County Veteran Services Commission.